2024 population: 576,718 ( 5,986 from 2020)
Land area: 367.2 square miles
Population density: 1570.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	334,792	58.05%	5.0%
Black:	80,511	13.96%	6.4%
Indian:	1,018	0.18%	4.0%
Asian:	29,843	5.17%	18.6%
2+ races:	12,327	2.14%	12.3%
Hispanic:	118,227	20.50%	12.0%

Total non-White:	241,926	41.95%	10.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	23,901	10.5
Deaths:	24,585	10.8
Net Migration:	-6,307	-2.8
Net Immigration:	14,151	6.2

Change in White population:	-17,515	-3.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	23,501	4.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
570,732
352,307	61.73%
75,680	13.26%
1,060	0.19%
25,157	4.41%
10,978	1.92%
105,550	18.49%
218,425	38.27%

2010
1,432,478
960,258	67.03%
176,865	12.35%
2,323	0.16%
53,423	3.73%
23,517	1.64%
212,208	14.81%
472,220	32.97%

2000
1,370,807
1,016,460	74.15%
157,213	11.47%
2,577	0.19%
33,959	2.48%
21,583	1.57%
136,317	9.94%
354,347	25.85%

1990
1,341,072
1,099,436	81.98%
141,306	10.54%
2,161	0.16%
19,608	1.46%
n/a
78,561	5.86%
241,636	18.02%

1980
1,275,750
1,101,073	86.31%
117,657	9.22%
1,828	0.14%
8,533	0.67%
n/a
45,660	3.58%
174,677	13.69%

1970
744,948
668,882	89.79%
55,319	7.43%
493	0.07%
1,673	0.22%
n/a
17,225	2.31%
76,066	10.21%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
81,952	5.7
71,392	5.0
-51,136	-3.6
32,843	2.3

-607,951	-42.4
-253,795	-17.7

Number	Rate
2000's
94,809	6.9
70,856	5.2
-18,028	-1.3
23,526	1.7

-56,202	-4.1
117,873	8.6

Number	Rate
1990's
110,735	8.3
76,362	5.7
-56,928	-4.2
15,987	1.2

-82,976	-6.2
112,711	8.4

Number	Rate
1980's
109,338	8.6
73,778	5.8
11,397	0.9
n/a

-1,637	-0.1
66,959	5.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-23,650	-3.2
n/a

432,191	58.0
98,611	13.2

Age, Family & Household Data for New Haven, 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):

2024
Number	Percent
40.2
111,623	19.4%
465,095	80.6%
106,066	18.4%

230,673
2.38

141,621	61.4%
97,141	68.6%
15,422	10.9%
89,052	38.6%

2010
Number	Percent
39.2
315,898	22.1%
1,116,580	77.9%
206,139	14.4%

557,122
2.48

355,854	63.9%
251,022	70.5%
44,041	12.4%
201,268	36.1%

2000
Number	Percent
37.0
331,815	24.2%
1,038,992	75.8%
197,517	14.4%

532,440
2.48

351,026	65.9%
263,251	75.0%
40,644	11.6%
181,414	34.1%

1990
Number	Percent
34.2
302,513	22.6%
1,038,559	77.4%
194,449	14.5%

507,476
2.55

351,193	69.2%
273,282	77.8%
32,690	9.3%
156,283	30.8%

1980
Number	Percent
32.0
328,392	25.7%
947,358	74.3%
159,422	12.5%

456,314
2.71

334,125	73.2%
271,643	81.3%
30,096	9.0%
122,189	26.8%

2024 Housing Data for New Haven, CT Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	12,230	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,461	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	6,409	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	7,076	3.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,829	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,873	3.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,117	3.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,895	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,006	3.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,331	5.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	19,607	8.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	27,174	11.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	22,420	9.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	18,122	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	25,722	11.2%
$200,000 or more	37,401	16.2%

Median Household Income	88,197
Per Capita Income	49,766

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	11,900	5.2%
Public Assistance	6,821	3.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	33,724	14.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	216,317	73.7%
Unemployed	13,108	4.5%
In Armed Forces	170	0.1%

Total Labor Force	229,595	78.2%
Not in Labor Force	64,069	21.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	97,689	81,827	54.4%
Non-Profit	17,304	30,572	36.1%
Self-Employed	14,098	9,207	60.5%

