Population of Amherst, Virginia (Town)

Map of Population by Block Group in Amherst

Map of Population by Block in Amherst

Population by Place in the Lynchburg Area

There are 14 places in the Lynchburg Area. This section compares Amherst to all of the places in the Lynchburg Area.

Population by Place in Virginia

There are 593 places in Virginia. This section compares Amherst to the 50 most populous places in Virginia. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 23,008.

Population by Place in the South

There are 9,693 places in the South. This section compares Amherst to the 50 most populous places in the South. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 188,973.

Population by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares Amherst to the 50 most populous places in the United States. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Definitions

This page reports on the population distribution in Amherst, both in terms of raw head counts, and in terms of population density per square mile.

• Population: count of all residents of the given entity at the time of the survey, excluding visitors
• Population Density: population divided by the total land area of the entity (i.e., excluding water areas contained in the entity)

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