Massachusetts · Census place 2513660

Chicopee, Massachusetts

Chicopee is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts with an estimated 55,381 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 23rd largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
55,381
#23 of 58 in Massachusetts
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-63 people
Land area
22.9 sq mi
+ 0.97 sq mi water
Density
2,417 / sq mi
State median 2,852
Orange pin: Chicopee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boston.

Chicopee population, 2020 to 2024

Chicopee lost 63 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +34. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Chicopee is 1.3 times that size.

55.4k202055.2k202155.0k202255.3k202355.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 55,566. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chicopee covers 22.91 square miles of land and 0.97 of water, for 2,417 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Chicopee is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chicopee is in

All of Chicopee's residents live in Hampden County, which had 464,151 residents in 2024. Chicopee holds 11.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chicopee

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Chicopee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01013, 01020, 01022. 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 Chicopee is

The Census internal point of Chicopee is at 42.177600, -72.570200. Boston, the capital, is 78.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Springfield, MA (154,888 people), 4.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.177600, -72.570200
DMS
42°10'39.36"N 72°34'12.72"W
UTM
18N 700675.8E 4672353.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
87J95CHH+2W

Daylight in Chicopee

At 42.18° N, Chicopee gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chicopee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Holyoke, 4.4 miles away, with 37,838 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chicopee, MA?

55,381 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 63 (0.1%) from 55,444 in July 2020.

What county is Chicopee in?

Hampden County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Chicopee?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 01013, 01020, 01022.

How far is Chicopee from Boston?

78.0 miles (125.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Chicopee.

What is the nearest larger city to Chicopee?

Springfield, MA, with 154,888 residents, 4.5 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.