Amsterdam, New York

Amsterdam population, 2020 to 2024

Amsterdam lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -4. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 70th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Amsterdam is 1.8 times that size.

Amsterdam covers 5.87 square miles of land and 0.39 of water, for 3,095 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Amsterdam is less dense than the typical town.

What county Amsterdam is in

All of Amsterdam's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 49,648 residents in 2024. Amsterdam holds 36.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Amsterdam

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Amsterdam by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 12010. 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 Amsterdam is

The Census internal point of Amsterdam is at 42.941600, -74.190600. Albany, the capital, is 29.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Schenectady, NY (69,495 people), 16.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 27.5 miles away.

Daylight in Amsterdam

At 42.94° N, Amsterdam 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Amsterdam

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Hagaman, 2.5 miles away, with 1,118 people.