Stamford

Also known as Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford, CT

city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

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Stamford is a city located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the northeastern United States. It serves as an important urban center in the region, though specific details about its economic significance or population would require additional context to describe accurately.

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Official name: Stamford
Population: 135470
Area: 134.793278
Elevation: 7
Official website: www.stamfordct.gov
Image: Stamford, CT (cropped).jpg
Households: 50952
Dialing code: 475

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Commons category: Stamford, Connecticut
postal code: 06927
inception: 1641-00-00
native label: Stamford
water as percent of area: 27.6794
P8168: Villenave-d'Ornon
water area: 37.309907
per capita income: 56283

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Stamford (/ˈstæmfərd/) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles (55 kilometers) outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, and Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford surpassed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 census. It is in the Bridgeport–Stamford–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the New York City metropolitan area (specifically, the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area).

As of 2023, Stamford is home to eight Fortune 500 companies and numerous divisions of large corporations. This gives it the largest financial district in the New York metropolitan region outside New York City and one of the nation's largest concentrations of corporations. Dominant sectors of Stamford's economy include financial management and real estate, tourism, information technology, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, and retail. Its metropolitan division is home to multiple colleges and universities including UConn Stamford and Norwalk Community College.