New Haven County

administration
New Haven County Courthouse
US state :	Connecticut
Administrative headquarters :	none
Foundation :	1666
Demographics
Residents :	862,477 (2010)
Population density :	549.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2233 km²
Water surface :	664 km²
map

New Haven County is a county in the state of Connecticut in the United States . The largest city in the county and the traditional county seat is New Haven , but in Connecticut all local administrative functions have been transferred to the parishes. The famous Yale University is also located in New Haven .

geography

Commemorative issue for the founding of New Haven

The county has an area of 2233 square kilometers, of which 664 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Hartford County , Middlesex County , Fairfield County, and Litchfield County .

history

New Haven County was one of the four founding counties in 1666.

Historical objects

At 200 Grove Street in New Haven, you'll find Grove Street Cemetery (also known as New Haven City Burial Ground ). The cemetery area was listed as a historic monument by the National Historic Landmark and the NRHP in 1997 (NRHP 97000830).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	30,830	-
1800	32,162	4.3%
1810	37.064	15.2%
1820	39,010	5.3%
1830	43,847	12.4%
1840	48,582	10.8%
1850	65,588	35%
1860	97,345	48.4%
1870	121.257	24.6%
1880	156,523	29.1%
1890	209.058	33.6%
1900	269.163	28.8%
1910	337.282	25.3%
1920	415.214	23.1%
1930	463.449	11.6%
1940	484.316	4.5%
1950	545.784	12.7%
1960	660.315	21%
1970	744.948	12.8%
1980	761,337	2.2%
1990	804.219	5.6%
2000	824.008	2.5%
2010	862.477	4.7%
Before 1900, 1900–1990, 2000 2010

The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge

The Pistapaug Pond from Pistapaug Mountain seen

The county had 824,008 people as of the 2000 census . There were 319,040 households and 210,566 families. The population density was 525 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 79.40 percent white, 11.32 percent African American, 0.25 percent Native American, 2.33 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 4.51 percent from other ethnic groups Groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 10.09 percent of the total population.

Of the 319,040 households, 31.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 48.6 percent were married couples living together, 13.6 percent were single mothers. 34.0 percent were not families. 28.2 percent were single households and 11.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.08.

New Haven County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 88.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 48,834 , and the median income for a family is $ 60,549. Males had a median income of $ 43,643 versus $ 32,001 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,439. 9.5 percent of the population and 7.0 percent of families are below the poverty line. These included 13.0 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 7.7 percent of the population aged 65 and over.