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Population of Connecticut Towns 1970-2010

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Compiled from the official returns. The census of 1790 was somewhat imperfect. Of New London county it stated: "The return from this county is so blended that the number in each town cannot be ascertained. The aggregate is 33,000." For the Litchfield County towns not returned, Hartford being at that time included, the aggregate population is estimated at 20,342. Greenwich and Stamford were included with Norwalk. The census of 1774 embraces as a part of Litchfield County "Westmoreland, 1,922," presumably the Pennsylvania tract at that time claimed by Connecticut. "Fair Haven, 1,317," is included in the figures for 1850. The creation of new towns explains many apparent losses in population of the older ones.

Population of Towns 1756-1820 | Population of Towns 1830-1890 | Population of Towns 1900-1960

Town

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Andover 2,099 2,144 2,540 3,036 3,303
Ansonia 21,160 19,039 18,403 18,554 19,249
Ashford 2,156 3,221 3,765 4,098 4,317
Avon 8,352 11,201 13,937 15,832 18,098
Barkhamsted 2,066 2,935 3,369 3,494 3,799
Beacon Falls 3,546 3,995 5,083 5,246 6,049
Berlin 14,149 15,121 16,787 18,215 19,866
Bethany 3,857 4,330 4,608 5,040 5,563
Bethel 10,945 16,004 17,541 18,067 18,584
Bethlehem 1,923 2,573 3,071 3,422 3,607
Bloomfield 18,301 18,608 19,483 19,587 20,486
Bolton 3,691 3,951 4,575 5,017 4,980
Bozrah 2,036 2,135 2,297 2,357 2,627
Branford 20,444 23,363 27,603 28,683 28,026
Bridgeport 156,542 142,546 141,686 139,529 144,229
Bridgewater 1,277 1,563 1,654 1,824 1,727
Bristol 55,487 57,370 60,640 60,062 60,477
Brookfield 9,688 12,872 14,113 15,664 16,452
Brooklyn 4,965 5,691 6,681 7,173 8,210
Burlington 4,070 5,660 7,026 8,190 9,301
Canaan 931 1,002 1,057 1,081 1,234
Canterbury 2,673 3,426 4,467 4,692 5,132
Canton 6,868 7,635 8,268 8,840 10,292
Chaplin 1,621 1,793 2,048 2,250 2,305
Cheshire 19,051 21,788 25,684 28,543 29,261
Chester 2,982 3,068 3,417 3,743 3,994
Clinton 10,267 11,195 12,767 13,094 13,260
Colchester 6,603 7,761 10,980 14,551 16,068
Colebrook 1,020 1,221 1,365 1,471 1,485
Columbia 3,129 3,386 4,510 4,971 5,485
Cornwall 1,177 1,288 1,414 1,434 1,420
Coventry 8,140 8,895 10,063 11,504 12,435
Cromwell 7,400 10,265 12,286 12,871 14,005
Danbury 50,781 60,470 65,585 74,848 80,893
Darien 20,336 18,892 18,196 19,607 20,732
Deep River 3,690 3,994 4,332 4,610 4,629
Derby 12,599 12,346 12,199 12,391 12,902
Durham 4,489 5,143 5,732 6,627 7,388
East Granby 3,532 4,102 4,302 4,745 5,148
East Haddam 4,676 5,621 6,676 8,333 9,126
East Hampton 7,078 8,572 10,428 13,352 12,959
East Hartford 57,583 52,563 50,452 49,575 51,252
East Haven 25,120 25,028 26,144 28,189 29,257
East Lyme 11,399 13,870 15,340 18,118 19,159
East Windsor 8,513 8,925 10,081 9,818 11,162
Eastford
922
1,028
1,314
1,618
1,749
Easton
4,885
5,962
6,303
7,272
7,490
Ellington 7,703 9,711 11,197 12,921 15,602
Enfield 46,189 42,695 45,532 45,212 44,654
Essex 4,911 5,078 5,904 6,505 6,683
Fairfield 56,487 54,489 53,418 57,340 59,404
Farmington 14,390 16,407 20,608 23,641 25,340
Franklin 1,356 1,592 1,810 1,835 1,922
Glastonbury 20,651 24,327 27,901 31,876 34,427
Goshen 1,351 1,706 2,329 2,697 2,976
Granby 6,150 7,956 9,369 10,347 11,282
Greenwich 59,755 59,578 58,441 61,101 61,171
Griswold 7,763 8,967 10,384 10,807 11,951
Groton 38,244 41,062 45,144 39,907 40,115
Guilford 12,033 17,375 19,848 21,398 22,375
Haddam 4,934 6,383 6,769 7,157 8,346
Hamden 49,357 51,071 52,434 56,913 60,960
Hampton 1,129 1,322 1,578 1,758 1,863
Hartford 158,017 136,392 139,739 121,578 124,775
Hartland 1,303 1,416 1,866 2,012 2,114
Harwinton 4,318 4,889 5,228 5,283 5,642
Hebron 3,815 5,453 7,079 8,610 9,686
Kent 1,990 2,505 2,918 2,858 2,979
Killingly 13,573 14,519 15,889 16,472 17,370
Killingworth 2,435 3,976 4,814 6,018 6,525
Lebanon 3,804 4,762 6,041 6,907 7,308
Ledyard 14,837 13,735 14,913 14,687 15,051
Lisbon 2,808 3,279 3,790 4,069 4,338
Litchfield 7,399 7,605 8,365 8,316 8,466
Lyme 1,484 1,822 1,949 2,016 2,406
