Connecticut · Census place 0937000
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is a city in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut with an estimated 122,129 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 27 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 122,129
- #4 of 27 in Connecticut
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +1,660 people
- Land area
- 17.4 sq mi
- + 0.68 sq mi water
- Density
- 7,027 / sq mi
- State median 3,189
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Hartford population, 2020 to 2024
Hartford added 1,660 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +797. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so Hartford is 2.2 times that size.
Hartford covers 17.38 square miles of land and 0.68 of water, for 7,027 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so Hartford is denser than the typical town.
What county Hartford is in
All of Hartford's residents live in Capitol Planning Region, which had 991,508 residents in 2024. Hartford holds 12.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hartford
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hartford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 06103, 06105, 06106, 06112, 06114, 06120. 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 Hartford is
The Census internal point of Hartford is at 41.765900, -72.681600. That is next to the Hartford capitol point. The nearest larger place is Springfield, MA (154,888 people), 25.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waterbury, CT, 23.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.765900, -72.681600
- DMS
- 41°45'57.24"N 72°40'53.76"W
- UTM
- 18N 692712.5E 4626382.7N
- Geohash
- drkmd56b5
- Plus code
- 87H9Q889+99
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Hartford
At 41.77° N, Hartford gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 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 Hartford daylight page.
Places near Hartford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is New Britain, 8.2 miles away, with 75,871 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hartford, CT?
122,129 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,660 (1.4%) from 120,469 in July 2020.
What county is Hartford in?
Capitol Planning Region. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hartford?
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 06103, 06105, 06106, 06112, 06114, 06120.
How far is Hartford from Hartford?
Hartford's internal point is within about a mile of the Hartford capitol point.
What is the nearest larger city to Hartford?
Springfield, MA, with 154,888 residents, 25.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.