Springfield, MA

1950‑1959:		Springfield-Holyoke, MA-CT SMA
1959‑1960:		Springfield-Holyoke, MA SMSA
1960‑1963:		Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke, MA SMSA
1963‑1983:		Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke, MA-CT SMSA
1983‑2003:		Springfield, MA MSA
2003‑2006:		Springfield, MA Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Franklin County, MA	52,747	54,864	59,210	64,317	70,092	71,535	72,310

Hampden County, MA	367,971	429,353	459,050	443,018	456,310	456,228	460,828

Hampshire County, MA	87,594	103,229	123,981	138,813	146,568	152,251	153,353

Enfield town, CT	15,464	31,464	46,189	42,695	45,532	45,212	45,441

Somers town, CT	2,631	3,702	6,893	8,473	9,108	10,417	10,877

Sunderland town, MA	905	1,279	2,236	2,929	3,399	3,777	3,803

Agawam town, MA	10,166	15,718	21,717	26,271	27,323	28,144	28,599

Chicopee city, MA	49,211	61,553	66,676	55,112	56,632	54,653	54,680

East Longmeadow town, MA	4,881	10,294	13,029	12,905	13,367	14,100	14,886

Hampden town, MA	1,322	2,345	4,572	4,745	4,709	5,171	5,318

Holyoke city, MA	54,661	52,689	50,112	44,678	43,704	39,838	39,958

Longmeadow town, MA	6,508	10,565	15,630	16,301	15,467	15,633	15,569

Ludlow town, MA	8,660	13,805	17,580	18,150	18,820	21,209	21,946

Monson town, MA	6,125	6,712	7,355	7,315	7,776	8,359	8,763

Montgomery town, MA	157	333	446	637	759	654	745

Palmer town, MA	9,533	10,358	11,680	11,389	12,054	12,497	12,925

Russell town, MA	1,298	1,366	1,382	1,570	1,594	1,657	1,727

Southwick town, MA	2,855	5,139	6,330	7,382	7,667	8,835	9,548

Springfield city, MA	162,399	174,463	163,905	152,319	156,983	152,082	151,732

Westfield city, MA	20,962	26,302	31,433	36,465	38,372	40,072	40,525

West Springfield town, MA	20,438	24,924	28,461	27,042	27,537	27,899	27,989

Wilbraham town, MA	4,003	7,387	11,984	12,053	12,635	13,473	14,003

Amherst town, MA	10,856	13,718	26,331	33,229	35,228	34,874	34,047

Belchertown town, MA	4,487	5,186	5,936	8,339	10,579	12,968	13,958

Easthampton town, MA	10,694	12,326	13,012	15,580	15,537	15,994	16,004

Granby town, MA	1,861	4,221	5,473	5,380	5,565	6,132	6,344

Hadley town, MA	2,639	3,099	3,750	4,125	4,231	4,793	4,822

Hatfield town, MA	2,179	2,350	2,825	3,045	3,184	3,249	3,282

Huntington town, MA	1,257	1,392	1,593	1,804	1,987	2,174	2,182

Northampton city, MA	29,063	30,058	29,664	29,286	29,289	28,978	28,715

Southampton town, MA	1,387	2,192	3,069	4,137	4,478	5,387	5,841

South Hadley town, MA	10,145	14,956	17,033	16,399	16,685	17,196	17,063

Ware town, MA	7,517	7,517	8,187	8,953	9,808	9,707	10,005

Williamsburg town, MA	2,056	2,186	2,342	2,237	2,515	2,427	2,434

Warren town, MA	3,406	3,383	3,633	3,777	4,437	4,776	5,045



Total	407,255	478,592	529,922	530,668	529,519	591,932	686,491
Percent Change	-	17.5%	10.7%	0.1%	-0.2%	11.8%	16.0%



Total (as currently defined)	508,312	587,446	642,241	646,148	672,970	680,014	686,491
Percent Change	-	15.6%	9.3%	0.6%	4.2%	1.0%	1.0%

Timeline

In this area

In another area

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Component

Franklin County, MA

Hampden County, MA

Hampshire County, MA

Enfield town, CT

Somers town, CT

Sunderland town, MA

Agawam town, MA

Chicopee city, MA

East Longmeadow town, MA

Hampden town, MA

Holyoke city, MA

Longmeadow town, MA

Ludlow town, MA

Monson town, MA

Montgomery town, MA

Palmer town, MA

Russell town, MA

Southwick town, MA

Springfield city, MA

Westfield city, MA

West Springfield town, MA

Wilbraham town, MA

Amherst town, MA

Belchertown town, MA

Easthampton town, MA

Granby town, MA

Hadley town, MA

Hatfield town, MA

Huntington town, MA

Northampton city, MA

Southampton town, MA

South Hadley town, MA

Ware town, MA

Williamsburg town, MA

Warren town, MA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Holyoke, MA	54,661	*	52,689	*	50,112	*	44,678	*	43,704	*	39,838	*	39,958

