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.

Montgomery County, centralAmsterdam
Montgomery County in New York
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

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Montgomery CountyCentral50,046

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

  1. 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:

  1. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area915,835 people
  2. Glens Falls, NY Metro Area124,373 people
  3. Hudson, NY Micro Area60,168 people
  4. 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.

  1. Gloversville, NY Micro Area11 mi northwest
  2. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area28 mi southeast
  3. Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area53 mi west
  4. Oneonta, NY Micro Area56 mi southwest

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