TABLE P5


POPULATION AS PERCENT OF REGION

other data for greater danbury, ct

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Municipality 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Bethel 8.62% 9.39% 8.00% 9.40% 9.34% 8.51%
Bridgewater 1.07% 1.06% 0.90% 0.90% 0.88% 0.86%
Brookfield 2.90% 3.90% 7.10% 7.60% 7.51% 7.38%
Danbury 51.25% 45.12% 37.20% 35.50% 34.91% 35.27%
New Fairfield 2.08% 3.84% 5.10% 6.60% 6.87% 6.57%
New Milford 9.79% 9.53% 10.70% 11.40% 12.58% 12.78%
Newtown 12.58% 13.03% 12.40% 11.20% 11.06% 11.79%
Redding 3.44% 3.84% 4.10% 4.30% 4.22% 3.90%
Ridgefield 7.35% 9.35% 13.40% 11.80% 11.14% 11.14%
Sherman 0.92% 0.94% 1.10% 1.30% 1.49% 1.80%
Region 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 

Source: 1950-1990 Census data summarized by HVCEO

TABLE P6


RANK ORDER OF REGION'S MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN CONNECTICUT BY POPULATION SIZE
Year  Bethel Bridge-
water		 Brook-
field		 Danbury New
Fairfield		 New
Milford		 Newtown Redding Ridge-
field		 Sherman
1950 68 161 127 18 143 61 55 114 77 166
1960 67 162 108 19 110 66 53 109 68 163
1970 73 160 78 15 97 58 51 106 47 154
1980 59 159 72 9 77 46 47 102 44 148
1990 56 161 71 8 75 40 47 103 46 148
2000
61
160
69
7
75   
37
41
107
43
139

Source: Census data summarized by HVCEO