Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

"Northwest Hills" redirects here. For the informal geographic region of Connecticut, see Litchfield Hills.

The Northwest Hills Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut, United States. It is served by the coterminous Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG). 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]

Northwest Hills Planning Region
Planning region
Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG)
From top left: Naugatuck River in Torrington, Mohawk Mountain Ski Area, Kent Falls State Park, Main Street in North Canaan, West Street in Litchfield
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Location within the U.S. state of Connecticut
Connecticut's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 41°50′N 73°13′W
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Founded	2013
Largest city	Torrington
Other cities	Winsted
Government
• Executive Director	Robert A. Phillips
Area
• Total	786.6 sq mi (2,037 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	112,503
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	1st, 5th
Website	northwesthillscog.org

Interactive map of the Northwest Hills Planning Region

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	112,503		—
2022 (est.)	113,234	[3]	0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[2]

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 112,503 people living in the Northwest Hills Planning Region.^[2]

Municipalities

The following municipalities are members of the Northwest Hills Region:^[4]

Cities

• Torrington
• Winsted (city and consolidated CDP of Winchester)

Towns

• Barkhamsted
• Burlington
• Canaan
• Colebrook
• Cornwall
• Goshen
• Hartland
• Harwinton
• Kent
• Litchfield
• Morris
• New Hartford
• Norfolk
• North Canaan
• Roxbury
• Salisbury
• Sharon
• Warren
• Washington
• Winchester