Local Government	7,848	14,349	35.4%
State Government	4,942	5,791	46.0%
Federal Government	2,589	2,629	49.6%

Total Private + Self	111,787	91,034	55.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	32,683	53,341	38.0%
Total	144,470	144,375	50.0%

Pct. Govt.	13.2%
Pct. Private + Self	70.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	49,462	17.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	52,821	18.3%
Professional, Technical	88,205	30.5%
Service Occupations	47,073	16.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	356	0.1%
All others	51,481	17.8%

White Collar		65.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	50,396	17.4%
Educational services	46,281	16.0%
Manufacturing	29,612	10.2%
Retail trade	28,324	9.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	20,574	7.1%
Accommodation and food services	16,954	5.9%
Construction	15,844	5.5%
Finance and insurance	12,929	4.5%
Other services	12,894	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	11,234	3.9%
Public administration	10,380	3.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,971	3.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,654	2.0%
Information	5,377	1.9%
Wholesale trade	4,972	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,253	1.5%
Utilities	2,339	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	539	0.2%
Management	444	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	71	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	16,232	2.84%
Puerto Rican	55,115	9.66%
Cuban	2,638	0.46%
Dominican	6,600	1.16%

Total Central American	7,815	1.37%
Costa Rican	302	0.05%
Guatemalan	5,028	0.88%
Honduran	389	0.07%
Nicaraguan	232	0.04%
Panamanian	375	0.07%
Salvadoran	1,489	0.26%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	17,944	3.14%
Argentinean	1,194	0.21%
Bolivian	226	0.04%
Chilean	399	0.07%
Colombian	4,886	0.86%
Ecuadorian	8,085	1.42%
Paraguayan	84	0.01%
Peruvian	1,793	0.31%
Uruguayan	175	0.03%
Venezuelan	1,041	0.18%
Other South American	61	0.01%

Other Hispanic	5,196	0.91%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	7,863	1.38%
Indian	5,278	0.92%
Korean	2,348	0.41%
Filipino	2,297	0.40%
Vietnamese	1,173	0.21%
Laotian	782	0.14%
Bangladeshi	531	0.09%
Thai	511	0.09%
Cambodian	374	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	421,086	77.7%
Spanish	72,773	13.4%
Other Indo-European	13,303	2.5%
Chinese	6,544	1.2%
Other	5,194	1.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4,732	0.9%
Other Asian	4,531	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	4,308	0.8%
Arabic	4,114	0.8%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Italian	108,230	19.0%
Irish	80,855	14.2%
English	40,580	7.1%
German	40,410	7.1%
Polish	30,361	5.3%
American	16,945	3.0%
French	13,772	2.4%
French Canadian	7,866	1.4%
Scottish	6,759	1.2%
Russian	6,729	1.2%
Jamaican	5,388	0.9%
Swedish	5,342	0.9%
Portuguese	4,959	0.9%
Hungarian	4,865	0.9%
Greek	4,194	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	533,613	93.5%
Not a citizen	36,985	6.5%

Native	492,240	86.3%
Foreign-born	78,358	13.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	248,267
Median Value	$353,100

Occupied	230,673	92.9%
Vacant	17,594	7.1%

Owned	139,620	60.5%
Rented	91,053	39.5%
Median Rent	$1,525

Single-Family Units	145,933	58.8%
Detached	131,157	52.8%
Attached	14,776	6.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	53,954	21.7%
Mobile Homes	1,085	0.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years		9-12 Years		H.S. Grad or GED		Some College		Bach. Degree		Grad Degree
14,920	3.7%	16,531	4.1%	112,247	28.1%	87,966	22.0%	86,918	21.7%	81,091	20.3%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	14,920	3.7%
9-12 Years	16,531	4.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	112,247	28.1%
Some College	87,966	22.0%
Bach. Degree	86,918	21.7%
Grad Degree	81,091	20.3%
Average years of education: 14.1

New Haven, CT Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for New Haven, CT Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for New Haven, CT Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for New Haven, CT Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for New Haven, CT Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for New Haven, CT Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for New Haven, CT Metro Area

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
2024	633,276	613,238	20,038	3.2%