Connecticut · Census place 0952000
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut with an estimated 137,562 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 27 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 137,562
- #3 of 27 in Connecticut
- Change since 2020
- +6.4%
- +8,248 people
- Land area
- 18.7 sq mi
- + 1.44 sq mi water
- Density
- 7,360 / sq mi
- State median 3,189
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New Haven population, 2020 to 2024
New Haven added 8,248 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1,418. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so New Haven is 2.5 times that size.
New Haven covers 18.69 square miles of land and 1.44 of water, for 7,360 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so New Haven is denser than the typical town.
What county New Haven is in
All of New Haven's residents live in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, which had 576,718 residents in 2024. New Haven holds 23.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in New Haven
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap New Haven by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 06510, 06511, 06512, 06513, 06515, 06519. 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 New Haven is
The Census internal point of New Haven is at 41.310800, -72.925000. Hartford, the capital, is 33.7 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bridgeport, CT (151,599 people), 16.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 16 m (52 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.310800, -72.925000
- DMS
- 41°18'38.88"N 72°55'30.00"W
- UTM
- 18N 673693.3E 4575336.5N
- Geohash
- drk5h83su
- Plus code
- 87H9836F+8X
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in New Haven
At 41.31° N, New Haven 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 58 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 New Haven daylight page.
Places near New Haven
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is West Haven, 3.5 miles away, with 55,379 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of New Haven, CT?
137,562 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8,248 (6.4%) from 129,314 in July 2020.
What county is New Haven in?
South Central Connecticut Planning Region. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover New Haven?
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 06510, 06511, 06512, 06513, 06515, 06519.
How far is New Haven from Hartford?
33.7 miles (54.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from New Haven.
What is the nearest larger city to New Haven?
Bridgeport, CT, with 151,599 residents, 16.5 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.
- 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.