Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Planning region in Connecticut

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Location within the U.S. state of Connecticut

Connecticut's location within the U.S.

Coordinates: 41°19′N 73°29′W / 41.31°N 73.48°W / 41.31; -73.48Country

United StatesState

ConnecticutFounded2013Largest cityStamfordOther citiesNorwalk, DanburyGovernment

• Executive DirectorFrancis PickeringArea

• Total532.1 sq mi (1,378 km²)Population

(2020)

• Total620,549Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Congressional districts4th, 5thWebsitewestcog.org

Interactive map of the Western Connecticut Planning Region

The Western Connecticut Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut. It is served by the coterminous Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG), one of nine regional councils of governments in Connecticut. Within the region, there are two Metropolitan Planning Organizations, South Western CT MPO and the Housatonic Valley MPO.

The region includes the Connecticut Panhandle, Greater Danbury, and the Gold Coast. In 2022, planning regions were approved to replace Connecticut's counties as county-equivalents for statistical purposes, with full implementation occurring by 2024.^[1]^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	620,549		—
2022 (est.)	623,690	^[3]	0.5%
U.S. Decennial Census^[2]

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 620,549 people living in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, making it the second most populated region in the state behind the Capitol Planning Region.

Municipalities

Stamford is the most populous city in the Western Connecticut Region

The following municipalities are members of the Western Connecticut Region:^[4]

Cities

Towns

References

^ "Governor Lamont Announces U.S. Census Bureau Approves Proposal for Connecticut's Planning Regions To Become County Equivalents". CT.gov. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Change to County-Equivalents in the State of Connecticut". Federal Register. June 6, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; United States". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
^ "About". Western Connecticut Council of Governments. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

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Municipalities and communities of Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, United States

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