Sunday, December 03, 2006

Demographic Profile for Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

In terms of total land area, the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area spans a total area of 1515 square miles. The MSA has a high average area density of 784 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Baltimore-Towson (799 per sq. mile ), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (802 per sq. mile ), Providence-New Bedford-Fall River (1,013 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Akron (776 per sq. mile ), Buffalo-Niagara Falls (732 per sq. mile ), El Paso (712 per sq. mile ).

The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population base that is comprised of 75.5 percent White, 9.8 percent African American, 3 percent Asian, and 10.4 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 23.2 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is equal to the State of Connecticut percent of 23.2. Since 2000, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford has increased the level of diversity when 21.2 percent of the people were minorities.

The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area had a total estimated population of 1,188,241 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 1,151,066. This growth denotes an increase of 3.2 percent. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ranks 1 of 4 MSAs by growth in total population in Connecticut and the metro area ranks 72 of 361 metro areas when analyzing total MSA population change across the nation.

Since the year 2000, a high amount of people migrated into the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area, with 20,208 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford accounts for 26.6 percent of immigration into the State of Connecticut. This amount of international migration is high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.



Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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