2022 population: 573,244 ( 3,243 from 2010 , 2,791 from 2020)
Land area: 367.2 square miles
Population density: 1561.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	348,224	60.75%	7.8%
Black:	73,886	12.89%	1.6%
Indian:	1,048	0.18%	16.2%
Asian:	26,209	4.57%	12.5%
2+ races:	11,625	2.03%	25.8%
Hispanic:	112,252	19.58%	36.1%

Total non-White:	225,020	39.25%	17.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	12,653	11.1
Deaths:	13,756	12.1
Net Migration:	197	0.2
Net Immigration:	3,603	3.2

Change in White population:	-29,650	-5.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	32,893	5.8

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
570,001
377,874	66.29%
75,102	13.18%
902	0.16%
23,294	4.09%
9,244	1.62%
82,465	14.47%
192,127	33.71%

2000
546,799
399,919	73.14%
67,927	12.42%
1,110	0.20%
14,696	2.69%
9,138	1.67%
53,186	9.73%
146,880	26.86%

1990
536,853
434,577	80.95%
62,110	11.57%
814	0.15%
8,772	1.63%
n/a
30,580	5.70%
102,276	19.05%

1980
514,413
439,500	85.44%
51,554	10.02%
774	0.15%
3,771	0.73%
n/a
18,524	3.60%
74,913	14.56%

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

-22,045	-4.0
45,247	8.3

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

-34,658	-6.5
44,604	8.3

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

-4,923	-1.0
27,363	5.3

Age, Family & Household Data for South Central Connecticut 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
39.9
113,362	19.8%
459,882	80.2%
99,975	17.4%

226,154
2.42

139,064	61.5%
97,313	70.0%
15,213	10.9%
87,090	38.5%

2010
Number	Percent
39.0
122,924	21.6%
447,077	78.4%
82,167	14.4%

222,620
2.46

140,105	62.9%
98,955	70.6%
17,064	12.2%
82,515	37.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.9
130,585	23.9%
416,214	76.1%
78,383	14.3%

213,131
2.47

139,148	65.3%
104,251	74.9%
16,101	11.6%
73,983	34.7%

1990
Number	Percent
34.2
119,917	22.3%
416,936	77.7%
76,586	14.3%

203,307
2.54

139,536	68.6%
108,052	77.4%
13,327	9.6%
63,771	31.4%

1980
Number	Percent
31.8
131,195	25.5%
383,218	74.5%
62,676	12.2%

184,516
2.70

133,996	72.6%
108,869	81.2%
12,488	9.3%
50,520	27.4%

2022 Housing Data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	11,488	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,794	3.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	6,922	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	8,205	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,927	3.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	7,213	3.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,313	3.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,220	3.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,639	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,764	5.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	19,579	8.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	27,719	12.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	21,648	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	17,738	7.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	23,688	10.5%
$200,000 or more	32,297	14.3%

Median Household Income	83,617
Per Capita Income	46,781

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	12,493	5.5%
Public Assistance	7,046	3.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	32,099	14.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	219,499	72.8%
Unemployed	13,257	4.4%
In Armed Forces	171	0.1%

Total Labor Force	232,927	77.3%
Not in Labor Force	68,474	22.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	98,511	83,366	54.2%
Non-Profit	16,234	29,083	35.8%
Self-Employed	14,444	8,941	61.8%

Local Government	7,493	13,789	35.2%
State Government	4,840	5,881	45.1%
Federal Government	2,997	2,718	52.4%

Total Private + Self	112,955	92,307	55.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	31,564	51,471	38.0%
Total	144,519	143,778	50.1%

Pct. Govt.	13.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	48,137	16.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	55,122	19.1%
Professional, Technical	84,600	29.3%
Service Occupations	49,450	17.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	409	0.1%
All others	51,244	17.8%

White Collar		65.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	49,317	17.1%
Educational services	43,687	15.1%
Manufacturing	29,157	10.1%
Retail trade	29,149	10.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	19,563	6.8%
Accommodation and food services	18,513	6.4%
Construction	16,785	5.8%
Finance and insurance	14,325	5.0%
Other services	12,295	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	10,732	3.7%
Public administration	10,576	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,156	3.2%
Wholesale trade	6,104	2.1%
Information	5,975	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,706	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,042	1.4%
Utilities	2,172	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	702	0.2%
Management	539	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	58	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	17,461	3.06%
Puerto Rican	55,920	9.79%
Cuban	2,453	0.43%
Dominican	5,981	1.05%

Total Central American	6,432	1.13%
Costa Rican	224	0.04%
Guatemalan	3,693	0.65%
Honduran	453	0.08%
Nicaraguan	228	0.04%
Panamanian	331	0.06%
Salvadoran	1,503	0.26%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	14,913	2.61%
Argentinean	1,343	0.24%
Bolivian	125	0.02%
Chilean	548	0.10%
Colombian	3,866	0.68%
Ecuadorian	5,972	1.05%
Paraguayan	92	0.02%
Peruvian	1,963	0.34%
Uruguayan	170	0.03%
Venezuelan	743	0.13%
Other South American	91	0.02%

Other Hispanic	4,484	0.78%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	7,011	1.23%
Indian	5,786	1.01%
Korean	2,864	0.50%
Filipino	1,851	0.32%
Vietnamese	1,311	0.23%
Bangladeshi	452	0.08%
Japanese	351	0.06%
Laotian	339	0.06%
Cambodian	310	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	425,190	78.3%
Spanish	70,933	13.1%
Other Indo-European	14,927	2.7%
Chinese	6,087	1.1%
Other	5,156	0.9%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4,433	0.8%
Arabic	3,723	0.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	3,364	0.6%
Other Asian	3,353	0.6%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Italian	116,273	20.4%
Irish	83,469	14.6%
German	43,905	7.7%
English	42,707	7.5%
Polish	30,504	5.3%
American	17,098	3.0%
French	14,195	2.5%
Russian	7,853	1.4%
French Canadian	7,758	1.4%
Scottish	6,160	1.1%
Jamaican	5,640	1.0%
Swedish	5,546	1.0%
Portuguese	5,107	0.9%
Hungarian	4,928	0.9%
European	4,551	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	535,703	93.8%
Not a citizen	35,595	6.2%

Native	497,099	87.0%
Foreign-born	74,199	13.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	246,338
Median Value	$309,600

Occupied	226,154	91.8%
Vacant	20,184	8.2%

Owned	137,967	61.0%
Rented	88,187	39.0%
Median Rent	$1,408

Single-Family Units	145,127	58.9%
Detached	131,076	53.2%
Attached	14,051	5.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	51,207	20.8%
Mobile Homes	1,102	0.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years		9-12 Years		H.S. Grad or GED		Some College		Bach. Degree		Grad Degree
15,353	3.9%	18,584	4.7%	112,403	28.4%	89,572	22.6%	81,523	20.6%	78,377	19.8%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	15,353	3.9%
9-12 Years	18,584	4.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	112,403	28.4%
Some College	89,572	22.6%
Bach. Degree	81,523	20.6%
Grad Degree	78,377	19.8%
Average years of education: 14.0

South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

2022 Housing Data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

2022 Income & Employment Data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

2022 Educational Attainment Data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

Historical Labor Force Data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

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