Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts (the other being Greater Boston), had a population of 699,162 in 2020. state of Massachusetts and the 4th most populous city in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 155,929, making it the 3rd most populous city in the U.S. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. Springfield is the most populous city in and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
