Amsterdam, NY Micro Area
The Amsterdam, NY micro area is one county in New York: Montgomery County. About 50,046 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.0% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 50,046 1.0% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Montgomery County
- Land area
- 403 sq mi (1,044 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- New York
- Combined statistical area
- Albany-Schenectady, NY
- CBSA code
- 11220
The county in the Amsterdam, NY micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | Central | 50,046 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Amsterdam18,166 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Albany-Schenectady, NY combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area915,835 people
- Glens Falls, NY Metro Area124,373 people
- Hudson, NY Micro Area60,168 people
- Gloversville, NY Micro Area52,216 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Gloversville, NY Micro Area11 mi northwest
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area28 mi southeast
- Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area53 mi west
- Oneonta, NY Micro Area56 mi southwest
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