Growing Cities
/Which of Connecticut's cities experienced the largest population growth between 2000 and 2010? According to the U.S Census, it is Danbury, with an 8.1% increase in population - followed by New Haven with 5% and Stamford with 4.7% growth during the decade. Bridgeport remains the state's largest city, with a 2010 population of 144,229, ahead of New Haven's 129,779 and Hartford's 124,775. The Business Council of Fairfield County has noted that while the rate of growth increased in many CT cities compared with the previous decade, the cities of Stamford, Norwalk and Danbury experienced a slower rate of growth, while Bridgeport's rate increased.