2022 population: 280,403 ( 6,308 from 2010 , 41 from 2020)
Land area: 598.1 square miles
Population density: 468.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	209,479	74.71%	3.6%
Black:	14,983	5.34%	2.9%
Indian:	2,122	0.76%	0.5%
Asian:	11,187	3.99%	3.4%
2+ races:	8,701	3.10%	8.8%
Hispanic:	33,931	12.10%	7.4%

Total non-White:	70,924	25.29%	2.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	5,805	10.3
Deaths:	6,746	12.0
Net Migration:	-408	-0.7
Net Immigration:	1,305	2.3

Change in White population:	-7,921	-2.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,613	0.6

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
286,711
217,400	75.83%
15,428	5.38%
2,112	0.74%
11,581	4.04%
7,999	2.79%
31,601	11.02%
69,311	24.17%

2000
269,995
222,564	82.43%
12,957	4.80%
2,257	0.84%
5,259	1.95%
6,670	2.47%
19,499	7.22%
47,431	17.57%

1990
266,399
237,284	89.07%
12,363	4.64%
1,408	0.53%
4,015	1.51%
n/a
11,329	4.25%
29,115	10.93%

1980
249,853
231,901	92.81%
8,951	3.58%
865	0.35%
2,209	0.88%
n/a
6,045	2.42%
17,952	7.19%

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

-5,164	-1.9
21,880	8.1

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

-14,720	-5.5
18,316	6.9

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

5,383	2.2
11,163	4.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Southeastern 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
41.6
54,146	19.3%
226,257	80.7%
52,957	18.9%

113,810
2.35

70,823	62.2%
51,349	72.5%
7,309	10.3%
42,987	37.8%

2010
Number	Percent
38.6
62,358	21.7%
224,353	78.3%
39,414	13.7%

110,756
2.45

71,561	64.6%
52,282	73.1%
8,283	11.6%
39,195	35.4%

2000
Number	Percent
36.5
65,494	24.3%
204,501	75.7%
34,659	12.8%

103,385
2.47

69,253	67.0%
53,237	76.9%
7,665	11.1%
34,132	33.0%

1990
Number	Percent
32.2
62,399	23.4%
204,000	76.6%
31,846	12.0%

97,562
2.57

69,596	71.3%
57,569	82.7%
5,541	8.0%
27,966	28.7%

1980
Number	Percent
29.3
68,486	27.4%
181,367	72.6%
25,682	10.3%

85,998
2.76

64,129	74.6%
53,920	84.1%
5,102	8.0%
21,869	25.4%

2022 Housing Data for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,956	3.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,348	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,498	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,957	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,038	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,628	3.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,719	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,741	3.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,306	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	7,227	6.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,659	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	14,574	12.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,792	11.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,659	7.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	11,618	10.2%
$200,000 or more	13,090	11.5%

Median Household Income	80,330
Per Capita Income	43,292

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	5,350	4.7%
Public Assistance	3,789	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	14,203	12.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	114,084	71.6%
Unemployed	5,953	3.7%
In Armed Forces	4,550	2.9%

Total Labor Force	124,587	78.2%
Not in Labor Force	34,721	21.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	49,589	40,710	54.9%
Non-Profit	4,284	9,197	31.8%
Self-Employed	6,608	3,778	63.6%

Local Government	4,322	7,880	35.4%
State Government	2,838	2,948	49.0%
Federal Government	3,045	1,257	70.8%

Total Private + Self	56,197	44,488	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	14,489	21,282	40.5%
Total	70,686	65,770	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	16.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	21,179	15.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	25,512	18.7%
Professional, Technical	36,107	26.4%
Service Occupations	29,200	21.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	294	0.2%
All others	24,584	18.0%

White Collar		60.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	20,073	14.7%
Manufacturing	20,028	14.7%
Retail trade	15,420	11.3%
Educational services	14,799	10.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,507	7.0%
Accommodation and food services	8,891	6.5%
Construction	7,916	5.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,573	5.5%
Public administration	6,412	4.7%
Other services	5,674	4.2%
Finance and insurance	4,471	3.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,323	3.2%
Transportation and warehousing	3,281	2.4%
Wholesale trade	2,212	1.6%
Information	1,763	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,676	1.2%
Utilities	1,586	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	801	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	100	0.1%
Management	76	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,396	1.57%
Puerto Rican	17,098	6.10%
Cuban	614	0.22%
Dominican	3,043	1.09%

Total Central American	1,571	0.56%
Costa Rican	75	0.03%
Guatemalan	461	0.16%
Honduran	217	0.08%
Nicaraguan	38	0.01%
Panamanian	332	0.12%
Salvadoran	448	0.16%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	3,740	1.33%
Argentinean	225	0.08%
Bolivian	77	0.03%
Chilean	87	0.03%
Colombian	690	0.25%
Ecuadorian	793	0.28%
Paraguayan	11	0.00%
Peruvian	1,492	0.53%
Uruguayan	34	0.01%
Venezuelan	330	0.12%
Other South American	1	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,416	0.51%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	3,382	1.21%
Filipino	2,586	0.92%
Indian	2,337	0.83%
Korean	561	0.20%
Vietnamese	361	0.13%
Japanese	243	0.09%
Thai	199	0.07%
Bangladeshi	81	0.03%
Taiwanese	63	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	231,133	86.6%
Spanish	19,325	7.2%
Other Indo-European	4,391	1.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	3,239	1.2%
Chinese	2,305	0.9%
Tagalog	1,642	0.6%
Other Asian	1,509	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,071	0.4%
German, other Germanic	636	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	46,307	16.5%
Italian	37,149	13.3%
English	35,461	12.7%
German	26,806	9.6%
French	19,668	7.0%
Polish	19,538	7.0%
French Canadian	11,574	4.1%
American	9,402	3.4%
Scottish	7,300	2.6%
Swedish	4,962	1.8%
Portuguese	4,764	1.7%
European	3,001	1.1%
Russian	2,961	1.1%
Haitian	2,818	1.0%
Dutch	2,716	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	270,508	96.5%
Not a citizen	9,785	3.5%

Native	257,214	91.8%
Foreign-born	23,079	8.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	125,334
Median Value	$275,900

Occupied	113,810	90.8%
Vacant	11,524	9.2%

Owned	75,262	66.1%
Rented	38,548	33.9%
Median Rent	$1,254

Single-Family Units	83,755	66.8%
Detached	77,780	62.1%
Attached	5,975	4.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	19,871	15.9%
Mobile Homes	3,400	2.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years		9-12 Years		H.S. Grad or GED		Some College		Bach. Degree		Grad Degree
5,537	2.8%	9,511	4.8%	58,571	29.6%	57,270	29.0%	38,034	19.2%	28,832	14.6%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	5,537	2.8%
9-12 Years	9,511	4.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	58,571	29.6%
Some College	57,270	29.0%
Bach. Degree	38,034	19.2%
Grad Degree	28,832	14.6%
Average years of education: 13.7

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

2022 Housing Data for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

2022 Income & Employment Data for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

Historical Labor Force Data for Southeastern 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