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Population per Square Mile in Connecticut, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in Connecticut, ranked. The highest is Greater Bridgeport Planning Region at 2,348.8 and the lowest is Northwest Hills Planning Region at 143.9.

Connecticut: 748.5 · United States: n/a · median county in Connecticut: 951.3

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#County Population per Square Mile
1Greater Bridgeport Planning Region2,348.8
2South Central Connecticut Planning Region1,553.7
3Western Connecticut Planning Region1,178.4
4Naugatuck Valley Planning Region1,102.2
5Capitol Planning Region951.3
6Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region468.1
7Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region414.6
8Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region173.9
9Northwest Hills Planning Region143.9

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Connecticut ranks 6th of 52 states for population per square mile.

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