Madison 9,768 14,031 15,485 17,858 18,269
Manchester 47,994 49,761 51,618 57,740 58,241
Mansfield 19,994 20,634 21,103 20,720 26,543
Marlborough 2,991 4,746 5,513 5,709 6,404
Meriden 55,959 57,118, 59,479 58,244 60,868
Middlebury 5,542 5,995 6,145 6,451 7,575
Middlefield 4,132 3,796 3,925 4,203 4,425
Middletown 36,924 39,040 42,762 43,167 47,648
Milford 50,858 50,898 49,938 52,305 52,759
Monroe 12,047 14,010 16,896 19,247 19,479
Montville 15,662 16,455 16,673 18,546 19,571
Morris 1,609 1,899 2,039 2,301 2,388
Naugatuck 23,034 26,456 30,625 30,989 31,862
New Britain 83,441 73,840 75,491 71,538 73,206
New Canaan 17,451 17,931 17,864 19,395 19,738
New Fairfield 6,991 11,260 12,911 13,953 13,881
New Hartford 3,970 4,884, 5,769 6,088 6,970
New Haven 137,707 126,109 130,474 123,626 129,779
New London 31,630 28,842 28,540 25,671 27,620
New Milford 14,601 19,420 23,629 27,121 28,142
Newington
26,037
28,841
29,208
29,306
30,562
Newtown 16,942 19,107 20,779 25,031 27,560
Norfolk 2,073 2,156 2,060 1,660 1,709
North Branford 10,778 11,554 12,996 13,906 14,407
North Canaan 3,045 3,185 3,284 3,350 3,315
North Haven 22,194 22,080 22,247 23,035 24,093
North Stonington 3,748 4,219 4,884 4,991 5,297
Norwalk 79,288 77,767 78,331 82,951 85,603
Norwich 41,739 38,074 37,391 36,117 40,493
Old Lyme 4,964, 6,159 6,535 7,406 7,603
Old Saybrook 8,468 9,287 9,552 10,367 10,242
Orange 13,524 13,237 12,830 13,233 13,956
Oxford 4,480 6,634 8,685 9,821 12,683
Plainfield 11,957 12,774 14,363 14,619 15,405
Plainville 16,733 16,401 17,392 17,328 17,716
Plymouth 10,321 10,732 11,822 11,634 12,243
Pomfret 2,529 2,775 3,102 3,798 4,247
Portland 8,812 8,383 8,418 8,732 9,508
Preston 3,593 4,644 5,006 4,688 4,726
Prospect 6,543 6,807 7,775 8,707 9,405
Putnam 8,598 8,580 9,031 9,002 9,584
Redding 5,590 7,272 7,927 8,270 9,158
Ridgefield 18,188 20,120 20,919 23,643 24,638
Rocky Hill 11,103 14,559 16,554 17,966 19,709
Roxbury 1,238 1,468 1,825 2,136 2,262
Salem 1,453 2,335 3,310 3,858 4,151
Salisbury 3,573 3,896 4,090 3,977 3,741
Scotland 1,022 1,072 1,215 1,556 1,726
Seymour 12,776 13,434 14,288 15,454 16,540
Sharon 2,491 2,623 2,928 2,968 2,782
Shelton 27,165 31,314 35,418 38,101 39,559
Sherman 1,459 2,281 2,809 3,827 3,581
Simsbury 17,475 21,161 22,023 23,234 23,511
Somers 6,893 8,473 9,108 10,417 11,444
South Windsor
15,553
17,198
22,090
24,412
25,709
Southbury 7,852 14,156 15,818 18,567 19,904
Southington 30,946 36,879 38,518 39,728 43,069
Sprague 2,912 2,996 3,008 2,971 2,984
Stafford 8,680 9,268 11,091 11,307 12,087
Stamford 108,798 102,453 108,056 117,083 122,643
Sterling 1,853 1,791 2,357 3,099 3,830
Stonington 15,940 16,220 16,919 17,906 18,545
Stratford 49,775 50,541 49,389 49,976 51,384
Suffield 8,634 9,294 11,427 13,552 15,735
Thomaston 6,233 6,276 6,947 7,503 7,887
Thompson 7,580 8,141 8,668 8,878 9,458
Tolland 7,857 9,694 11,001 13,146 15,052
Torrington 31,952 30,987 33,687 35,202 36,383
Trumbull 31,394 32,989 32,016 34,243 36,018
Union 443 546 612 693 854
Vernon 27,237 27,974 29,841 28,063 29,179
Voluntown 1,452 1,637 2,113 2,528 2,603
Wallingford 35,714 37,274 40,822 43,026 45,135
Warren 827 1,027 1,226 1,254 1,461
Washington 3,121 3,657 3,905 3,596 3,578
Waterbury 108,033 103,266 108,961 107,271 110,366
Waterford 17,227 17,843 17,930 19,152 19,517
Watertown 18,610 13,489 20,453 21,661 22,514
West Hartford 68,031 61,301 60,110 63,589 63,268
West Haven 52,851 53,184 54,021 52,360 55,564
Westbrook
3,820
5,216
5,414
6,292
6,938
Weston 7,417 8,284 8,648 10,037 10,179
Westport 27,318 25,290 24,410 25,749 26,391
Wethersfield 26,662 26,013 25,651 26,271 26,668
Willington 3,755 4,694 5,979 5,959 6,041
Wilton 13,572 15,351 15,989 17,633 18,062
Winchester 11,106 10,841 11,524 10,664 11,242
Windham 19,626 21,062 22,039 22,857 25,268
Windsor 22,502 25,204 27,817 28,237 29,044
Windsor Locks 15,080 12,190 12,358 12,043 12,498
Wolcott 12,495 13,008 13,700 15,215 16,680
Woodbridge 7,673 7,761 7,924 8,983 8,990
Woodbury 5,869 6,942 8,131 9,198 9,975
Woodstock 4,311 5,117 6,008 7,221 7,964
       Totals 3,032,217 3,107,576 3,287,116 3,405,565 3,574,097