Connecticut · Census place 0901150

Ansonia, Connecticut

Ansonia is a city in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut with an estimated 19,195 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 19th largest of 27 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,195
#19 of 27 in Connecticut
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+299 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
3,189 / sq mi
State median 3,189
Orange pin: Ansonia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Hartford.

Ansonia population, 2020 to 2024

Ansonia added 299 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +110. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so Ansonia is 35% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,922. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ansonia covers 6.02 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 3,189 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so Ansonia is close to the typical town.

What county Ansonia is in

All of Ansonia's residents live in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, which had 462,220 residents in 2024. Ansonia holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ansonia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ansonia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 06401. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ansonia is

The Census internal point of Ansonia is at 41.344200, -73.069800. Hartford, the capital, is 35.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shelton, CT (42,805 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Haven, CT, 7.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.344200, -73.069800
DMS
41°20'39.12"N 73°04'11.28"W
UTM
18N 661489.3E 4578764.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H88WVJ+M3

Daylight in Ansonia

At 41.34° N, Ansonia gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ansonia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is Derby, 1.4 miles away, with 12,915 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ansonia, CT?

19,195 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 299 (1.6%) from 18,896 in July 2020.

What county is Ansonia in?

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ansonia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 06401.

How far is Ansonia from Hartford?

35.3 miles (56.7 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Ansonia.

What is the nearest larger city to Ansonia?

Shelton, CT, with 42,805 residents, 4.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.