User:JJBers/Central Connecticut

Central Connecticut is an unofficial region located in the state of Connecticut. The area is usually defined as either east of the Connecticut River, up to the edge of Greater Hartford or Greater New Haven, or just the counties of Middlesex, Hartford, and New Haven counties, which includes towns outside of those areas.

First definition
The first definition of the region includes the major cities of New Haven (2nd largest city in Connecticut) and Hartford (3rd largest city), along with the smaller cities of Meriden, New Britain, Middletown, Bristol, and West Haven. The population of this area is 1,305,190 as of the 2010 Census, which accounts for 36.5% of the state population. A list of towns (non-cities) in this area:


 * East Haven
 * North Branford
 * Branford
 * Guliford
 * Madison
 * Killingworth
 * Clinton
 * Westbrook
 * Chester
 * Deep River
 * Essex
 * Old Saybrook
 * Cheshire
 * Wallingford
 * Durham
 * Haddam
 * Hamden
 * North Haven
 * Newington
 * Wethersfield
 * Southington
 * Rocky Hill
 * Berlin
 * Cromwell
 * Middlefield
 * West Hartford
 * Avon
 * Burlington
 * Farmington
 * Plainvillie
 * Suffield
 * Windsor
 * East Granby
 * Granby
 * Windsor Locks
 * Bloomfield
 * Simsbury
 * Canton

Second definition
The second definition of the area is generalized into just the 3 whole counties of the towns of the first one, this term is used commonly outside of the local area for simplicity. This ends up adding the major city of Waterbury (5th largest), along with the cities of Milford, Ansonia, and Derby. This ends up making the population of the region up to 1,922,167, which accounts for 53.7% of the state population. It also adds the towns of:


 * Beacon Falls
 * Bethany
 * Middlebury
 * Naugatuck
 * Orange
 * Oxford
 * Prospect
 * Seymour
 * Southbury
 * Wolcott
 * Woodbridge
 * Enfield
 * East Windsor
 * South Windsor
 * East Hartford
 * Manchester
 * Glastonbury
 * Portland
 * East Hampton
 * East Haddam