Town of Stamford, Connecticut

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The 2000 Census showed that Stamford had a population of 117,083 people^<1>. This represents 3.43% of the total population of Connecticut, making it the state's 8th 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
5	Hartford	NE	64 mi [103 km]	124,062	2.04% increase
6	Hartford	NE	64 mi [103 km]	124,062	2.04% increase
7	Stamford	S	Less than 2 mi	119,303	1.9% increase
-8-	Stamford			119,303	1.9% increase
9	Waterbury	NE	41 mi [66 km]	107,037	0.22% decrease
10	Waterbury	NE	41 mi [66 km]	107,037	0.22% decrease
11	Norwalk	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	83,185	0.28% increase

Stamford had 47,317 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Stamford has a total area of 52.1 square miles [134.9 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 37.75 square miles [97.8 km²]14.33 square miles [37.11 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Stamford had a 2000 population density of 3,101 people per square mile [1,197 people/km²], making it the state's 19th most densely populated area.

Fairfield County

The Town of Stamford is located in Fairfield County.

The county had a population of 884,481 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 117,083 people, Stamford contained 13.24% of the Fairfield County total.

In addition, where the community of Stamford has a population density of 3,101 people per square mile [1,197 people/km²], Fairfield County averages 1,413 people per square mile [545 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Stamford and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Stamford. 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 Stamford. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Stamford, it also contains a comparison between Stamford and the state of Connecticut.

Click here for the Stamford QuickFact (QF-0973070).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Stamford	QF-0973000	S	Less than 2 mi	119,303	1.9% increase
	Greenwich	QF-0933620	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	61,937	1.37% increase
	Greenwich	QF-0933690	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]
	Norwalk	QF-0956060	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	83,185	0.28% increase
	Norwalk	QF-0955990	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	83,185	0.28% increase
	Rye (NY)	QF-3664320	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	45,135	2.86% increase
	White Plains (NY)	QF-3681677	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	57,342	8.04% increase
	Mount Pleasant (NY)	QF-3649011	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	44,484	2.92% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Fairfield County (QF-36001).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Stamford 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 Stamford.

The Commemorative Quarter for Connecticut<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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) Stamford. 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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