Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

The least populous of Connecticut's 9 planning regions.

Planning RegionFIPS 09150

Within Connecticut

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population: 98,096; +2,884 (+3.0%) since 2020
Land area: 553.9; square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density: 177; people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat: Not available; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region has no county government.
Established: Not available
Largest city: Danielson borough; Population 4,265.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

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Where Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region ranks

Position among the 9 planning regions of Connecticut, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

Measure	Value	In Connecticut	Nationally
Population	98,096	9th of 9	638th of 3,144
Land area	553.9 sq mi	4th of 9	1,879th of 3,144
Population density	177 per sq mi	8th of 9	609th of 3,144
Median household income	$90,589	5th of 9	287th of 3,143

Full data for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
Measure	Value	Source and vintage
Population	98,096	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020	95,212	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?	95,314	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area	553.9 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area	9.3 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area	563.2 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?	177 per sq mi	Computed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income	$90,589	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value	$307,600	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age	44.1	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households	39,412	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units	41,736	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths: -81; 850 births, 931 deaths
Net migration: +547; More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering area	State	Shared border	Population
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Connecticut	33 mi	284,015
Capitol Planning Region	Connecticut	23 mi	994,115
Providence County	Rhode Island	20 mi	678,179
Worcester County	Massachusetts	18 mi	888,502
Kent County	Rhode Island	8.9 mi	173,495
Washington County	Rhode Island	6.3 mi	129,795
Hampden County	Massachusetts	3.6 mi	464,338

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 9 planning regions of Connecticut

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.