Fairfield County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the most populous county in the state and was also its fastest-growing from 2010 to 2020. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 957,419, representing 26.6% of Connecticut's overall population. The closest to the center of the New York metropolitan ar…
Fairfield County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the most populous county in the state and was also its fastest-growing from 2010 to 2020. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 957,419, representing 26.6% of Connecticut's overall population. The closest to the center of the New York metropolitan area, the county contains four of the state's seven largest cities—Bridgeport, Stamford, Norwalk and Danbury —whose combined population of 433,368 is nearly half the county's total population.
Country: United States
State: Connecticut
Founded: 1666
Named after: The hundreds of acres of salt marsh that bordered the coast.
Seat: none; since 1960 Connecticut counties no longer have a county government · Fairfield (1666–1853) · Bridgeport (1853–1960)
Largest municipality: Bridgeport (population) · Newtown (area)
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