Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport population, 2020 to 2024

Bridgeport added 3,886 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,789. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so Bridgeport is 2.7 times that size.

Bridgeport covers 16.06 square miles of land and 3.36 of water, for 9,440 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so Bridgeport is denser than the typical town.

What county Bridgeport is in

All of Bridgeport's residents live in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, which had 335,666 residents in 2024. Bridgeport holds 45.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bridgeport

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bridgeport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 06604, 06605, 06606, 06607, 06608, 06610. 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 Bridgeport is

The Census internal point of Bridgeport is at 41.187400, -73.195800. Hartford, the capital, is 47.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yonkers, NY (211,040 people), 38.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Haven, CT, 16.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 14 m (46 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Bridgeport

At 41.19° N, Bridgeport gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Bridgeport daylight page.

Places near Bridgeport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is Milford, 7.3 miles away, with 51,004 people.