Fairfield County, Connecticut

administration
US state :	Connecticut
Administrative headquarters :	none
Foundation :	1666
Demographics
Residents :	916,829 (2010)
Population density :	565.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2168 km²
Water surface :	547 km²
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Fairfield County is a county in the state of Connecticut in the United States . It is located in the southwest of the state and had 916,829 inhabitants (Census 2010) with a population density of 565.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. The area of the county covers 2168 square kilometers, of which 547 square kilometers is water. The largest city is Bridgeport , it is also the traditional administrative center. However, in Connecticut all local administrative functions have been transferred to the communities.

geography

Fairfield County borders Litchfield and New Haven Counties to the north and east , Long Island Sound to the south, and New York State to the west . The county is approximately 25 miles from New Haven and approximately 50 miles from New York City .

history

Fairfield County was one of the four founding counties in 1666.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	36,250	-
1800	38.208	5.4%
1810	40,950	7.2%
1820	42,734	4.4%
1830	47.010	10%
1840	49,917	6.2%
1850	59,775	19.7%
1860	77,476	29.6%
1870	95.276	23%
1880	112.042	17.6%
1890	150,081	34%
1900	184.203	22.7%
1910	245.322	33.2%
1920	320.936	30.8%
1930	386.702	20.5%
1940	418.384	8.2%
1950	504,342	20.5%
1960	653,589	29.6%
1970	792.814	21.3%
1980	807.143	1.8%
1990	827.645	2.5%
2000	882,567	6.6%
2010	916,829	3.9%
Before 1900, 1900–1990, 2000 2010

As of the 2000 census , the county had a population of 882,567. There were 324,232 households and 228,259 families. The population density was 545 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 79.31 percent white, 10.01 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 3.25 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 4.70 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.88 percent of the total population.

Of the 324,232 households, 34.2 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 55.5 percent were married couples living together, 11.5 percent were single mothers. 29.6 percent were not families. 24.0 percent were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.18.

Fairfield County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Housatonic River

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 7.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 89.6 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 65,249 , and the median income for a family is $ 77,690. Males had a median income of $ 51,996 versus $ 37,108 for females. The per capita income was $ 38,350. 6.9 percent of the population and 5.0 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 8.3 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 6.6 percent of the population aged 65 and over.