2022 population: 454,083 ( 5,345 from 2010 , 3,636 from 2020)
Land area: 412.8 square miles
Population density: 1100.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	275,861	60.75%	19.2%
Black:	56,051	12.34%	86.6%
Indian:	847	0.19%	12.8%
Asian:	19,841	4.37%	93.7%
2+ races:	8,395	1.85%	18.7%
Hispanic:	93,088	20.50%	62.8%

Total non-White:	178,222	39.25%	66.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	9,774	10.8
Deaths:	10,557	11.7
Net Migration:	2,516	2.8
Net Immigration:	1,839	2.0

Change in White population:	-65,731	-14.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	71,076	15.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
448,738
341,592	76.12%
30,045	6.70%
751	0.17%
10,242	2.28%
7,073	1.58%
57,176	12.74%
107,146	23.88%

2000
428,790
356,156	83.06%
22,668	5.29%
827	0.19%
7,142	1.67%
5,968	1.39%
35,028	8.17%
72,634	16.94%

1990
413,851
371,048	89.66%
18,588	4.49%
758	0.18%
3,354	0.81%
n/a
20,103	4.86%
42,803	10.34%

1980
381,620
353,025	92.51%
16,062	4.21%
590	0.15%
1,304	0.34%
n/a
10,269	2.69%
28,595	7.49%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
0	0.0
0	0.0
0	0.0
0	0.0

-14,564	-3.4
34,512	8.0

Number	Rate
1990's
0	0.0
0	0.0
0	0.0
0	0.0

-14,892	-3.6
29,831	7.2

Number	Rate
1980's
0	0.0
0	0.0
0	0.0
n/a

18,023	4.7
14,208	3.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.1
93,594	20.6%
360,489	79.4%
80,450	17.7%

177,656
2.50

115,308	64.9%
82,246	71.3%
12,021	10.4%
62,348	35.1%

2010
Number	Percent
40.6
103,578	23.1%
345,160	76.9%
66,227	14.8%

174,735
2.52

117,902	67.5%
85,902	72.9%
13,346	11.3%
56,833	32.5%

2000
Number	Percent
37.7
106,689	24.9%
322,101	75.1%
62,318	14.5%

165,637
2.53

114,354	69.0%
88,447	77.3%
11,572	10.1%
51,283	31.0%

1990
Number	Percent
34.5
96,272	23.3%
317,579	76.7%
60,464	14.6%

155,758
2.61

112,616	72.3%
91,442	81.2%
8,280	7.4%
43,142	27.7%

1980
Number	Percent
32.3
103,842	27.2%
277,778	72.8%
48,143	12.6%

133,535
2.81

102,588	76.8%
85,308	83.2%
7,233	7.1%
30,947	23.2%

2022 Housing Data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,878	4.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,701	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,973	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,718	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,399	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,352	3.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,908	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,506	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,963	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	11,462	6.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	14,188	8.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	22,514	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,687	10.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	14,369	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	18,353	10.3%
$200,000 or more	22,685	12.8%

Median Household Income	82,939
Per Capita Income	44,275

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	0
Compared to U.S.	0

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	9,375	5.3%
Public Assistance	5,394	3.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	26,846	15.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	173,750	74.5%
Unemployed	10,981	4.7%
In Armed Forces	463	0.2%

Total Labor Force	185,194	79.4%
Not in Labor Force	48,029	20.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	82,493	72,778	53.1%
Non-Profit	6,931	13,814	33.4%
Self-Employed	14,835	7,573	66.2%

Local Government	5,746	11,217	33.9%
State Government	3,495	5,226	40.1%
Federal Government	1,875	1,196	61.1%

Total Private + Self	97,328	80,351	54.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	18,047	31,453	36.5%
Total	115,375	111,804	50.8%

Pct. Govt.	12.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	37,858	16.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	46,029	20.2%
Professional, Technical	56,613	24.9%
Service Occupations	38,604	17.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	402	0.2%
All others	48,381	21.3%

White Collar		61.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	40,019	17.6%
Manufacturing	29,296	12.9%
Retail trade	26,791	11.8%
Educational services	22,152	9.7%
Construction	14,754	6.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	14,720	6.5%
Finance and insurance	12,969	5.7%
Accommodation and food services	12,463	5.5%
Other services	10,673	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	9,123	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,186	3.6%
Public administration	8,151	3.6%
Wholesale trade	4,686	2.1%
Information	3,956	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,651	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,577	1.6%
Utilities	1,354	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	583	0.3%
Management	258	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	123	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,009	0.89%
Puerto Rican	48,930	10.83%
Cuban	1,378	0.30%
Dominican	10,580	2.34%

Total Central American	5,301	1.17%
Costa Rican	23	0.01%
Guatemalan	2,570	0.57%
Honduran	1,327	0.29%
Nicaraguan	147	0.03%
Panamanian	261	0.06%
Salvadoran	860	0.19%
Other Central American	113	0.03%

Total South American	11,853	2.62%
Argentinean	474	0.10%
Bolivian	59	0.01%
Chilean	345	0.08%
Colombian	2,667	0.59%
Ecuadorian	6,049	1.34%
Paraguayan	84	0.02%
Peruvian	1,194	0.26%
Uruguayan	230	0.05%
Venezuelan	550	0.12%
Other South American	201	0.04%

Other Hispanic	4,126	0.91%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	5,937	1.31%
Chinese	4,116	0.91%
Vietnamese	1,734	0.38%
Filipino	1,520	0.34%
Korean	841	0.19%
Cambodian	541	0.12%
Taiwanese	281	0.06%
Japanese	156	0.03%
Bangladeshi	95	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	331,554	77.4%
Spanish	54,931	12.8%
Other Indo-European	19,394	4.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	4,632	1.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4,433	1.0%
Chinese	3,258	0.8%
Other	2,734	0.6%
Other Asian	2,495	0.6%
Arabic	1,463	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Italian	80,216	17.8%
Irish	60,910	13.5%
German	31,242	6.9%
English	29,115	6.4%
Polish	28,787	6.4%
French	21,371	4.7%
American	14,402	3.2%
French Canadian	10,588	2.3%
Portuguese	7,577	1.7%
Jamaican	6,568	1.5%
Lithuanian	5,746	1.3%
Russian	5,135	1.1%
Hungarian	5,131	1.1%
Scottish	4,856	1.1%
Swedish	4,621	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	427,248	94.5%
Not a citizen	24,639	5.5%

Native	391,397	86.6%
Foreign-born	60,490	13.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	191,666
Median Value	$273,500

Occupied	177,656	92.7%
Vacant	14,010	7.3%

Owned	119,006	67.0%
Rented	58,650	33.0%
Median Rent	$1,218

Single-Family Units	124,428	64.9%
Detached	111,793	58.3%
Attached	12,635	6.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	29,171	15.2%
Mobile Homes	1,281	0.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years		9-12 Years		H.S. Grad or GED		Some College		Bach. Degree		Grad Degree
14,150	4.4%	16,781	5.2%	96,422	30.1%	86,572	27.0%	60,414	18.8%	46,243	14.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	14,150	4.4%
9-12 Years	16,781	5.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	96,422	30.1%
Some College	86,572	27.0%
Bach. Degree	60,414	18.8%
Grad Degree	46,243	14.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

2022 Housing Data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

2022 Income & Employment Data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

Historical Labor Force Data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
Data not available