Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford population, 2020 to 2024

Stamford added 3,660 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,556. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so Stamford is 2.5 times that size.

Stamford covers 37.63 square miles of land and 14.40 of water, for 3,697 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so Stamford is denser than the typical town.

What county Stamford is in

All of Stamford's residents live in Western Connecticut Planning Region, which had 637,013 residents in 2024. Stamford holds 21.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stamford

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Stamford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 06901, 06902, 06903, 06905, 06906, 06907. 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 Stamford is

The Census internal point of Stamford is at 41.079600, -73.546100. Hartford, the capital, is 65.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yonkers, NY (211,040 people), 19.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 55 m (180 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Stamford

At 41.08° N, Stamford gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 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 Stamford daylight page.

Places near Stamford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is Norwalk, 6.6 miles away, with 93,661 people.