Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region population, land area and income

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region had 335,666 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 140.2 square miles of land. It ranks 5th of 9 in Connecticut by population and 9th by land area. That works out to 2,394.5 people per square mile, 24.9 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Connecticut has 335,666 residents, about the same as Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $92,858 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's population changed since 2020

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region gained 11,269 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 3.5%. That ranks 1st 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, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region recorded 14,304 births and 11,003 deaths, a natural change of +3,301. Net international migration added +13,403 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -6,968. The largest single component was international migration, which added 13,403 people.

Where Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is

The Census internal point of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is at 41.184600, -73.209400. 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, 151,599 people together, or 45% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Greater Bridgeport Planning Region; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Bridgeport with 151,599.

Counties bordering Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Suffolk County, NY, with 1,535,909 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NY

  Suffolk County, NY

  1,535,909 people

  32 mi ESE

• Western Connecticut Planning Region

  637,013 people

  14 mi WNW

• South Central Connecticut Planning Region

  576,718 people

  21 mi ENE

• Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

  462,220 people

  24 mi NNE

Distance to Hartford and the nearest big city

Hartford is 48.5 miles NE of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Bridgeport, CT (population 151,599), 0.7 miles away.

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region FIPS code

The FIPS code of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is 09120: state code 09 for Connecticut plus planning region code 120. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $92,858.