Historical U.S. Census Totals for Hampden County, Massachusetts

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This article shows U.S. Census totals for Hampden County, Massachusetts, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.

Like most areas of New England, Hampden County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory. For any census, adding up the totals for each municipality should yield the county total.

There are two types of municipalities in Massachusetts, towns and cities. The tables below differentiate between towns and cities.

For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.

1 Corporate changes since 1900
2 1900
3 1910
4 1920
5 1930
6 1940
7 1950
8 1960
9 1970
10 1980
11 1990
12 2000
13 Notes
- 13.1 Special note regarding Agawam and West Springfield
14 See also

[edit] Corporate changes since 1900

1920 - Westfield became a city

[edit] 1900

County Total: 175,603

Springfield (city) 62,059
Holyoke (city) 45,712
Chicopee (city) 19,167
Westfield 12,310
Palmer 7,801
West Springfield 7,105
Ludlow 3,536
Monson 3,402
Agawam 2,536
Wilbraham 1,595
Chester 1,450
East Longmeadow 1,187
Granville 1,050
Southwick 1,040
Brimfield 941
Blandford 836
Longmeadow 811
Russell 793
Hampden 782
Wales 773
Tolland 275
Montgomery 273
Holland 169

[edit] 1910

County Total: 231,369

Springfield (city) 88,926
Holyoke (city) 57,730
Chicopee (city) 25,401
Westfield 16,044
West Springfield 9,224
Palmer 8,610
Ludlow 4,948
Monson 4,758
Agawam 3,501
Wilbraham 2,332
East Longmeadow 1,553
Chester 1,377
Longmeadow 1,084
Southwick 1,020
Russell 965
Brimfield 866
Granville 781
Blandford 717
Hampden 645
Wales 345
Montgomery 217
Tolland 180
Holland 145

[edit] 1920

County Total: 300,305

Springfield (city) 129,614
Holyoke (city) 60,203
Chicopee (city) 36,214
Westfield 18,604
West Springfield 13,443
Palmer 9,896
Ludlow 7,470
Agawam 5,023
Monson 4,826
Wilbraham 2,780
Longmeadow 2,618
East Longmeadow 2,352
Chester 1,302
Russell 1,237
Southwick 1,194
Brimfield 778
Granville 655
Hampden 624
Blandford 479
Wales 419
Montgomery 229
Tolland 192
Holland 153

[edit] 1930

County Total: 335,496

Springfield (city) 149,900
Holyoke (city) 56,537
Chicopee (city) 43,930
Westfield (city) 19,775
West Springfield 16,684
Palmer 9,577
Ludlow 8,876
Agawam 7,095
Monson 4,918
Longmeadow 4,437
East Longmeadow 3,327
Wilbraham 2,719
Chester 1,464
Southwick 1,461
Russell 1,237
Brimfield 884
Blandford 545
Hampden 684
Granville 674
Wales 360
Montgomery 141
Holland 137
Tolland 134

[edit] 1940

County Total: 332,107

Springfield (city) 149,554
Holyoke (city) 53,750
Chicopee (city) 41,664
Westfield (city) 18,793
West Springfield 17,135
Palmer 9,149
Ludlow 8,181
Agawam 7,842
Longmeadow 5,790
Monson 5,597
East Longmeadow 3,403
Wilbraham 3,041
Southwick 1,579
Chester 1,284
Russell 1,242
Hampden 1,023
Brimfield 1,012
Granville 668
Blandford 479
Wales 367
Holland 247
Montgomery 178
Tolland 129

[edit] 1950

County Total: 367,971

Springfield (city) 162,399
Holyoke (city) 54,661
Chicopee (city) 49,211
Westfield (city) 20,962
West Springfield 20,438
Agawam 10,166
Palmer 9,533
Ludlow 8,660
Longmeadow 6,508
Monson 6,125
East Longmeadow 4,881
Wilbraham 4,003
Southwick 2,855
Hampden 1,322
Russell 1,298
Chester 1,292
Brimfield 1,182
Granville 740
Blandford 597
Wales 497
Holland 377
Montgomery 157
Tolland 107

