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 Population of Connecticut Towns 1970-2000
1970
1980
1990
2000
Andover
2,099
2,144
2,540
3,036
Ansonia
21,160
19,039
18,403
18,554
Ashford
2,156
3,221
3,765
4,098
Avon
8,352
11,201
13,937
15,832
Barkhamsted
2,066
2,935
3,369
3,494
Beacon Falls
3,546
3,995
5,083
5,246
Berlin
14,149
15,121
16,787
18,215
Bethany
3,857
4,330
4,608
5,040
Bethel
10,945
16,004
17,541
18,067
Bethlehem
1,923
2,573
3,071
3,422
Bloomfield
18,301
18,608
19,483
19,587
Bolton
3,691
3,951
4,575
5,017
Bozrah
2,036
2,135
2,297
2,357
Branford
20,444
23,363
27,603
28,683
Bridgeport
156,542
142,546
141,686
139,529
Bridgewater
1,277
1,563
1,654
1,824
Bristol
55,487
57,370
60,640
60,062
Brookfield
9,688
12,872
14,113
15,664
Brooklyn
4,965
5,691
6,681
7,173
Burlington
4,070
5,660
7,026
8,190
Canaan
931
1,002
1,057
1,081
Canterbury
2,673
3,426
4,467
4,692
Canton
6,868
7,635
8,268
8,840
Chaplin
1,621
1,793
2,048
2,250
Cheshire
19,051
21,788
25,684
28,543
Chester
2,982
3,068
3,417
3,743
Clinton
10,267
11,195
12,767
13,094
Colchester
6,603
7,761
10,980
14,551
Colebrook
1,020
1,221
1,365
1,471
Columbia
3,129
3,386
4,510
4,971
Cornwall
1,177
1,288
1,414
1,434
Coventry
8,140
8,895
10,063
11,504
Cromwell
7,400
10,265
12,286
12,871
Danbury
50,781
60,470
65,585
74,848
Darien
20,336
18,892
18,196
19,607
Deep River
3,690
3,994
4,332
4,610
Derby
12,599
12,346
12,199
12,391
Durham
4,489
5,143
5,732
6,627
Eastford
922
1,028
1,314
1,618
East Granby
3,532
4,102
4,302
4,745
East Haddam
4,676
5,621
6,676
8,333
East Hampton
7,078
8,572
10,428
13,352
East Hartford
57,583
52,563
50,452
49,575
East Haven
25,120
25,028
26,144
28,189
East Lyme
11,399
13,870
15,340
18,118
Easton
4,885
5,962
6,303
7,272
East Windsor
8,513
8,925
10,081
9,818
Ellington
7,703
9,711
11,197
12,921
Enfield
46,189
42,695
45,532
45,212
Essex
4,911
5,078
5,904
6,505
Fairfield
56,487
54,489
53,418
57,340
Farmington
14,390
16,407
20,608
23,641
Franklin
1,356
1,592
1,810
1,835
Glastonbury
20,651
24,327
27,901
31,876
Goshen
1,351
1,706
2,329
2,697
Granby
6,150
7,956
9,369
10,347
Greenwich
59,755
59,578
58,441
61,101
Griswold
7,763
8,967
10,384
10,807
Groton
38,244
41,062
45,144
39,907
Guilford
12,033
17,375
19,848
21,398
Haddam
4,934
6,383
6,769
7,157
Hamden
49,357
51,071
52,434
56,913
Hampton
1,129
1,322
1,578
1,758
Hartford
158,017
136,392
139,739
121,578
Hartland
1,303
1,416
1,866
2,012
Harwinton
4,318
4,889
5,228
5,283
Hebron
3,815
5,453
7,079
8,610
Kent
1,990
2,505
2,918
2,858
Killingly
13,573
14,519
15,889
16,472
Killingworth
2,435
3,976
4,814
6,018
Lebanon
3,804
4,762
6,041
6,907
Ledyard
14,837
13,735
14,913
14,687
Lisbon
2,808
3,279
3,790
4,069
Litchfield
7,399
7,605
8,365
8,316
Lyme
1,484
1,822
1,949
2,016
Madison
9,768
14,031
15,485
17,858
Manchester
47,994
49,761
51,618
57,740
Mansfield
19,994
20,634
21,103
20,720
Marlborough
2,991
4,746
5,513
5,709
Meriden
55,959
57,118,
59,479
58,244
Middlebury
5,542
5,995
6,145
6,451
Middlefield
4,132
3,796
3,925
4,203
Middletown
36,924
39,040
42,762
43,167
Milford
50,858
50,898
49,938
52,305
Monroe
12,047
14,010
16,896
19,247
Montville
15,662
