Town of Hartford, Connecticut

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The 2000 Census showed that Hartford had a population of 121,578 people^<1>. This represents 3.56% of the total population of Connecticut, making it the state's 6th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
3	New Haven	S	33 mi [53.1 km]	123,669	---
4	New Haven	S	33 mi [53.1 km]	123,669	---
5	Hartford	NE	Less than 2 mi	124,062	2.04% increase
-6-	Hartford			124,062	2.04% increase
7	Stamford	SW	65 mi [104.6 km]	119,303	1.9% increase
8	Stamford	SW	64 mi [103 km]	119,303	1.9% increase
9	Waterbury	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	107,037	0.22% decrease

Hartford had 50,644 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Hartford has an area^<4> of 17.31 square miles [44.82 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Hartford had a 2000 population density of 7,025 people per square mile [2,712 people/km²], making it the state's 4th most densely populated area.

Hartford County

The Town of Hartford is located in Hartford County.

The county had a population of 858,439 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 121,578 people, Hartford contained 14.16% of the Hartford County total.

In addition, where the community of Hartford has a population density of 7,025 people per square mile [2,712 people/km²], Hartford County averages 1,167 people per square mile [450.7 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Hartford County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Hartford and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Hartford. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Hartford. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Hartford, it also contains a comparison between Hartford and the state of Connecticut.

Click here for the Hartford QuickFact (QF-0937070).

The following communities are nearby Hartford and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Hartford	QF-0937000	NE	Less than 2 mi	124,062	2.04% increase
	East Hartford	QF-0922630	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	48,571	2.03% decrease
	West Hartford	QF-0982590	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	60,495	4.87% decrease
	Glastonbury	QF-0931170	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Newington	QF-0952140	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	29,699	1.34% increase
	Windsor	QF-0986930	N	6 mi [9.66 km]
	Windsor	QF-0987000	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	28,851	2.17% increase
	Glastonbury	QF-0931240	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	33,263	4.35% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Hartford.

A Census Quickfact is available for Hartford County (QF-09003).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Hartford County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Hampden (MA)	QF-25013	N	460,840	0.94% increase
	Tolland	QF-09013	E	148,406	8.44% increase
	New London	QF-09011	SE	264,519	1.92% increase
	Middlesex	QF-09007	SE	164,794	5.9% increase
	New Haven	QF-09009	SW	846,101	2.56% increase
	Litchfield	QF-09005	W	187,745	2.81% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Hartford:

Hartford is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #1 (the New England Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Hartford.

The Commemorative Quarter for Connecticut<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning 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) Hartford. 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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