Massachusetts · Census place 2501185
Amesbury, Massachusetts
Amesbury is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts with an estimated 17,617 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 55th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 17,617
- #55 of 58 in Massachusetts
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +279 people
- Land area
- 12.3 sq mi
- + 1.44 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,433 / sq mi
- State median 2,852
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Amesbury population, 2020 to 2024
Amesbury added 279 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +184. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Amesbury is 40% of it.
Amesbury covers 12.29 square miles of land and 1.44 of water, for 1,433 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Amesbury is less dense than the typical town.
What county Amesbury is in
All of Amesbury's residents live in Essex County, which had 823,938 residents in 2024. Amesbury holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Amesbury
No ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps Amesbury by at least 10% of either area. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Amesbury is
The Census internal point of Amesbury is at 42.851300, -70.955800. Boston, the capital, is 34.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newburyport, MA (19,163 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lowell, MA, 23.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.851300, -70.955800
- DMS
- 42°51'4.68"N 70°57'20.88"W
- UTM
- 19N 340199.7E 4746157.4N
- Geohash
- drtec2gdf
- Plus code
- 87JFV22V+GM
Daylight in Amesbury
At 42.85° N, Amesbury gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Amesbury
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Newburyport, 4.4 miles away, with 19,163 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Amesbury, MA?
17,617 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 279 (1.6%) from 17,338 in July 2020.
What county is Amesbury in?
Essex County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Amesbury?
No ZCTA overlaps Amesbury by 10% or more of either area in the 2020 relationship file.
How far is Amesbury from Boston?
34.5 miles (55.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Amesbury.
What is the nearest larger city to Amesbury?
Newburyport, MA, with 19,163 residents, 4.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.