Size is not all that matters. But still, we would love to know how big Methuen in Massachusetts is. Here is the answer:
Methuen, Massachusetts covers an area of 59.55 square kilometers (22.99 square miles).
With 43,979 people living in Methuen that comes to a population density of 738.52 inhabitants per square kilometer (1912.96 / sq mi)
As a reference: The 8,398,748 people living in New York City are crammed onto 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi), which results into a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi).

Methuen is a statutory city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 47,255 at the 2010 census. Methuen lies along the northwestern edge of Essex County, just east of Middlesex County and just south of Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The irregularly-shaped town is bordered by Haverhill to the northeast, North Andover to the east, Lawrence and Andover to the south, Dracut (Middlesex County) to the west, Pelham, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County) to the northwest, and Salem, New Hampshire (Rockingham County) to the north. Methuen is located 30 miles (48 km) north-northwest of Boston and 25 miles (40 km) south-southeast of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Cities with a similar size as Methuen
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Methuen, Massachusetts, here you go:
- Idaho Falls, Idaho with a size of 59.93 square kilometers (59.93 sq mi), population: 56,813
- Glendora, California with a size of 50.65 square kilometers (50.65 sq mi), population: 50,073
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with a size of 50.38 square kilometers (50.38 sq mi), population: 74,982
- Westland, Michigan with a size of 52.94 square kilometers (52.94 sq mi), population: 84,094
- Great Falls, Montana with a size of 60.57 square kilometers (60.57 sq mi), population: 58,505
- Chickasha, Oklahoma with a size of 57.19 square kilometers (57.19 sq mi), population: 16,036
- Moss Point, Mississippi with a size of 68.83 square kilometers (68.83 sq mi), population: 17,653
- Tooele, Utah with a size of 62.44 square kilometers (62.44 sq mi), population: 22,502
- Granite City, Illinois with a size of 53.80 square kilometers (53.80 sq mi), population: 31,301
- Guthrie, Oklahoma with a size of 50.03 square kilometers (50.03 sq mi), population: 10,191
Cities with a similar population density as Methuen
Other cities that have a similar population density as Methuen, Massachusetts are:
- Newburyport, Massachusetts with a population density of 620 people per sq km (1,605 / sq mi).
- Plymouth, Minnesota with a population density of 771 people per sq km (1,998 / sq mi).
- Forest Acres, South Carolina with a population density of 805 people per sq km (2,085 / sq mi).
- Victoria, Texas with a population density of 649 people per sq km (1,681 / sq mi).
- Baytown, Texas with a population density of 699 people per sq km (1,811 / sq mi).
- Lebanon, Oregon with a population density of 872 people per sq km (2,259 / sq mi).
- Shoreview, Minnesota with a population density of 763 people per sq km (1,975 / sq mi).
- Palmetto, Florida with a population density of 847 people per sq km (2,192 / sq mi).
- Franklin, Tennessee with a population density of 637 people per sq km (1,650 / sq mi).
- Newport, Rhode Island with a population density of 836 people per sq km (2,166 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Methuen
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Methuen, Massachusetts:
- Oakland Park, Florida with a population of 42,293 people
- Aliso Viejo, California with a population of 47,823 people
- Margate, Florida with a population of 53,284 people
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio with a population of 46,238 people
- Littleton, Colorado with a population of 41,737 people
- Hendersonville, Tennessee with a population of 54,068 people
- Hacienda Heights, California with a population of 54,038 people
- Corvallis, Oregon with a population of 54,462 people
- Colton, California with a population of 52,154 people
- Delano, California with a population of 53,819 people
