POPULATION OF TOWNS OF CONNECTICUT FROM 1800 - 2010
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, Hartland being at that time included, the aggregate population is estimated at 20,342. Greenwich and Stamford were included with Norwalk.
NOTE: The 1756 census figures are available in the 1949 and previous editions of the State Manual; 1774 census in the 1950 through 1960 Manuals; 1782 census in the 1960 through 1970 Manuals; 1790 census in the 1980 and previous editions. Census figures for the periods between the following years may be found in previous editions.
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|
Town |
1800 |
1850 |
1900 |
1950 |
2000 |
2010 | |
| Andover | ------ | 500 | 385 | 1,034 | 3,036 | 3,303 | |
| Ansonia | ------ | ------ | 12,681 | 18,706 | 18,554 | 19,249 | |
| Ashford | 2,445 | 1,295 | 757 | 845 | 4,098 | 4,317 | |
| Avon | ------ | 995 | 1,302 | 3,171 | 15,832 | 18,098 | |
| Barkhamsted | 1,437 | 1,524 | 864 | 946 | 3,494 | 3,799 | |
| Beacon Falls | ------ | ------ | 623 | 2,067 | 5,246 | 6,049 | |
| Berlin | 2,702 | 1,869 | 3,448 | 7,470 | 18,215 | 19,866 | |
| Bethany | ------ | 914 | 517 | 1,318 | 5,040 | 5,563 | |
| Bethel | ------ | ------ | 3,327 | 5,104 | 18,067 | 18,584 | |
| Bethlehem | 1,138 | 815 | 576 | 1,015 | 3,422 | 3,607 | |
| Bloomfield | ------ | 1,412 | 1,513 | 5,746 | 19,587 | 20,486 | |
| Bolton | 1,452 | 600 | 457 | 1,279 | 5,017 | 4,980 | |
| Bozrah | 934 | 867 | 799 | 1,154 | 2,357 | 2,627 | |
| Branford | 2,156 | 1,423 | 5,706 | 10,944 | 28,683 | 28,026 | |
| Bridgeport | ------ | 7,560 | 70,996 | 158,709 | 139,529 | 144,229 | |
| Bridgewater | ------ | ------ | 649 | 639 | 1,824 | 1,727 | |
| Bristol | 2,723 | 2,884 | 9,643 | 35,961 | 60,062 | 60,477 | |
| Brookfield | 1,010 | 1,359 | 1,046 | 1,688 | 15,664 | 16,452 | |
| Brooklyn | 1,202 | 1,514 | 2,358 | 2,652 | 7,173 | 8,210 | |
| Burlington | ------ | 1,161 | 1,218 | 1,846 | 8,190 | 9,301 | |
| Canaan | 2,137 | 2,627 | 820 | 708 | 1,081 | 1,234 | |
| Canterbury | 1,812 | 1,669 | 876 | 1,321 | 4,692 | 5,132 | |
| Canton | ------ | 1,986 | 2,678 | 3,613 | 8,840 | 10,292 | |
| Chaplin | ------ | 796 | 529 | 712 | 2,250 | 2,305 | |
| Cheshire | 2,288 | 1,626 | 1,989 | 6,295 | 28,543 | 29,261 | |
| Chester | ------ | 992 | 1,328 | 1,920 | 3,743 | 3,994 | |
| Clinton | ------ | 1,344 | 1,429 | 2,466 | 13,094 | 13,260 | |
| Colchester | 3,163 | 2,468 | 1,991 | 3,007 | 14,551 | 16,068 | |
| Colebrook | 1,119 | 1,317 | 684 | 592 | 1,471 | 1,485 | |
| Columbia | ------ | 876 | 655 | 1,327 | 4,971 | 5,485 | |
| Cornwall | 1,614 | 2,041 | 1,175 | 896 | 1,434 | 1,420 | |
| Coventry | 2,021 | 1,984 | 1,632 | 4,043 | 11,504 | 12,435 | |
| Cromwell | ------ | ------ | 2,031 | 4,286 | 12,871 | 14,005 | |
| Danbury | 3,180 | 5,964 | 19,474 | 30,337 | 74,848 | 80,893 | |
| Darien | ------ | 1,454 | 3,116 | 11,767 | 19,607 | 20,732 | |
| Deep River* | 3,363 | 2,904 | 1,634 | 2,570 | 4,610 | 4,629 | |
