Fairfield County, Ct

Fairfield County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the most populous county in the state and was also its fastest-growing from 2010 to 2020. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 957,419, representing 26.6% of Connecticut's overall population. The closest to the center of the New York metropolitan ar…
Fairfield County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the most populous county in the state and was also its fastest-growing from 2010 to 2020. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 957,419, representing 26.6% of Connecticut's overall population. The closest to the center of the New York metropolitan area, the county contains four of the state's top 7 largest cities—Bridgeport, Stamford, Norwalk, and Danbury —whose combined population of 433,368 is nearly half the county's total population.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • Founded: 1666
  • Named for: The hundreds of acres of salt marsh that bordered the coast.
  • Seat: none; since 1960 Connecticut counties no longer have a county government · Fairfield (1666–1853) · Bridgeport (1853–1960)
  • Largest municipality: Bridgeport (population) · Newtown (area)
  • Congressional districts: 3rd, 4th, 5th

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