South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

The South Central Connecticut Planning Region is a planning region in the Councils of governments in Connecticut and a county-equivalent in Connecticut. It is served by the coterminous South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG). 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] It is also coterminous with the New Haven, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area.^[3]

South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Planning region
South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG)
From top left: New Haven Green, Main Street in Meriden, Downtown New Haven, Milford Harbor, Yale University campus
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Location within the U.S. state of Connecticut
Connecticut's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 41°22′N 72°49′W
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Founded	2013
Largest city	New Haven
Other cities	Meriden, West Haven, Milford
Government
• Executive Director	Laura Francis
Area
• Total	367.2 sq mi (951 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	570,487
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	2nd, 3rd, 5th
Website	scrcog.org

Interactive map of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	570,487		—
2022 (est.)	573,244	[4]	0.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[2]

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 570,487 people living in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region.^[2]

Municipalities

The following municipalities are members of the South Central Connecticut Region:^[5]

Cities

• Meriden
• Milford
• New Haven
• West Haven

Towns

• Bethany
• Branford
• East Haven
• Guilford
• Hamden
• Madison
• North Branford
• North Haven
• Orange
• Wallingford
• Woodbridge