| Derby | 1,878 | 3,824 | 7,930 | 10,259 | 12,391 | 12,902 | |
| Durham | 1,029 | 1,026 | 884 | 1,804 | 6,627 | 7,388 | |
| East Granby | ------ | ------ | 684 | 1,327 | 4,745 | 5,148 | |
| East Haddam | 2,805 | 2,610 | 2,485 | 2,554 | 8,333 | 9,126 | |
| East Hampton¹ | 3,295 | 1,525 | 2,271 | 4,000 | 13,352 | 12,959 | |
| East Hartford | 3,057 | 2,497 | 6,406 | 29,933 | 49,575 | 51,252 | |
| East Haven | 1,004 | 1,670 | 1,167 | 12,212 | 28,189 | 29,257 | |
| East Lyme | ------ | 1,382 | 1,836 | 3,870 | 18,118 | 19,159 | |
| East Windsor | 2,766 | 2,633 | 3,158 | 4,859 | 9,818 | 11,162 | |
| Eastford | ------ | 1,127 | 523 | 598 | 1,618 | 1,749 | |
| Easton | ------ | 1,432 | 960 | 2,165 | 7,272 | 7,490 | |
| Ellington | 1,209 | 1,399 | 1,829 | 3,099 | 12,921 | 15,602 | |
| Enfield | 1,761 | 4,460 | 6,699 | 15,464 | 45,212 | 44,654 | |
| Essex | ------ | 950 | 2,530 | 3,491 | 6,505 | 6,683 | |
| Fairfield | 3,735 | 3,614 | 4,489 | 30,489 | 57,340 | 59,404 | |
| Farmington | 2,809 | 2,630 | 3,331 | 7,026 | 23,641 | 25,340 | |
| Franklin | 1,210 | 895 | 546 | 727 | 1,835 | 1,922 | |
| Glastonbury | 2,718 | 3,390 | 4,260 | 8,818 | 31,876 | 34,427 | |
| Goshen | 1,493 | 1,457 | 835 | 940 | 2,697 | 2,976 | |
| Granby | 2,735 | 2,498 | 1,299 | 2,693 | 10,347 | 11,282 | |
| Greenwich | 3,047 | 5,036 | 12,172 | 40,835 | 61,101 | 61,171 | |
| Griswold | ------ | 2,065 | 3,490 | 5,728 | 10,807 | 11,951 | |
| Groton | 4,302 | 3,743 | 5,962 | 21,896 | 39,907 | 40,115 | |
| Guilford | 3,597 | 2,653 | 2,785 | 5,092 | 21,398 | 22,375 | |
| Haddam | 2,307 | 2,279 | 2,015 | 2,636 | 7,157 | 8,346 | |
| Hamden | 1,482 | 2,164 | 4,662 | 29,715 | 56,913 | 60,960 | |
| Hampton | 1,379 | 946 | 629 | 672 | 1,758 | 1,863 | |
| Hartford | 5,347 | 13,555 | 79,850 | 177,397 | 121,578 | 124,775 | |
| Hartland | 1,318 | 848 | 592 | 549 | 2,012 | 2,114 | |
| Harwinton | 1,481 | 1,175 | 1,213 | 1,858 | 5,283 | 5,642 | |
| Hebron | 2,256 | 1,345 | 1,016 | 1,320 | 8,610 | 9,686 | |
| Kent | 1,607 | 1,848 | 1,220 | 1,392 | 2,858 | 2,979 | |
| Killingly | 2,279 | 4,543 | 6,835 | 10,015 | 16,472 | 17,370 | |
| Killingworth | 2,047 | 1,107 | 651 | 677 | 6,018 | 6,525 | |
| Lebanon | 3,652 | 1,901 | 1,521 | 1,654 | 6,907 | 7,308 | |
| Ledyard | ------ | 1,558 | 1,236 | 1,749 | 14,687 | 15,051 | |
| Lisbon | 1,158 | 938 | 697 | 1,282 | 4,069 | 4,338 | |
| Litchfield | 4,285 | 3,953 | 3,214 | 4,964 | 8,316 | 8,466 | |
| Lyme | 4,380 | 2,668 | 750 | 857 | 2,016 | 2,406 | |
| Madison | ------ | 1,837 | 1,518 | 3,078 | 17,858 | 18,269 | |
| Manchester | ------ | 2,546 | 10,601 | 34,116 | 54,740 | 58,241 | |
| Mansfield | 2,560 | 2,517 | 1,827 | 10,008 | 20,720 | 26,543 | |
| Marlborough | ------ | 832 | 322 | 901 | 5,709 | 6,404 | |
| Meriden | ------ | 3,559 | 28,659 | 44,088 | 58,244 | 60,868 | |
| Middlebury | ------ | 763 | 736 | 3,318 | 6,451 | 7,575 | |
| Middlefield | ------ | ------ | 845 | 1,983 | 4,203 | 4,425 | |
| Middletown | 5,001 | 8,441 | 17,486 | 29,711 | 43,167 | 47,648 | |
