Connecticut · Census place 0973700

Stonington, Connecticut

Stonington is a borough in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut with an estimated 1,012 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 27th largest of 27 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,012; #27 of 27 in Connecticut
Change since 2020: +2.3%; +23 people
Land area: 0.3 sq mi; + 0.40 sq mi water
Density: 2,976 / sq mi; State median 3,189

Orange pin: Stonington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Hartford.

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Stonington population, 2020 to 2024

Stonington added 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +18.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 992. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stonington covers 0.34 square miles of land and 0.40 of water, for 2,976 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so Stonington is close to the typical town.

What county Stonington is in

All of Stonington's residents live in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, which had 282,602 residents in 2024. Stonington holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stonington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stonington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 06378. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Stonington is

The Census internal point of Stonington is at 41.334800, -71.899500. Hartford, the capital, is 50.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Groton, CT (10,160 people), 8.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Providence, RI, 41.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.334800, -71.899500
DMS: 41°20'5.28"N 71°53'58.20"W
UTM: 19N 257372.3E 4579980.7N
Geohash: drkg5uu2s
Plus code: 87HC84M2+W6

Daylight in Stonington

At 41.33° N, Stonington 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 Stonington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is Groton, 8.7 miles away, with 10,160 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stonington, CT?

1,012 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 23 (2.3%) from 989 in July 2020.

What county is Stonington in?

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Stonington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 06378.

How far is Stonington from Hartford?

50.2 miles (80.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Stonington.

What is the nearest larger city to Stonington?

Groton, CT, with 10,160 residents, 8.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.