16,455
16,673
18,546
Morris
1,609
1,899
2,039
2,301
Naugatuck
23,034
26,456
30,625
30,989
New Britain
83,441
73,840
75,491
71,538
New Canaan
17,451
17,931
17,864
19,395
New Fairfield
6,991
11,260
12,911
13,953
New Hartford
3,970
4,884,
5,769
6,088
New Haven
137,707
126,109
130,474
123,626
Newington
26,037
28,841
29,208
29,306
New London
31,630
28,842
28,540
25,671
New Milford
14,601
19,420
23,629
27,121
Newtown
16,942
19,107
20,779
25,031
Norfolk
2,073
2,156
2,060
1,660
North Branford
10,778
11,554
12,996
13,906
North Canaan
3,045
3,185
3,284
3,350
North Haven
22,194
22,080
22,247
23,035
North Stonington
3,748
4,219
4,884
4,991
Norwalk
79,288
77,767
78,331
82,951
Norwich
41,739
38,074
37,391
36,117
Old Lyme
4,964,
6,159
6,535
7,406
Old Saybrook
8,468
9,287
9,552
10,367
Orange
13,524
13,237
12,830
13,233
Oxford
4,480
6,634
8,685
9,821
Plainfield
11,957
12,774
14,363
14,619
Plainville
16,733
16,401
17,392
17,328
Plymouth
10,321
10,732
11,822
11,634
Pomfret
2,529
2,775
3,102
3,798
Portland
8,812
8,383
8,418
8,732
Preston
3,593
4,644
5,006
4,688
Prospect
6,543
6,807
7,775
8,707
Putnam
8,598
8,580
9,031
9,002
Redding
5,590
7,272
7,927
8,270
Ridgefield
18,188
20,120
20,919
23,643
Rocky Hill
11,103
14,559
16,554
17,966
Roxbury
1,238
1,468
1,825
2,136
Salem
1,453
2,335
3,310
3,858
Salisbury
3,573
3,896
4,090
3,977
Scotland
1,022
1,072
1,215
1,556
Seymour
12,776
13,434
14,288
15,454
Sharon
2,491
2,623
2,928
2,968
Shelton
27,165
31,314
35,418
38,101
Sherman
1,459
2,281
2,809
3,827
Simsbury
17,475
21,161
22,023
23,234
Somers
6,893
8,473
9,108
10,417
Southbury
7,852
14,156
15,818
18,567
Southington
30,946
36,879
38,518
39,728
South Windsor
15,553
17,198
22,090
24,412
Sprague
2,912
2,996
3,008
2,971
Stafford
8,680
9,268
11,091
11,307
Stamford
108,798
102,453
108,056
117,083
Sterling
1,853
1,791
2,357
3,099
Stonington
15,940
16,220
16,919
17,906
Stratford
49,775
50,541
49,389
49,976
Suffield
8,634
9,294
11,427
13,552
Thomaston
6,233
6,276
6,947
7,503
Thompson
7,580
8,141
8,668
8,878
Tolland
7,857
9,694
11,001
13,146
Torrington
31,952
30,987
33,687
35,202
Trumbull
31,394
32,989
32,016
34,243
Union
443
546
612
693
Vernon
27,237
27,974
29,841
28,063
Voluntown
1,452
1,637
2,113
2,528
Wallingford
35,714
37,274
40,822
43,026
Warren
827
1,027
1,226
1,254
Washington
3,121
3,657
3,905
3,596
Waterbury
108,033
103,266
108,961
107,271
Waterford
17,227
17,843
17,930
19,152
Watertown
18,610
13,489
20,453
21,661
Westbrook
3,820
5,216
5,414
6,292
West Hartford
68,031
61,301
60,110
63,589
West Haven
52,851
53,184
54,021
52,360
Weston
7,417
8,284
8,648
10,037
Westport
27,318
25,290
24,410
25,749
Wethersfield
26,662
26,013
25,651
26,271
Willington
3,755
4,694
5,979
5,959
Wilton
13,572
15,351
15,989
17,633
Winchester
11,106
10,841
11,524
10,664
Windham
19,626
21,062
22,039
22,857
Windsor
22,502
25,204
27,817
28,237
Windsor Locks
15,080
12,190
12,358
12,043
Wolcott
12,495
13,008
13,700
15,215
Woodbridge
7,673
7,761
7,924
8,983
Woodbury
5,869
6,942
8,131
9,198
Woodstock
4,311
5,117
6,008
7,221
Totals
3,032,217
3,107,576
3,287,116
3,405,565
Content Last Modified on 3/6/2008 2:29:36 PM