Bridgeport, CT

1950‑1959:		Bridgeport, CT SMA
1959‑1983:		Bridgeport, CT SMSA
1983‑1992:		Bridgeport-Milford, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
1992‑2003:		Bridgeport-Milford, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
2003‑2006:		Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area in New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Fairfield County, CT	504,342	653,589	792,814	807,143	827,645	882,567	901,086

Bridgeport city and town, CT	158,709	156,748	156,542	142,546	141,686	139,529	139,008

Easton town, CT	2,165	3,407	4,885	5,962	6,303	7,272	7,488

Fairfield town, CT	30,489	46,183	56,487	54,849	53,418	57,340	57,813

Monroe town, CT	2,892	6,402	12,047	14,010	16,896	19,247	19,650

Shelton city, CT	12,694	18,190	27,165	31,314	35,418	38,101	39,477

Stratford town, CT	33,428	45,012	49,775	50,541	49,389	49,976	49,943

Trumbull town, CT	8,641	20,379	31,394	32,989	32,016	34,243	35,299

Ansonia city, CT	18,706	19,819	21,160	19,039	18,403	18,554	18,744

Beacon Falls town, CT	2,067	2,886	3,546	3,995	5,083	5,246	5,596

Derby city and town, CT	10,259	12,132	12,599	12,346	12,199	12,391	12,536

Milford town/city, CT	26,870	41,662	50,858	50,898	49,938	52,305	54,802

Oxford town, CT	2,037	3,292	4,480	6,634	8,685	9,821	11,709

Seymour town, CT	7,832	10,100	12,776	13,434	14,288	15,454	16,144



Total	258,137	334,576	389,153	395,455	443,722	459,479	901,086
Percent Change	-	29.6%	16.3%	1.6%	12.2%	3.6%	96.1%



Total (as currently defined)	504,342	653,589	792,814	807,143	827,645	882,567	901,086
Percent Change	-	29.6%	21.3%	1.8%	2.5%	6.6%	2.1%

Timeline

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Component

Fairfield County, CT

Bridgeport city and town, CT

Easton town, CT

Fairfield town, CT

Monroe town, CT

Shelton city, CT

Stratford town, CT

Trumbull town, CT

Ansonia city, CT

Beacon Falls town, CT

Derby city and town, CT

Milford town/city, CT

Oxford town, CT

Seymour town, CT

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Bridgeport, CT	158,709	*	156,748	*	156,542	*	142,546	*	141,686	*	139,529	*	139,008	*

Milford, CT	26,870		41,662		50,858		49,101		48,168	*	50,594		53,045

Danbury, CT	22,067		22,928		50,781		60,470		65,585		74,848		78,736	*

Norwalk, CT	49,460		67,775		79,113		77,767		78,331		82,951		84,437	*

Stamford, CT	74,293		92,713		108,798		102,453		108,056		117,083		120,045	*

Stratford, CT	33,428		45,012		49,775		50,541		49,389		49,976		49,943	*



Total	158,709		156,748		156,542		142,546		189,854		139,529		472,169
Metro	258,137		334,576		389,153		395,455		443,722		459,479		901,086
Percent	61.5%		46.8%		40.2%		36.0%		42.8%		30.4%		52.4%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

City

Bridgeport, CT

Milford, CT

Danbury, CT

Norwalk, CT

Stamford, CT

Stratford, CT

Urban/Rural Population

Urban/rural figures are not available for New England metro areas before 2000


2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			846,372	95.9%
		UA Population		846,372	95.9%
	Rural Population			36,195	4.1%

	Inside Principal Cities			464,387	52.6%
	Outside Principal Cities			418,180	47.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			882,567	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY		888,890	717,379	80.7%
	Danbury, CT-NY		154,455	128,739	83.4%
	New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT		17,799,861	254	0.0%

	Total			846,372


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Bridgeport, CT SMA
-		Bridgeport city and town (in Fairfield County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Fairfield town (in Fairfield County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Stratford town (in Fairfield County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Trumbull town (in Fairfield County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Beacon Falls town (in New Haven County, CT) included as original component of Waterbury, CT SMA
-		Milford town/city (in New Haven County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Bridgeport, CT designated as original central city of new SMA
-		Stamford, CT designated as original central city of new Stamford-Norwalk, CT SMA


Jun 1959



-		Monroe town (in Fairfield County, CT) added
-		Shelton city (in Fairfield County, CT) added
-		Norwalk, CT designated as original central city of new Norwalk, CT SMSA


Oct 1963



-		Easton town (in Fairfield County, CT) added


Feb 1971



-		Danbury, CT designated as original central city of new Danbury, CT SMSA


Apr 1973



-		Derby city and town (in New Haven County, CT) added


Jun 1983



-		Bridgeport, CT SMSA became Bridgeport-Milford, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
-		Ansonia city (in New Haven County, CT) added
-		Beacon Falls town (in New Haven County, CT) added, transferred from Waterbury, CT SMSA
-		Oxford town (in New Haven County, CT) added
-		Seymour town (in New Haven County, CT) added
-		Milford, CT designated as central city of PMSA


Dec 1992



-		Milford, CT no longer designated as central city
-		Norwalk, CT no longer designated as central city of Norwalk, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA


Jun 2003



-		Counties instead of cities and towns became the basic geographic unit of core based statistical areas in New England
-		Bridgeport-Milford, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA became Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area in New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
-		Fairfield County, CT included as original county component of Metro Area
-		Danbury, CT designated as principal city of Metro Area, transferred from Danbury, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Norwalk, CT designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Stamford, CT designated as principal city of Metro Area, transferred from Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Stratford, CT designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Milford, CT designated as principal city of New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area in New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

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