Historical U.S. Census Totals for Litchfield County, Connecticut

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This article shows U.S. Census totals for Litchfield County, Connecticut, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.

Like most areas of New England, Litchfield County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory.

There are three types of municipalities in Connecticut, towns, boroughs and cities. As in the other New England states, towns are the basic unit of municipal government.

Boroughs overlay towns and assume responsibility for some municipal services within their boundaries. Boroughs are not found in any of the other New England states, and are not very common in Connecticut today, although they were somewhat more numerous in the past. A number of boroughs have disincorporated over the years, choosing to revert back to full town control.

Cities also overlay towns. This is different from the other New England states, where cities are a different type of municipality equivalent to a town (this difference is related to cities having originally developed in Connecticut from the borough model). Most current cities are coextensive with their parent town, however, such that the entire municipality functions as a city. In practice, these cities are really no different from cities in the other New England states.

It is also possible for a city in Connecticut to overlay part, but not all, of a town. There is currently only one example, but it was a more common arrangement in the past. Many of today’s coextensive cities were non-coextensive at one time. As with boroughs, a number of non-coextensive cities have also disincorporated over the years, choosing to revert back to full town control.

The main tables below show municipalities at the town level. For any census, adding up the totals for each town should yield the county total. In cases where a community encompassed a coextensive city, the tables in the New England Historical U.S. Census Totals series mark the community as a city. In cases where a town included a non-coextensive city, the total shown below represents the entire town, including but not limited to the city. A separate section follows with population totals for boroughs and non-coextensive cities from 1920 to 2000.

For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.

1 Corporate changes since 1900
2 1900
3 1910
4 1920
5 1930
6 1940
7 1950
8 1960
9 1970
10 1980
11 1990
12 2000
13 Boroughs and Non-coextensive Cities
14 Notes
15 See also

[edit] Corporate changes since 1900

1923 – Torrington became a coextensive city (Note: there had not previously been a city of Torrington within the town, although there had been a borough of Torrington)

[edit] 1900

County Total: 63,672

Torrington 12,453
Winchester 7,763
New Milford 4,804
Salisbury 3,489
New Hartford 3,424
Thomaston 3,300
Litchfield 3,214
Watertown 3,100
Plymouth 2,828
Woodbury 1,988
Sharon 1,982
Washington 1,820
North Canaan 1,803
Norfolk 1,614
Kent 1,220
Harwinton 1,213
Cornwall 1,175
Roxbury 1,087
Barkhamsted 864
Goshen 835
Canaan 820
Colebrook 684
Bridgewater 649
Bethlehem 576
Morris 535
Warren 432

[edit] 1910

County Total: 70,260

Torrington 16,840
Winchester 8,679
Plymouth 5,021
New Milford 5,010
Watertown 3,850
Thomaston 3,533
Salisbury 3,522
Litchfield 3,005
North Canaan 2,171
New Hartford 2,144
Sharon 1,880
Woodbury 1,860
Washington 1,747
Norfolk 1,541
Harwinton 1,440
Kent 1,122
Cornwall 1,016
Barkhamsted 865
Roxbury 837
Canaan 702
Morris 681
Goshen 675
Bridgewater 600
Colebrook 557
Bethlehem 550
Warren 412

[edit] 1920

County Total: 76,262

Torrington 22,055
Winchester 9,019
Watertown 6,050
Plymouth 5,942
New Milford 4,781
Thomaston 3,993
Litchfield 3,180
Salisbury 2,497
Harwinton 2,020
North Canaan 1,933
New Hartford 1,781
Woodbury 1,698
Washington 1,619
Sharon 1,585
Norfolk 1,229
Kent 1,086
Cornwall 834
Barkhamsted 719
Goshen 675
Roxbury 647
Canaan 561
Bethlehem 536
Morris 499
Colebrook 492
Bridgewater 481
Warren 350

[edit] 1930

County Total: 82,556

Torrington (city) 26,040
Winchester 8,674
Watertown 8,192
Plymouth 6,070
New Milford 4,700
Thomaston 4,188
Litchfield 3,574
Salisbury 2,767
North Canaan 2,287
New Hartford 1,834
Washington 1,775
Woodbury 1,744
Sharon 1,710
Norfolk 1,298
Kent 1,054
Harwinton 949
Cornwall 878
Barkhamsted 697
Goshen 683
Canaan 565
Colebrook 564
Roxbury 553
Bethlehem 544
Morris 481
Bridgewater 432
Warren 303

[edit] 1940

County Total: 87,041

Torrington (city) 26,988
Watertown 8,787
Winchester 8,482
Plymouth 6,043
New Milford 5,559
Thomaston 4,238
Litchfield 4,029
Salisbury 3,030
North Canaan 2,304
Washington 2,089
Woodbury 1,998
New Hartford 1,836
Sharon 1,611
Norfolk 1,333
Kent 1,245
Harwinton 1,112
Cornwall 907
Goshen 778
Barkhamsted 724
Bethlehem 715
Roxbury 660
Morris 606
Canaan 555
Colebrook 547
Bridgewater 537
Warren 328

[edit] 1950

County Total: 98,872

Torrington (city) 27,820
Watertown 10,699
Winchester 10,535
Plymouth 6,771
New Milford 5,799
Litchfield 4,964
Thomaston 4,896
Salisbury 3,132
North Canaan 2,647
Woodbury 2,564
New Hartford 2,395
Washington 2,227
Sharon 1,889
Harwinton 1,858
Norfolk 1,572
Kent 1,392
Bethlehem 1,015
Barkhamsted 946
Goshen 940
Cornwall 896
Morris 799
Roxbury 740
Canaan 708
Bridgewater 639
Colebrook 592
Warren 437

