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Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area Demographics

Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area is the 271st most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 162,308 residents across 527 square miles. That is about 308 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 162,308
Land area 527 sq mi
Density 308 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Hampshire County, MA 162,308 527.2 308

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