Town of Bridgeport, Connecticut

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The Town of Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County.

Bridgeport is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Bridgeport lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Wisconsin has a community that is also named Bridgeport.

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Bridgeport had a population of 139,529 people^<2> (or 15.77% of the total population of Fairfield County). The population of Bridgeport represented 4.1% of the total of Connecticut, making it the state's 2nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Bridgeport had a population of 136,405 people. This is a decrease of 2.24% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Bridgeport.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Milford	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	55,907	6.89% increase
	Milford	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	54,136	7% increase
	New Haven	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	123,669	---
	New Haven	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	123,669	---
	Norwalk	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	83,185	0.28% increase
	Norwalk	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	83,185	0.28% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Bridgeport.

The Commemorative Quarter for Connecticut<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Bridgeport. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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