Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

Capitol Planning Region population, land area and income

Capitol Planning Region had 991,508 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,027.4 square miles of land. It is the most populous and the largest planning region in Connecticut. That works out to 965.1 people per square mile, 10.0 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Connecticut has 335,666 residents, so Capitol Planning Region is 3.0 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $90,965 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Capitol Planning Region's population changed since 2020

Capitol Planning Region gained 27,420 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.8%. That ranks 4th of 9 in Connecticut for growth. The median Connecticut county changed by +2.6%, and the state as a whole by +2.7%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Capitol Planning Region recorded 39,760 births and 40,983 deaths, a natural change of -1,223. Net international migration added +26,308 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -8,536. The largest single component was international migration, which added 26,308 people.

Where Capitol Planning Region is

The Census internal point of Capitol Planning Region is at 41.817000, -72.575900. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Connecticut's 9 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Capitol Planning Region outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Capitol Planning Region

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Capitol Planning Region, 198,000 people together, or 20% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Capitol Planning Region; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Hartford with 122,129.

Counties bordering Capitol Planning Region

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Capitol Planning Region, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT, with 576,718 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• South Central Connecticut Planning Region

  576,718 people

  39 mi SSW

• MA

  Hampden County, MA

  464,151 people

  22 mi N

• Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

  462,220 people

  34 mi SW

• Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region

  282,602 people

  34 mi SE

• Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region

  177,540 people

  28 mi S

• Northwest Hills Planning Region

  114,101 people

  33 mi W

• Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

  97,701 people

  31 mi E

Distance to Hartford and the nearest big city

Hartford is 6.6 miles SW of Capitol Planning Region's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Hartford, CT (population 122,129), 6.5 miles away.

Capitol Planning Region FIPS code

The FIPS code of Capitol Planning Region is 09110: state code 09 for Connecticut plus planning region code 110. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $90,965.