The Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut. It is served by the coterminous Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (NECCOG). In 2022, planning regions were approved to replace Connecticut's counties as county-equivalents for statistical purposes, with full implementation occurring by 2024.[1][2]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | 95,348 | — | |
2022 (est.) | 96,196 | [3] | 0.9% |
U.S. Decennial Census[2] |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 95,348 people living in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region.[2]
Municipalities
The following municipalities are members of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region:[4]
Towns
- Ashford
- Brooklyn
- Canterbury
- Chaplin
- Eastford
- Hampton
- Killingly
- Plainfield
- Pomfret
- Putnam
- Scotland
- Sterling
- Thompson
- Union
- Voluntown
- Woodstock
References
- ^ "Governor Lamont Announces U.S. Census Bureau Approves Proposal for Connecticut's Planning Regions To Become County Equivalents". CT.gov. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Change to County-Equivalents in the State of Connecticut". Federal Register. June 6, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; United States". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ "Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments". neccog.org. Retrieved March 24, 2023.