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Population quality is key to maintaining a great state and a robust economy. Here are some recent statistics. There are more in the link provided but I copied and pasted some of the important tables.



Population Demographics for Connecticut 2014 and 2015

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Population by Races

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Demographic population totals

Total population in Connecticut

Total Population:3,574,097Male Population:1,739,614Female Population:1,834,483Demographic median age by sex

Median age in Connecticut

Both sexes40Male38Female41Demographic sex by age for the population in households

Population in households in Connecticut

Total Population:3,455,945Male Population:1,675,574Under 5 years:103,2695 to 9 years:113,58910 to 14 years:122,54915 to 17 years:77,21718 and 19 years:39,34620 years:18,21421 years:18,61022 to 24 years:62,38325 to 29 years:102,84330 to 34 years:98,17535 to 39 years:105,24540 to 44 years:124,15045 to 49 years:138,23150 to 54 years:136,01855 to 59 years:114,53360 and 61 years:39,61662 to 64 years:55,79465 and 66 years:30,29367 to 69 years:38,86670 to 74 years:46,45675 to 79 years:36,79680 to 84 years:29,01485 years and over:24,367Female Population:1,780,371Under 5 years:98,4715 to 9 years:108,65910 to 14 years:117,08615 to 17 years:73,62918 and 19 years:34,64920 years:16,93421 years:18,08922 to 24 years:62,09525 to 29 years:104,94030 to 34 years:103,22135 to 39 years:112,84140 to 44 years:133,38245 to 49 years:148,29850 to 54 years:144,25355 to 59 years:122,44260 and 61 years:43,65662 to 64 years:61,68765 and 66 years:33,28067 to 69 years:44,74570 to 74 years:57,12675 to 79 years:49,48480 to 84 years:43,93785 years and over:47,467

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The tables didn't copy well but you can to the link to review them for ease of use.

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A nice article that came out a few months ago.


"Overall, Fairfield County's population grew 3.12 percent, while Litchfield County, including New Milford and Bridgewater, saw declines of about 2.5 percent."




Stamford leads the state in population growth - StamfordAdvocate

STAMFORD -- In yet another sign of the city's rising profile, Stamford grew 4.61 percent last year, the most of any municipality in Connecticut, according to new census results released Thursday.
The report said Stamford's population rose by 1,590 between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, resulting in a total population of 128,278. With the jump, Stamford remains the third-largest city in Connecticut, but it is now only about 2,000 residents shy of New Haven, which is the second-largest. Bridgeport is the biggest.
In Stamford, the results came as no surprise to city officials, who had been projecting population growth as part of the master plan process last year.
"It's right on target to where we expect it be," said Thomas Madden, the city's economic director.
He said Stamford was experiencing an annual growth rate of 1.25 percent. "For this area, that's fairly fast," he said.
The city's population growth has been attributed to its unprecedented housing boom, which in recent years has attracted a younger demographic.
Referring to the cranes dotting the skyline, Joseph McGee, a vice president for public policy and programs at the Business Council of Fairfield County, quipped, "The evidence is hiding in plain sight."
Along with the $3.5 billion Harbor Point project in the South End, which has roughly half of its approved 4,000 housing units completed, new rental housing has been sprouting up downtown. Among the larger projects, 75 Tresser, on the corner of Tresser and Washington boulevards, opened last year with 344 units.
The Summer House, a 23-story, 226-unit complex on Summer Street developed by Thomas Rich, is projected to open as early as late summer. Also on Summer Street, Boston-based developer Trinity Financial is at work on a 209-unit apartment building.
At the corner of Washington Boulevard and Rippowam Place, developer Randy Salvatore has approval to construct 122 units.
McGee interpreted the latest census figures more broadly as "an enormous reversal" of Connecticut's reputation during the 1970s, when it was seen as a state with very poor cities and wealthy suburbs. According to the report, Stratford saw the second-largest population increase, 502 residents. Rounding out the list of was Darien (310), Fairfield (230) and East Lyme (222).
Overall, Fairfield County's population grew 3.12 percent, while Litchfield County, including New Milford and Bridgewater, saw declines of about 2.5 percent.
"The story now is that cities are gaining population and becoming places that people want to stay in," he said.
But population growth is not universally heralded. Stamford's pace of redevelopment has at times been met with criticism, most recently evidenced by opposition to the state's proposed transit-oriented development around the downtown train station.
"Does the growth add to the quality of life or does it detract from it?" said McGee. "That really is the big question for Stamford."
He said the task of city officials would be to manage the growth so as to make it "a real positive."
elizabeth.kim@scni.com; 203-964-2265; @lizkimtweets; stamfordadvocate.com/news; blog.ctnews.com/Stamford411
Frank Juliano contributed to this report.

[HumpDay]

3,574,000 was the population back in 2010. The population today however is just under 3,600,000. It has dropped just slightly from last year.

[Peter5457]

Companies will not create many jobs in places where all the young people are fleeing and young people will flee places where there are no jobs. This is CT's problem. Sure you have good, "safer" suburban schools with nice safe suburban towns, sounds great. But without jobs who will pay all those taxes?