2022 population: 1,612,152 ( 1,198,611 from 2010 , 11,215 from 2020)
Land area: 1864.2 square miles
Population density: 864.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,014,763	62.94%	49.9%
Black:	188,962	11.72%	30.5%
Indian:	3,059	0.19%	25.0%
Asian:	86,826	5.39%	16.0%
2+ races:	31,305	1.94%	30.5%
Hispanic:	287,237	17.82%	18.8%

Total non-White:	597,389	37.06%	23.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	34,152	10.7
Deaths:	37,325	11.7
Net Migration:	5,692	1.8
Net Immigration:	8,753	2.7

Change in White population:	-1,010,512	-36.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	-188,099	-6.7

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
2,810,763
2,025,275	72.05%
271,905	9.67%
4,078	0.15%
103,375	3.68%
45,074	1.60%
353,720	12.58%
785,488	27.95%

2000
2,664,491
2,078,710	78.02%
230,141	8.64%
4,151	0.16%
59,194	2.22%
41,037	1.54%
246,281	9.24%
585,781	21.98%

1990
2,599,547
2,191,239	84.29%
198,481	7.64%
4,638	0.18%
38,188	1.47%
n/a
166,999	6.42%
408,308	15.71%

1980
2,427,796
2,151,231	88.61%
159,039	6.55%
2,772	0.11%
13,863	0.57%
n/a
98,898	4.07%
276,565	11.39%

1970
1,034,993
949,924	91.78%
57,851	5.59%
668	0.06%
1,825	0.18%
n/a
22,388	2.16%
85,069	8.22%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
126,416	4.7
93,499	3.5
-9,349	-0.4
31,312	1.2

-53,435	-2.0
199,707	7.5

Number	Rate
1990's
151,870	5.8
99,811	3.8
-80,154	-3.1
26,579	1.0

-112,529	-4.3
177,473	6.8

Number	Rate
1980's
146,472	6.0
90,131	3.7
20,903	0.9
n/a

40,008	1.6
131,743	5.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-47,277	-4.6
n/a

1,201,307	116.1
191,496	18.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area

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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
40.8
324,841	20.1%
1,287,311	79.9%
284,279	17.6%

637,289
2.44

407,896	64.0%
294,640	72.2%
42,312	10.4%
229,393	36.0%

2010
Number	Percent
40.1
629,544	22.4%
2,181,219	77.6%
405,927	14.4%

1,094,272
2.47

717,978	65.6%
526,132	73.3%
80,392	11.2%
376,294	34.4%

2000
Number	Percent
37.6
647,766	24.3%
2,016,725	75.7%
374,404	14.1%

1,032,586
2.49

694,037	67.2%
533,637	76.9%
74,331	10.7%
338,549	32.8%

1990
Number	Percent
34.3
587,409	22.6%
2,012,138	77.4%
352,872	13.6%

979,209
2.56

688,403	70.3%
547,625	79.6%
60,067	8.7%
290,806	29.7%

1980
Number	Percent
31.8
635,832	26.2%
1,791,964	73.8%
281,791	11.6%

857,560
2.74

635,887	74.2%
525,789	82.7%
51,246	8.1%
221,673	25.8%

2022 Housing Data for Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	29,209	4.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	22,219	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	18,529	2.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	20,238	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	19,912	3.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	19,814	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	18,256	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	18,469	2.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	20,398	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	38,116	6.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	50,294	7.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	78,883	12.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	66,424	10.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	52,564	8.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	70,981	11.1%
$200,000 or more	92,983	14.6%

Median Household Income	88,050
Per Capita Income	47,611

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	30,468	4.8%
Public Assistance	21,434	3.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	87,388	13.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	640,307	74.7%
Unemployed	34,834	4.1%
In Armed Forces	1,310	0.2%

Total Labor Force	676,451	78.9%
Not in Labor Force	180,847	21.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	297,815	256,887	53.7%
Non-Profit	25,646	51,791	33.1%
Self-Employed	45,240	25,975	63.5%

Local Government	22,249	38,850	36.4%
State Government	19,590	22,307	46.8%
Federal Government	6,592	4,727	58.2%

Total Private + Self	343,055	282,862	54.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	74,077	117,675	38.6%
Total	417,132	400,537	51.0%

Pct. Govt.	14.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	149,089	18.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	165,908	20.3%
Professional, Technical	225,697	27.6%
Service Occupations	129,057	15.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,099	0.1%
All others	149,238	18.2%