| Milford | 2,417 | 2,465 | 3,783 | 26,870 | 52,305 | 52,759 | |
| Monroe | ------ | 1,442 | 1,043 | 2,892 | 19,247 | 19,479 | |
| Montville | 2,233 | 1,848 | 2,395 | 4,766 | 18,546 | 19,571 | |
| Morris | ------ | ------ | 535 | 799 | 2,301 | 2,388 | |
| Naugatuck | ------ | 1,720 | 10,541 | 17,455 | 30,989 | 31,862 | |
| New Britain | ------ | 3,029 | 28,202 | 73,726 | 71,538 | 73,206 | |
| New Canaan | ------ | 2,600 | 2,968 | 8,001 | 19,395 | 19,738 | |
| New Fairfield | 1,665 | 927 | 584 | 1,236 | 13,953 | 13,881 | |
| New Hartford | 1,753 | 2,643 | 3,424 | 2,395 | 6,088 | 6,970 | |
| New Haven | 5,157 | 20,345 | 108,027 | 164,443 | 123,626 | 129,779 | |
| New London | 5,150 | 8,991 | 17,548 | 30,551 | 25,671 | 27,620 | |
| New Milford | 3,221 | 4,508 | 4,804 | 5,799 | 27,121 | 28,142 | |
| Newington | ------ | ------ | 1,041 | 9,110 | 29,306 | 30,562 | |
| Newtown | 2,903 | 3,338 | 3,276 | 7,448 | 25,031 | 27,560 | |
| Norfolk | 1,649 | 1,643 | 1,614 | 1,572 | 1,660 | 1,709 | |
| North Branford | ------ | 998 | 814 | 2,017 | 13,906 | 14,407 | |
| North Canaan | ------ | ------ | 1,803 | 2,647 | 3,350 | 3,315 | |
| North Haven | 1,157 | 1,325 | 2,164 | 9,444 | 23,035 | 24,093 | |
| North Stonington | ------ | 1,936 | 1,240 | 1,367 | 4,991 | 5,297 | |
| Norwalk | 5,146 | 4,651 | 19,932 | 49,460 | 82,951 | 85,603 | |
| Norwich | 3,476 | 10,265 | 24,637 | 37,633 | 36,117 | 40,493 | |
| Old Lyme | ------ | ------ | 1,180 | 2,141 | 7,406 | 7,603 | |
| Old Saybrook | ------ | ------ | 1,431 | 2,499 | 10,367 | 10,242 | |
| Orange | ------ | 1,476 | 6,995 | 3,032 | 13,233 | 13,956 | |
| Oxford | 1,410 | 1,564 | 952 | 2,037 | 9,821 | 12,683 | |
| Plainfield | 1,619 | 2,732 | 4,821 | 8,071 | 14,619 | 15,405 | |
| Plainville | ------ | ------ | 2,189 | 9,994 | 17,328 | 17,716 | |
| Plymouth | 1,791 | 2,568 | 2,828 | 6,771 | 11,634 | 12,243 | |
| Pomfret | 1,799 | 1,848 | 1,831 | 2,018 | 3,798 | 4,247 | |
| Portland | ------ | 2,836 | 3,856 | 5,186 | 8,732 | 9,508 | |
| Preston | 3,440 | 1,842 | 2,807 | 1,775 | 4,688 | 4,726 | |
| Prospect | ------ | 666 | 562 | 1,896 | 8,707 | 9,405 | |
| Putnam | ------ | ------ | 7,348 | 9,304 | 9,002 | 9,584 | |
| Redding | 1,632 | 1,754 | 1,426 | 2,037 | 8,270 | 9,158 | |
| Ridgefield | 2,025 | 2,237 | 2,626 | 4,356 | 23,643 | 24,638 | |
| Rocky Hill | ------ | 1,042 | 1,026 | 5,108 | 17,966 | 19,709 | |
| Roxbury | 1,121 | 1,114 | 1,087 | 740 | 2,136 | 2,262 | |
| Salem | ------ | 764 | 468 | 618 | 3,858 | 4,151 | |
| Salisbury | 2,266 | 3,103 | 3,489 | 3,132 | 3,977 | 3,741 | |
| Scotland | ------ | ------ | 471 | 513 | 1,556 | 1,726 | |
| Seymour | ------ | 1,677 | 3,541 | 7,832 | 15,454 | 16,540 | |
| Sharon | 2,340 | 2,507 | 1,982 | 1,889 | 2,968 | 2,782 | |
| Shelton² | 2,792 | 1,301 | 5,572 | 12,694 | 38,101 | 39,559 | |
| Sherman | ------ | 984 | 658 | 549 | 3,827 | 3,581 | |
| Simsbury | 2,956 | 2,737 | 2,094 | 4,822 | 23,234 | 23,511 | |
