Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

The Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut. It is served by the coterminous Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG). 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]

Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Planning region
Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG)
From top left: Gillette Castle State Park, Connecticut River Museum, Essex Village, North Cove in Old Saybrook, Main Street Historic District in Middletown
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Location within the U.S. state of Connecticut
Connecticut's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 41°28′N 72°31′W
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Founded	2013
Largest city	Middletown
Government
• Executive Director	Samuel S. Gold
Area
• Total	424.1 sq mi (1,098 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	174,225
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	1st, 2nd, 3rd
Website	rivercog.org

Interactive map of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	174,225		—
2022 (est.)	176,622	[3]	1.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[2]

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 174,225 people living in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region.^[2]

Municipalities

The following municipalities are members of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Region:^[4]

City

• Middletown

Towns

• Chester
• Clinton
• Cromwell
• Deep River
• Durham
• East Haddam
• East Hampton
• Essex
• Haddam
• Killingworth
• Lyme
• Middlefield
• Old Lyme
• Old Saybrook
• Portland
• Westbrook