Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich population, 2020 to 2024

Norwich lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +85. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so Norwich is 72% of it.

Norwich covers 28.06 square miles of land and 1.34 of water, for 1,425 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so Norwich is less dense than the typical town.

What county Norwich is in

All of Norwich's residents live in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, which had 282,602 residents in 2024. Norwich holds 14.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Norwich

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Norwich by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 06360, 06380, 06389. 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 Norwich is

The Census internal point of Norwich is at 41.548000, -72.089500. Hartford, the capital, is 34.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Middletown, CT (48,616 people), 29.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hartford, CT, 34.1 miles away.

Daylight in Norwich

At 41.55° N, Norwich gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Norwich

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is Jewett City, 7.0 miles away, with 3,464 people.