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Connecticut Map
Every planning region, city and town in Connecticut on one zoomable map, with interstates, US highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and planning regions above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a planning region to see its population and largest towns.
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Printable maps of Connecticut
Free to print for class and home: Connecticut with its cities and towns, a planning region map with every planning region, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.
Connecticut map with cities
Connecticut planning region map
About Connecticut
Connecticut has 9 planning regions, 20 cities, 145 towns, 10 boroughs and 184 Census-designated communities, and about 3,688,496 people (2025 estimate) on 12,542 km² (4,842 sq mi) of land. The capital is Hartford; the largest city is Bridgeport, with 152,273 people. It borders Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island.
Capitol Planning Region is the most populous planning region (994,115 people) and Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region the least (98,096); Capitol Planning Region is the largest by land area (2,661 km²) and Greater Bridgeport Planning Region the smallest (363 km²).
Largest cities in Connecticut
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 359 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Planning region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridgeport | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 152,273 |
| 2 | Stamford | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 139,535 |
| 3 | New Haven | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 138,774 |
| 4 | Hartford | Capitol Planning Region | 121,981 |
| 5 | Waterbury | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 115,771 |
| 6 | Norwalk | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 94,508 |
| 7 | Danbury | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 89,033 |
| 8 | New Britain | Capitol Planning Region | 76,286 |
| 9 | Fairfield | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 66,262 |
| 10 | Greenwich | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 64,801 |
| 11 | West Hartford | Capitol Planning Region | 64,242 |
| 12 | West Hartford | Capitol Planning Region | 64,083* |
| 13 | Bristol | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 62,341 |
| 14 | Hamden | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 61,824 |
| 15 | Meriden | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 60,810 |
| 16 | Manchester | Capitol Planning Region | 59,773 |
| 17 | West Haven | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 55,351 |
| 18 | Stratford | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 53,908 |
| 19 | Milford | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 51,215 |
| 20 | East Hartford | Capitol Planning Region | 51,045* |
| 21 | East Hartford | Capitol Planning Region | 50,968 |
| 22 | Middletown | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 48,439 |
| 23 | Wallingford | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 44,406 |
| 24 | Southington | Capitol Planning Region | 44,242 |
| 25 | Shelton | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 42,880 |
Populations are US Census Bureau estimates for July 2025, within city or town limits; * Census-designated communities, which have no local government or estimate, show their 2020 Census count.
Planning regions of Connecticut
All 9 planning regions. Select one to show it on the map.
| 994,115 | 2,661 | |
| 337,697 | 363 | |
| 177,311 | 1,098 | |
| 463,349 | 1,069 | |
| 98,096 | 1,435 | |
| 114,690 | 2,037 | |
| 578,741 | 951 | |
| 284,015 | 1,549 | |
| 640,482 | 1,378 |
Practise US geography
Sources
- Planning regions, state borders, city and town locations and highways: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, Gazetteer files and TIGER/Line roads (2023).
- Populations: US Census Bureau Population Estimates, Vintage 2025; Census-designated communities: 2020 Census.
- Planning region seats and founding years: National Association of Counties (NACo) County Explorer.