White Collar		66.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	131,379	16.0%
Manufacturing	94,114	11.5%
Educational services	89,147	10.9%
Retail trade	88,578	10.8%
Finance and insurance	65,723	8.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	59,174	7.2%
Construction	46,622	5.7%
Accommodation and food services	45,553	5.6%
Transportation and warehousing	34,723	4.2%
Other services	34,296	4.2%
Public administration	32,503	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	29,208	3.6%
Wholesale trade	17,948	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	14,869	1.8%
Information	14,056	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	11,510	1.4%
Utilities	5,666	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,589	0.3%
Management	969	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	362	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	15,850	0.99%
Puerto Rican	168,135	10.48%
Cuban	5,324	0.33%
Dominican	21,603	1.35%

Total Central American	13,444	0.84%
Costa Rican	810	0.05%
Guatemalan	4,379	0.27%
Honduran	3,144	0.20%
Nicaraguan	492	0.03%
Panamanian	564	0.04%
Salvadoran	3,856	0.24%
Other Central American	199	0.01%

Total South American	34,664	2.16%
Argentinean	2,062	0.13%
Bolivian	380	0.02%
Chilean	1,279	0.08%
Colombian	8,797	0.55%
Ecuadorian	9,782	0.61%
Paraguayan	140	0.01%
Peruvian	9,228	0.58%
Uruguayan	420	0.03%
Venezuelan	1,649	0.10%
Other South American	927	0.06%

Other Hispanic	13,966	0.87%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	36,399	2.27%
Chinese	16,810	1.05%
Vietnamese	5,413	0.34%
Filipino	4,365	0.27%
Korean	3,941	0.25%
Cambodian	1,259	0.08%
Laotian	1,158	0.07%
Japanese	980	0.06%
Bangladeshi	836	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,189,963	78.1%
Spanish	174,033	11.4%
Other Indo-European	58,330	3.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	29,675	1.9%
Other Asian	15,497	1.0%
French, Haitian, Cajun	13,198	0.9%
Chinese	13,061	0.9%
Other	11,360	0.7%
Arabic	4,688	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Italian	243,368	15.2%
Irish	225,444	14.1%
English	130,544	8.1%
Polish	126,574	7.9%
German	122,558	7.6%
French	79,060	4.9%
American	54,835	3.4%
French Canadian	42,567	2.7%
Jamaican	36,518	2.3%
Swedish	23,991	1.5%
Scottish	22,928	1.4%
Portuguese	20,161	1.3%
Russian	17,877	1.1%
European	16,057	1.0%
Lithuanian	15,543	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,514,928	94.4%
Not a citizen	89,368	5.6%

Native	1,386,064	86.4%
Foreign-born	218,232	13.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
42,366	3.8%	55,334	4.9%	297,039	26.4%	287,467	25.6%	247,415	22.0%	195,167	17.4%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	42,366	3.8%
9-12 Years	55,334	4.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	297,039	26.4%
Some College	287,467	25.6%
Bach. Degree	247,415	22.0%
Grad Degree	195,167	17.4%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	627,561	598,040	29,521	4.7%
1991	631,440	589,653	41,787	6.6%
1992	621,604	575,299	46,305	7.4%
1993	612,769	570,733	42,036	6.9%
1994	597,606	562,648	34,958	5.8%
1995	585,412	552,252	33,160	5.7%
1996	586,188	553,909	32,279	5.5%
1997	583,704	555,313	28,391	4.9%
1998	575,393	556,438	18,955	3.3%
1999	578,633	564,094	14,539	2.5%

2000	597,408	584,419	12,989	2.2%
2001	593,834	576,595	17,239	2.9%
2002	600,588	573,688	26,900	4.5%
2003	602,700	568,599	34,101	5.7%
2004	600,117	568,478	31,639	5.3%
2005	607,080	577,113	29,967	4.9%
2006	620,396	592,355	28,041	4.5%
2007	629,665	600,848	28,817	4.6%
2008	639,069	602,969	36,100	5.6%
2009	645,516	592,311	53,205	8.2%

2010	659,106	596,744	62,362	9.5%
2011	659,575	601,274	58,301	8.8%
2012	649,266	596,046	53,220	8.2%
2013	642,579	592,501	50,078	7.8%
2014	651,040	608,801	42,239	6.5%
2015	652,442	616,485	35,957	5.5%
2016	652,403	620,972	31,431	4.8%
2017	657,997	629,442	28,555	4.3%
2018	659,665	634,224	25,441	3.9%
2019	666,159	642,437	23,722	3.6%

2020	652,934	603,006	49,928	7.6%
2021	643,299	603,516	39,783	6.2%
2022	666,267	638,925	27,342	4.1%
2023	651,510	627,802	23,708	3.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	688,244
Median Value	$287,834

Occupied	637,289	92.6%
Vacant	50,955	7.4%

Owned	426,069	66.9%
Rented	211,220	33.1%
Median Rent	$1,281

Single-Family Units	447,479	65.0%
Detached	406,962	59.1%
Attached	40,517	5.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	124,162	18.0%
Mobile Homes	4,867	0.7%

Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area