Springfield, MA	162,399	*	174,463	*	163,905	*	152,319	*	156,983	*	152,082	*	151,732	*

Chicopee, MA	49,211		61,553	*	66,676	*	55,112	*	56,632		54,653		54,680

Northampton, MA	29,063		30,058		29,664		29,286		29,289	*	28,978	*	28,715

Westfield, MA	20,962		26,302		31,433		36,465		38,372	*	40,072	*	40,525



Total	217,060		288,705		280,693		252,109		268,348		260,970		151,732
Metro	407,255		478,592		529,922		530,668		529,519		591,932		686,491
Percent	53.3%		60.3%		53.0%		47.5%		50.7%		44.1%		22.1%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

City

Holyoke, MA

Springfield, MA

Chicopee, MA

Northampton, MA

Westfield, MA

Urban/Rural Population

Urban/rural figures are not available for New England metro areas before 2000


2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			554,193	81.5%
		UA Population		477,551	70.2%
	Rural Population			125,821	18.5%

	Inside Principal Cities			152,082	22.4%
	Outside Principal Cities			527,932	77.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			680,014	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Springfield, MA-CT		573,610	477,551	83.3%

	Total			477,551


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Springfield-Holyoke, MA-CT SMA
-		Enfield town (in Hartford County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Agawam town (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Chicopee city (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		East Longmeadow town (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Holyoke city (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Longmeadow town (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Ludlow town (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Springfield city (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Westfield city (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		West Springfield town (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Wilbraham town (in Hampden County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Easthampton town (in Hampshire County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Northampton city (in Hampshire County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		South Hadley town (in Hampshire County, MA) included as original SMA component
-		Holyoke, MA designated as original central city of new SMA
-		Springfield, MA designated as original central city of new SMA


Jun 1959



-		Title of Springfield-Holyoke, MA-CT SMA changed to Springfield-Holyoke, MA SMSA
-		Enfield town (in Hartford County, CT) transferred to Hartford, CT SMSA
-		Monson town (in Hampden County, MA) added
-		Palmer town (in Hampden County, MA) added
-		Hadley town (in Hampshire County, MA) added
-		Warren town (in Worcester County, MA) added


Aug 1960



-		Title of Springfield-Holyoke, MA SMSA changed to Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke, MA SMSA
-		Chicopee, MA designated as central city of SMSA


Oct 1963



-		Title of Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke, MA SMSA changed to Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke, MA-CT SMSA
-		Somers town (in Tolland County, CT) added
-		Hampden town (in Hampden County, MA) added
-		Southwick town (in Hampden County, MA) added
-		Granby town (in Hampshire County, MA) added


Apr 1973



-		Belchertown town (in Hampshire County, MA) added
-		Hatfield town (in Hampshire County, MA) added
-		Southampton town (in Hampshire County, MA) added


Jun 1983



-		Title of Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke, MA-CT SMSA changed to Springfield, MA MSA
-		Somers town (in Tolland County, CT) transferred to Hartford, CT PMSA in Hartford-New Britain-Middletown, CT CMSA
-		Montgomery town (in Hampden County, MA) added
-		Russell town (in Hampden County, MA) added
-		Hadley town (in Hampshire County, MA) deleted, reverted to nonmetro status
-		Hatfield town (in Hampshire County, MA) deleted, reverted to nonmetro status
-		Huntington town (in Hampshire County, MA) added
-		Warren town (in Worcester County, MA) deleted, reverted to nonmetro status
-		Northampton, MA designated as central city of MSA
-		Westfield, MA designated as central city of MSA
-		Chicopee, MA no longer designated as central city


Dec 1992



-		Enfield town (in Hartford County, CT) added to Hartford, CT MSA, transferred from Hartford, CT PMSA in Hartford-New Britain-Middletown, CT CMSA
-		Somers town (in Tolland County, CT) added to Hartford, CT MSA, transferred from Hartford, CT PMSA in Hartford-New Britain-Middletown, CT CMSA
-		Sunderland town (in Franklin County, MA) added
-		Amherst town (in Hampshire County, MA) added
-		Hadley town (in Hampshire County, MA) added
-		Hatfield town (in Hampshire County, MA) added
-		Ware town (in Hampshire County, MA) added
-		Williamsburg town (in Hampshire County, MA) added


Jun 2003



-		Counties instead of cities and towns became the basic geographic unit of core based statistical areas in New England
-		Franklin County, MA included as original county component of Metro Area
-		Hampden County, MA included as original county component of Metro Area
-		Hampshire County, MA included as original county component of Metro Area
-		Holyoke, MA no longer designated as principal/central city
-		Northampton, MA no longer designated as principal/central city
-		Westfield, MA no longer designated as principal/central city

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