[edit] 1960

County Total: 119,856

Torrington (city) 30,045
Watertown 14,837
Winchester 10,496
Plymouth 8,981
New Milford 8,318
Litchfield 6,264
Thomaston 5,850
Woodbury 3,910
Harwinton 3,344
Salisbury 3,309
New Hartford 3,033
North Canaan 2,836
Washington 2,603
Sharon 2,141
Norfolk 1,827
Kent 1,686
Bethlehem 1,486
Barkhamsted 1,370
Goshen 1,288
Morris 1,190
Cornwall 1,051
Roxbury 912
Bridgewater 898
Colebrook 791
Canaan 790
Warren 600

[edit] 1970

County Total: 144,091

Torrington (city) 31,952
Watertown 18,610
New Milford 14,601
Winchester 11,106
Plymouth 10,321
Litchfield 7,399
Thomaston 6,233
Woodbury 5,869
Harwinton 4,318
New Hartford 3,970
Salisbury 3,573
Washington 3,121
North Canaan 3,045
Sharon 2,491
Norfolk 2,073
Barkhamsted 2,066
Kent 1,990
Bethlehem 1,923
Morris 1,609
Goshen 1,351
Bridgewater 1,277
Roxbury 1,238
Cornwall 1,177
Colebrook 1,020
Canaan 931
Warren 827

[edit] 1980

County Total: 156,769

Torrington (city) 30,987
Watertown 19,489
New Milford 19,420
Winchester 10,841
Plymouth 10,732
Litchfield 7,605
Woodbury 6,942
Thomaston 6,276
Harwinton 4,889
New Hartford 4,884
Salisbury 3,896
Washington 3,657
North Canaan 3,185
Barkhamsted 2,935
Sharon 2,623
Bethlehem 2,573
Kent 2,505
Norfolk 2,156
Morris 1,899
Goshen 1,706
Bridgewater 1,563
Roxbury 1,468
Cornwall 1,288
Colebrook 1,221
Warren 1,027
Canaan 1,002

[edit] 1990

County Total: 174,092

Torrington (city) 33,687
New Milford 23,629
Watertown 20,456
Plymouth 11,822
Winchester 11,524
Litchfield 8,365
Woodbury 8,131
Thomaston 6,947
New Hartford 5,769
Harwinton 5,228
Salisbury 4,090
Washington 3,905
Barkhamsted 3,369
North Canaan 3,284
Bethlehem 3,071
Sharon 2,928
Kent 2,918
Goshen 2,329
Norfolk 2,060
Morris 2,039
Roxbury 1,825
Bridgewater 1,654
Cornwall 1,414
Colebrook 1,365
Warren 1,226
Canaan 1,057

[edit] 2000

County Total: 182,212

Torrington (city) 35,202
New Milford 27,098
Watertown 21,661
Plymouth 11,634
Winchester 10,664
Woodbury 9,196
Litchfield 8,316
Thomaston 7,503
New Hartford 6,088
Harwinton 5,283
Salisbury 3,977
Washington 3,639
Barkhamsted 3,494
Bethlehem 3,422
North Canaan 3,350
Sharon 2,968
Kent 2,858
Goshen 2,697
Morris 2,301
Roxbury 2,137
Bridgewater 1,824
Norfolk 1,660
Colebrook 1,471
Cornwall 1,434
Warren 1,254
Canaan 1,081

[edit] Boroughs and Non-coextensive Cities

This section lists census totals for boroughs and non-coextensive cities for 1920 through 2000.

As of 1920, Litchfield County contained three boroughs and one non-coextensive city:

The borough of Bantam (inc. 1915), within the town of Litchfield

The borough of Litchfield (inc. 1879), within the town of the same name

The borough of Torrington, within the town of the same name

The city of Winsted (inc. 1917), within the town of Winchester

The following changes have occurred since 1920:

1923 – The borough of Torrington became a city coextensive with its parent town

The city of Winsted apparently became inactive as a distinct entity sometime between 1970 and 1980 (it was last reported as a city in the 1970 Census; information in the Connecticut State Register & Manual and on the town of Winchester’s web site seem to suggest that the city of Winsted may still exist on paper)

1920

Torrington (borough) 20,623
Winsted (city) 8,248
Litchfield (borough) 707
Bantam (borough) 608

1930

Winsted (city) 7,883
Litchfield (borough) 1,075
Bantam (borough) 545

1940

Winsted (city) 7,674
Litchfield (borough) 1,234
Bantam (borough) 564

1950

Winsted (city) 8,781
Litchfield (borough) 1,174
Bantam (borough) 940

1960

Winsted (city) 8,136
Litchfield (borough) 1,363
Bantam (borough) 833

1970

Winsted (city) 8,954
Litchfield (borough) 1,559
Bantam (borough) 881

1980

Litchfield (borough) 1,489
Bantam (borough) 860

1990

Litchfield (borough) 1,378
Bantam (borough) 757

2000

Litchfield (borough) 1,328
Bantam (borough) 802

[edit] Notes

2000 Census

The Census Bureau made a number of revisions to 2000 census totals subsequent to their initial release. The 2000 total for the Litchfield County was originally reported as 182,193; for the town of New Milford, 27,121; for the town of Woodbury, 9,198; for the town of Washington, 3,596; and for the town of Roxbury, 2,136. The totals were later revised to those shown in the list above.

[edit] See also

	Historical U.S. census figures for Connecticut
	Fairfield County · Hartford County · Litchfield County · Middlesex County · New Haven County · New London County · Tolland County · Windham County