New Haven, CT

1950‑1973:		New Haven, CT SMA
1973‑1983:		New Haven-West Haven, CT SMSA
1983‑1992:		New Haven-Meriden, CT MSA
1992‑2003:		New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
2003‑2006:		New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area in New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


New Haven County, CT	545,784	660,315	744,948	761,337	804,219	824,008	844,510

Clinton town, CT	2,466	4,166	10,267	11,195	12,767	13,094	13,612

Killingworth town, CT	677	1,098	2,435	3,976	4,814	6,018	6,403

Bethany town, CT	1,318	2,384	3,857	4,330	4,608	5,040	5,473

Branford town, CT	10,944	16,610	20,444	23,363	27,603	28,683	29,089

Cheshire town, CT	6,295	13,383	19,051	21,788	25,684	28,543	29,097

East Haven town, CT	12,212	21,388	25,120	25,028	26,144	28,189	28,755

Guilford town, CT	5,092	7,913	12,033	17,375	19,848	21,398	22,307

Hamden town, CT	29,715	41,056	49,357	51,071	52,434	56,913	58,180

Madison town, CT	3,078	4,567	9,768	14,031	15,485	17,858	18,812

Meriden city and town, CT	44,088	51,850	55,959	57,118	59,479	58,244	59,653

New Haven city, CT	164,443	152,048	137,707	126,109	130,474	123,626	124,791

North Branford town, CT	2,017	6,771	10,778	11,554	12,996	13,906	14,398

North Haven town, CT	9,444	15,935	22,194	22,080	22,247	23,035	23,908

Orange town, CT	3,032	8,547	13,524	13,237	12,830	13,233	13,970

Wallingford town, CT	16,976	29,920	35,714	37,274	40,822	43,026	44,736

West Haven town/city, CT	32,010	43,002	52,851	53,184	54,021	52,360	52,923

Woodbridge town, CT	2,822	5,182	7,673	7,761	7,924	8,983	9,264



Total	264,622	311,681	355,538	417,592	530,180	542,149	844,510
Percent Change	-	17.8%	14.1%	17.5%	27.0%	2.3%	55.8%



Total (as currently defined)	545,784	660,315	744,948	761,337	804,219	824,008	844,510
Percent Change	-	21.0%	12.8%	2.2%	5.6%	2.5%	2.5%

Timeline

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1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Component

New Haven County, CT

Clinton town, CT

Killingworth town, CT

Bethany town, CT

Branford town, CT

Cheshire town, CT

East Haven town, CT

Guilford town, CT

Hamden town, CT

Madison town, CT

Meriden city and town, CT

New Haven city, CT

North Branford town, CT

North Haven town, CT

Orange town, CT

Wallingford town, CT

West Haven town/city, CT

Woodbridge town, CT

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


New Haven, CT	164,443	*	152,048	*	137,707	*	126,109	*	130,474	*	123,626	*	124,791	*

West Haven, CT	32,010		43,002		52,851		53,184	*	54,021		52,360		52,923

Meriden, CT	44,088		51,850		55,959		57,118		59,479	*	58,244	*	59,653

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



Total	164,443		152,048		137,707		179,293		189,953		181,870		177,836
Metro	264,622		311,681		355,538		417,592		530,180		542,149		844,510
Percent	62.1%		48.8%		38.7%		42.9%		35.8%		33.5%		21.1%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

City

New Haven, CT

West Haven, CT

Meriden, CT

Milford, 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			789,277	95.8%
		UA Population		789,277	95.8%
	Rural Population			34,731	4.2%

	Inside Principal Cities			174,220	21.1%
	Outside Principal Cities			649,788	78.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			824,008	100.0%


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

	Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY		888,890	125,365	14.1%
	Hartford, CT		851,535	38	0.0%
	New Haven, CT		531,314	494,798	93.1%
	Waterbury, CT		189,026	169,076	89.4%

	Total			789,277


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

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: New Haven, CT SMA
-		Branford town (in New Haven County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Cheshire town (in New Haven County, CT) included as original component of Waterbury, CT SMA
-		East Haven town (in New Haven County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Hamden town (in New Haven County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		New Haven city (in New Haven County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		North Haven town (in New Haven County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Orange town (in New Haven County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		West Haven town/city (in New Haven County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		Woodbridge town (in New Haven County, CT) included as original SMA component
-		New Haven, CT designated as original central city of new SMA


Jun 1959



-		Guilford town (in New Haven County, CT) added


Sep 1960



-		Meriden, CT designated as original central city of new Meriden, CT SMSA
-		Meriden city and town (in New Haven County, CT) included as original component of Meriden, CT SMSA


Oct 1963



-		Bethany town (in New Haven County, CT) added
-		North Branford town (in New Haven County, CT) added


Apr 1973



-		Title of New Haven, CT SMA changed to New Haven-West Haven, CT SMSA
-		Clinton town (in Middlesex County, CT) added
-		Killingworth town (in Middlesex County, CT) added
-		Madison town (in New Haven County, CT) added
-		Wallingford town (in New Haven County, CT) added
-		West Haven, CT designated as central city of SMSA


Aug 1975



-		Killingworth town (in Middlesex County, CT) deleted, reverted to nonmetro status


Jun 1983



-		Milford, CT designated as central city of Bridgeport-Milford, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
-		Title of New Haven-West Haven, CT SMSA changed to New Haven-Meriden, CT MSA
-		Killingworth town (in Middlesex County, CT) added
-		Cheshire town (in New Haven County, CT) added, transferred from Waterbury, CT SMSA
-		Meriden city and town (in New Haven County, CT) added, transferred from Meriden, CT SMSA
-		Meriden, CT designated as central city of MSA, transferred from Meriden, CT SMSA
-		West Haven, CT no longer designated as central city


Dec 1992



-		New Haven-Meriden, CT MSA became New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Milford, CT no longer designated as central city of Bridgeport-Milford, 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
-		New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA became New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area in New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
-		New Haven County, CT included as original county component of Metro Area
-		Milford, CT designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Meriden, CT no longer designated as principal/central city

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