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Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area Demographics

Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area is the 20th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 2,906,862 residents across 413 square miles. That is about 7,042 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 2,906,862
Land area 413 sq mi
Density 7,042 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Fairfield 957,395 625.0 1,532
Hartford 899,485 734.9 1,224
County New Haven 864,796 604.5 1,431
Litchfield 185,186 920.5 201

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