Size is not all that matters. But still, we would love to know how big Portsmouth in New Hampshire is. Here is the answer:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire covers an area of 43.57 square kilometers (16.82 square miles).
With 21,233 people living in Portsmouth that comes to a population density of 487.33 inhabitants per square kilometer (1262.37 / 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).
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 21,233, and in 2018 the estimated population was 21,896. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Strategic Air Command’s Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.
Cities with a similar size as Portsmouth
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Portsmouth, New Hampshire, here you go:
- Bryant, Arkansas with a size of 54.08 square kilometers (54.08 sq mi), population: 16,688
- Haines City, Florida with a size of 51.50 square kilometers (51.50 sq mi), population: 20,535
- Ada, Oklahoma with a size of 51.30 square kilometers (51.30 sq mi), population: 16,810
- Guthrie, Oklahoma with a size of 50.03 square kilometers (50.03 sq mi), population: 10,191
- Redmond, Oregon with a size of 43.49 square kilometers (43.49 sq mi), population: 23,500
- Findlay, Ohio with a size of 51.16 square kilometers (51.16 sq mi), population: 38,967
- East Providence, Rhode Island with a size of 42.78 square kilometers (42.78 sq mi), population: 47,037
- La Marque, Texas with a size of 36.93 square kilometers (36.93 sq mi), population: 14,509
- East Chicago, Indiana with a size of 41.84 square kilometers (41.84 sq mi), population: 29,698
- Utica, New York with a size of 44.07 square kilometers (44.07 sq mi), population: 62,235
Cities with a similar population density as Portsmouth
Other cities that have a similar population density as Portsmouth, New Hampshire are:
- Millbrook, Alabama with a population density of 431 people per sq km (1,117 / sq mi).
- Kansas City, Missouri with a population density of 557 people per sq km (1,441 / sq mi).
- Zephyrhills, Florida with a population density of 444 people per sq km (1,149 / sq mi).
- Grand Junction, Colorado with a population density of 583 people per sq km (1,511 / sq mi).
- Pittsburg, Kansas with a population density of 595 people per sq km (1,541 / sq mi).
- Gary, Indiana with a population density of 542 people per sq km (1,404 / sq mi).
- Dunedin, Florida with a population density of 483 people per sq km (1,251 / sq mi).
- Chesterfield, Missouri with a population density of 547 people per sq km (1,415 / sq mi).
- Lebanon, Ohio with a population density of 508 people per sq km (1,315 / sq mi).
- Mitchell, South Dakota with a population density of 480 people per sq km (1,243 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Portsmouth
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Portsmouth, New Hampshire:
- Eagle Mountain, Utah with a population of 23,212 people
- Ellensburg, Washington with a population of 18,174 people
- Chanhassen, Minnesota with a population of 22,952 people
- Ansonia, Connecticut with a population of 19,249 people
- Pleasantville, New Jersey with a population of 20,249 people
- Alamo, Texas with a population of 18,353 people
- Statesville, North Carolina with a population of 24,532 people
- Xenia, Ohio with a population of 25,719 people
- Takoma Park, Maryland with a population of 17,885 people
- Van Buren, Arkansas with a population of 22,791 people
Cities with the same name “Portsmouth”
Same name but different game – do we have sister cities from other states:
- Portsmouth, Ohio with a population of 20,909 residents
- Portsmouth, Virginia with a population of 96,205 residents
- Portsmouth, Rhode Island with a population of 21,233 residents
