New London, Connecticut

New London population, 2020 to 2024

New London added 1,292 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.8%. In the latest year it moved by +45. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so New London is 51% of it.

New London covers 5.61 square miles of land and 4.98 of water, for 5,006 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so New London is denser than the typical town.

What county New London is in

All of New London's residents live in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, which had 282,602 residents in 2024. New London holds 9.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New London

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New London by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 06320. 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 London is

The Census internal point of New London is at 41.333000, -72.096200. Hartford, the capital, is 42.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norwich, CT (39,993 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hartford, CT, 42.6 miles away.

Daylight in New London

At 41.33° N, New London 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 New London

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is Groton, 1.6 miles away, with 10,160 people.