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Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area

The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area is made up of 2 planning regions in Connecticut: Capitol and Lower Connecticut River Valley. About 1,171,426 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.7% more than in April 2020.

Capitol Planning Region, centralLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, centralHartfordWest Hartford
2 planning regions in Connecticut
Population, July 2025
1,171,426 1.7% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Planning regions
2, both central
Land area
1,451 sq mi (3,759 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Connecticut
Combined statistical area
New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT
CBSA code
25540
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Planning regions in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area, largest first

Planning regionRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Capitol Planning RegionCentral994,11584.9%
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning RegionCentral177,31115.1%

A central planning region holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying planning regions: no neighboring planning region sends enough commuters to join it. A planning region belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Hartford121,127 people
  2. West Hartford63,620 people
  3. East Hartford50,918 people
  4. Middletown47,958 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 5 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. New Haven, CT Metro Area578,741 people
  2. Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area463,349 people
  3. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area284,015 people
  4. Torrington, CT Micro Area114,690 people
  5. Putnam, CT Micro Area98,096 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a planning region on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area23 mi southwest
  2. Torrington, CT Micro Area24 mi west
  3. Springfield, MA Metro Area25 mi north
  4. New Haven, CT Metro Area34 mi south
  5. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area34 mi southeast
  6. Putnam, CT Micro Area41 mi east
  7. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area100 mi southwest

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