[edit] 1960

County Total: 429,353

Springfield (city) 174,463
Chicopee (city) 61,553
Holyoke (city) 52,689
Westfield (city) 26,302
West Springfield 24,924
Agawam 15,718
Ludlow 13,805
Longmeadow 10,565
Palmer 10,358
East Longmeadow 10,294
Wilbraham 7,387
Monson 6,712
Southwick 5,139
Hampden 2,345
Brimfield 1,414
Russell 1,366
Chester 1,155
Granville 874
Wales 659
Blandford 636
Holland 561
Montgomery 333
Tolland 101

[edit] 1970

County Total: 459,050

Springfield (city) 163,905
Chicopee (city) 66,676
Holyoke (city) 50,112
Westfield (city) 31,433
West Springfield 28,461
Agawam 21,717
Ludlow 17,580
Longmeadow 15,630
East Longmeadow 13,029
Wilbraham 11,984
Palmer 11,680
Monson 7,355
Southwick 6,330
Hampden 4,572
Brimfield 1,907
Russell 1,382
Chester 1,025
Granville 1,008
Holland 931
Blandford 863
Wales 852
Montgomery 446
Tolland 172

[edit] 1980

County Total: 443,108

Springfield (city) 152,319
Chicopee (city) 55,112
Holyoke (city) 44,678
Westfield (city) 36,465
West Springfield 27,042
Agawam 26,271
Ludlow 18,150
Longmeadow 16,301
East Longmeadow 12,905
Wilbraham 12,053
Palmer 11,389
Southwick 7,382
Monson 7,315
Hampden 4,745
Brimfield 2,318
Holland 1,589
Russell 1,570
Granville 1,204
Wales 1,177
Chester 1,123
Blandford 1,038
Montgomery 637
Tolland 235

[edit] 1990

County Total: 456,310

Springfield (city) 156,983
Chicopee (city) 56,632
Holyoke (city) 43,704
Westfield (city) 38,372
West Springfield 27,537
Agawam 27,323
Ludlow 18,820
Longmeadow 15,467
East Longmeadow 13,367
Wilbraham 12,635
Palmer 12,054
Monson 7,776
Southwick 7,667
Hampden 4,709
Brimfield 3,001
Holland 2,185
Russell 1,594
Wales 1,566
Granville 1,403
Chester 1.280
Blandford 1,187
Montgomery 759
Tolland 289

[edit] 2000

County Total: 456,228

Springfield (city) 152,082
Chicopee (city) 54,653
Westfield (city) 40,072
Holyoke (city) 39,838
Agawam 28,144
West Springfield 27,899
Ludlow 21,209
Longmeadow 15,633
East Longmeadow 14,100
Wilbraham 13,473
Palmer 12,497
Southwick 8,835
Monson 8,359
Hampden 5,171
Brimfield 3,339
Holland 2,407
Wales 1,737
Russell 1,657
Granville 1,521
Chester 1.308
Blandford 1,214
Montgomery 654
Tolland 426

[edit] Notes

[edit] Special note regarding Agawam and West Springfield

Sources will sometimes quote varying numbers of cities in Massachusetts; certain municipalities which typically identify themselves as “towns” are sometimes shown as being cities. In particular, there are ten “towns” in Massachusetts which have been determined by the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office to have forms of government that legally make them cities, at least for purposes of certain state laws that draw a distinction between the two forms of government. Agawam and West Springfield are among the affected communities.

These municipalities, including Agawam and West Springfield, are considered to be towns for purposes of the “New England town” wikipedia article and its associated pages. This is done because these municipalities are most commonly referred to as towns (the towns themselves, and even other branches of state government besides the Secretary of State, usually refer to them as “towns”), and to maintain consistency with the other New England states (while there are undoubtedly municipalities in other New England states that call themselves towns but would be considered cities under the standard applied by the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office, this attempt to classify such towns as cities has not been undertaken in other states). The reader should be aware, however, that some sources will identify these municipalities, including Agawam and West Springfield, as cities. Agawam adopted its present form of government in 1973, West Springfield in 2000.

The Census Bureau has been inconsistent in its handling of these municipalities. The Census Bureau listed all of the communities affected by the Secretary of State’s determination as towns up through the 1990 Census; in 2000, it listed some, but not all, as cities. In the 2000 Census, Agawam was among those listed as a city. West Springfield was listed as a town in the 2000 Census; since 2002 it has been shown as a city in current Census materials.

[edit] See also

	Historical U.S. census figures for Massachusetts
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