| Somers | 1,353 | 1,508 | 1,593 | 2,631 | 10,417 | 11,444 | |
| South Windsor | ------ | 1,638 | 2,014 | 4,066 | 24,412 | 25,709 | |
| Southbury | 1,757 | 1,484 | 1,238 | 3,828 | 18,567 | 19,904 | |
| Southington | 1,804 | 2,135 | 5,890 | 13,061 | 39,728 | 43,069 | |
| Sprague | ------ | ------ | 1,339 | 2,320 | 2,971 | 2,984 | |
| Stafford | 2,345 | 2,940 | 4,297 | 6,471 | 11,307 | 12,087 | |
| Stamford | 4,352 | 5,000 | 18,839 | 74,293 | 117,083 | 122,643 | |
| Sterling | 908 | 1,025 | 1,209 | 1,298 | 3,099 | 3,830 | |
| Stonington | 5,437 | 5,431 | 8,540 | 11,801 | 17,906 | 18,545 | |
| Stratford | 2,650 | 2,040 | 3,657 | 33,428 | 49,976 | 51,384 | |
| Suffield | 2,686 | 2,962 | 3,521 | 4,895 | 13,552 | 15,735 | |
| Thomaston | ------ | ------ | 3,300 | 4,896 | 7,503 | 7,887 | |
| Thompson | 2,341 | 4,638 | 6,442 | 5,585 | 8,878 | 9,458 | |
| Tolland | 1,638 | 1,406 | 1,036 | 1,659 | 13,146 | 15,052 | |
| Torrington | 1,417 | 1,916 | 12,453 | 27,820 | 35,202 | 36,383 | |
| Trumbull | 1,291 | 1,309 | 1,587 | 8,641 | 34,243 | 36,018 | |
| Union | 767 | 728 | 428 | 261 | 693 | 854 | |
| Vernon | ------ | 2,009 | 8,483 | 10,115 | 28,063 | 29,179 | |
| Voluntown | 1,119 | 1,064 | 872 | 825 | 2,528 | 2,603 | |
| Wallingford | 3,214 | 2,595 | 9,001 | 16,976 | 43,026 | 45,135 | |
| Warren | 1,083 | 830 | 432 | 437 | 1,254 | 1,461 | |
| Washington | 1,568 | 1,802 | 1,820 | 2,227 | 3,596 | 3,578 | |
| Waterbury | 3,256 | 5,137 | 51,139 | 104,477 | 107,271 | 110,366 | |
| Waterford | ------ | 2,259 | 2,904 | 9,100 | 19,152 | 19,517 | |
| Watertown | 1,622 | 1,533 | 3,100 | 10,699 | 21,661 | 22,514 | |
| West Hartford³ | ------ | ------ | 3,186 | 44,402 | 63,589 | 63,268 | |
| West Haven | ------ | ------ | ------ | 32,010 | 52,360 | 55,564 | |
| Westbrook | ------ | 1,202 | 884 | 1,549 | 6,292 | 6,938 | |
| Weston | 2,680 | 1,056 | 840 | 1,988 | 10,037 | 10,179 | |
| Westport | ------ | 2,651 | 4,017 | 11,667 | 25,749 | 26,391 | |
| Wethersfield | 3,992 | 2,523 | 2,637 | 12,533 | 26,271 | 26,668 | |
| Willington | 1,278 | 1,388 | 885 | 1,462 | 5,959 | 6,041 | |
| Wilton | ------ | 2,066 | 1,598 | 4,558 | 17,633 | 18,062 | |
| Winchester | 1,371 | 2,179 | 7,763 | 10,535 | 10,664 | 11,242 | |
| Windham | 2,644 | 4,503 | 10,137 | 15,884 | 22,857 | 25,268 | |
| Windsor | 2,773 | 3,294 | 3,614 | 11,833 | 28,237 | 29,044 | |
| Windsor Locks | ------ | ------ | 3,062 | 5,221 | 12,043 | 12,498 | |
| Wolcott | 948 | 603 | 581 | 3,553 | 15,215 | 16,680 | |
| Woodbridge | 2,198 | 912 | 852 | 2,822 | 8,983 | 8,990 | |
| Woodbury | 1,944 | 2,150 | 1,988 | 2,564 | 9,198 | 9,975 | |
| Woodstock | 2,463 | 3,381 | 2,095 | 2,271 | 7,221 | 7,964 | |
| Totals | 250,902 | 370,792 | 908,420 | 2,007,280 | 33,405,565 | 3,574,097 |
*Formerly Saybrook. ¹Name changed from Chatham May 4, 1915. ²Name changed from Huntington, April 15, 1919. ³The 4,411 credited to West Hartford in the census of 1850 apparently referred to all of the town of Hartford outside of the city limits.