Massachusetts · Census place 2545245

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Newburyport is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts with an estimated 19,163 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,163
#51 of 58 in Massachusetts
Change since 2020
+4.7%
+863 people
Land area
8.4 sq mi
+ 2.36 sq mi water
Density
2,295 / sq mi
State median 2,852
Orange pin: Newburyport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boston.

Newburyport population, 2020 to 2024

Newburyport added 863 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +320. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Newburyport is 44% of it.

18.3k202018.3k202118.7k202218.8k202319.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,285. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newburyport covers 8.35 square miles of land and 2.36 of water, for 2,295 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Newburyport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newburyport is in

All of Newburyport's residents live in Essex County, which had 823,938 residents in 2024. Newburyport holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newburyport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newburyport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01950. 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 Newburyport is

The Census internal point of Newburyport is at 42.812100, -70.886600. Boston, the capital, is 32.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Haverhill, MA (68,291 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lynn, MA, 23.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.812100, -70.886600
DMS
42°48'43.56"N 70°53'11.76"W
UTM
19N 345756.4E 4741675.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87JFR467+R9

Daylight in Newburyport

At 42.81° N, Newburyport gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 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 Newburyport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Amesbury, 4.4 miles away, with 17,617 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newburyport, MA?

19,163 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 863 (4.7%) from 18,300 in July 2020.

What county is Newburyport in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Newburyport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 01950.

How far is Newburyport from Boston?

32.6 miles (52.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Newburyport.

What is the nearest larger city to Newburyport?

Haverhill, MA, with 68,291 residents, 10.4 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.

  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.