Massachusetts · Census place 2559105
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts with an estimated 45,677 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 45,677
- #28 of 58 in Massachusetts
- Change since 2020
- +4.6%
- +2,007 people
- Land area
- 8.3 sq mi
- + 10.01 sq mi water
- Density
- 5,510 / sq mi
- State median 2,852
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Salem population, 2020 to 2024
Salem added 2,007 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +301. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Salem is 1.0 times that size.
Salem covers 8.29 square miles of land and 10.01 of water, for 5,510 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Salem is denser than the typical town.
What county Salem is in
All of Salem's residents live in Essex County, which had 823,938 residents in 2024. Salem holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Salem
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Salem by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01970. 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 Salem is
The Census internal point of Salem is at 42.499200, -70.898200. Boston, the capital, is 12.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lynn, MA (103,489 people), 3.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.499200, -70.898200
- DMS
- 42°29'57.12"N 70°53'53.52"W
- UTM
- 19N 344027.7E 4706950.1N
- Geohash
- drt9f8txb
- Plus code
- 87JFF4X2+MP
Daylight in Salem
At 42.50° N, Salem gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Salem
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Lynn, 3.7 miles away, with 103,489 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Salem, MA?
45,677 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,007 (4.6%) from 43,670 in July 2020.
What county is Salem in?
Essex County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Salem?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 01970.
How far is Salem from Boston?
12.9 miles (20.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Salem.
What is the nearest larger city to Salem?
Lynn, MA, with 103,489 residents, 3.7 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.