POPULATION DENSITY PER SQUARE MILE; Bethel density; Bridgewater density; Brookfield density; Danbury density; New Fairfield density; New Milford density; Newtown density; Redding density; Ridgefield density; Sherman density

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POPULATION DENSITY PER SQUARE MILE

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Municipality	1900	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	Total Square Miles	Land Area Sq. Miles Only
Bethel	195	241	300	482	644	941	1,032	1,075	16.89	16.79
Bridgewater	40	33	39	55	78	96	101	112	17.26	16.23
Brookfield	53	68	85	172	489	650	713	791	20.40	19.80
Danbury	443	635	689	895	1,154	1,374	1,491	1,777	44.30	42.11
New Fairfield	23	24	48	130	271	436	500	682	25.06	20.46
New Milford	75	86	90	129	227	302	367	440	63.70	61.59
Newtown	55	68	126	192	286	322	350	433	59.07	57.76
Redding	44	55	63	104	174	226	246	263	32.06	31.50
Ridgefield	75	111	124	233	520	575	598	687	34.97	34.43
Sherman	28	20	23	35	62	97	120	176	23.36	21.80
Region	112	149	175	259	405	505	557	630	337.07	322.47

State	187	352	413	521	624	639	676	700	4,862	4,844.0

Note: Between 1960 and 1970, by legislative act Brookfield annexed a portion of New Fairfield cut off from New Fairfield by the creation of Candlewood Lake. Land Area numbers differ from total square miles due to removal of water area, with data taken from 2003 Census Bureau publication PHC-3-8.