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The 1756 Connecticut Census, officially titled An Account of the Number of Inhabitants as returned in 1756, was a census done in Connecticut Colony around 1756.^[1] The census put the population at a total of 130,612.^[2]^[3]

Data

City	County	Total	Whites	Negroes	Indians
Middletown	Hartford	5,664	5,446	218	0
Norwich	New-London	5,540	5,317	223	0
New-Haven	New-Haven	5,085	5,085	0	0
Fairfield	Fairfield	4,455	4,195	260	0
Windsor	Hartford	4,220	4,170	50	0
Wallingford	New-Haven	3,713	3,713	0	0
Farmington	Hartford	3,707	3,595	112	0
Stratford	Fairfield	3,658	3,508	150	0
Stonington	New-London	3,518	2,953	200	365
Lebanon	Windham	3,274	3,171	103	0
New-London	New-London	3,171	3,171	0	0
Norwalk	Fairfield	3,050	2,956	94	0
Hartford	Hartford	3,027	2,926	101	0
Lyme	New-London	2,956	2,762	100	94
Woodbury	Litchfield	2,911	2,880	31	0
Groton	New-London	2,869	2,532	179	158
Stanford	Fairfield	2,768	2,648	120	0
Wethersfield	Hartford	2,483	2,374	109	0
Windham	Windham	2,446	2,406	40	0
Guilford	New-Haven	2,321	2,262	59	0
Colchester	Hartford	2,312	2,228	84	0
Symsbury	Hartford	2,245	2,222	23	0
Killingly	Windham	2,100	2,100	0	0
Greenwich	Fairfield	2,021	2,021	0	0
Preston	New-London	2,018	1,940	78	0
East Haddam	Hartford	1,978	1,913	65	0
Saybrook	New-London	1,931	1,898	33	0
Hebron	Hartford	1,855	1,855	0	0
Waterbury	New-Haven	1,829	1,802	27	0
Plainfield	Windham	1,800	1,751	49	0
Branford	New-Haven	1,800	1,694	106	0
Promphret	Windham	1,727	1,677	50	0
Coventry	Windham	1,635	1,617	18	0
Milford	New-Haven	1,633	1,633	0	0
Mansfield	Windham	1,614	1,598	16	0
Danbury	Fairfield	1,527	1,509	18	0
Killingsworth	New-London	1,458	1,442	16	0
Suffield	Hartford	1,438	1,414	24	0
Woodstock	Windham	1,366	1,336	30	0
Litchfield	Litchfield	1,366	1,366	0	0
Canterbury	Windham	1,260	1,240	20	0
New-Town	Fairfield	1,253	1,230	23	0
Ashford	Windham	1,245	1,245	0	0
Haddam	Hartford	1,241	1,223	18	0
Sharon	Litchfield	1,205	1,198	7	0
New-Milford	Litchfield	1,137	1,121	16	0
Glastenbury	Hartford	1,115	1,091	24	0
Ridgfield	Fairfield	1,115	1,069	46	0
Canaan	Litchfield	1,100	1,100	0	0
Salisbury	Litchfield	1,100	1,100	0	0
Enfield	Hartford	1,050	1,050	0	0
Voluntown	Windham	1,048	1,029	19	0
Derby	New-Haven	1,000	1,000	0	0
Kent	Litchfield	1,000	1,000	0	0
Stafford	Hartford	1,000	1,000	0	0
Tolland	Hartford	917	902	15	0
Somers	Hartford	900	900	0	0
Durham	New-Haven	799	765	34	0
Bolton	Hartford	766	755	11	0
New-Fairfield	Fairfield	713	713	0	0
Willington	Hartford	650	650	0	0
Goshen	Litchfield	610	610	0	0
Union	Windham	500	500	0	0
Cornwall	Litchfield	500	500	0	0
New-Hartford	Litchfield	260	260	0	0
Hawinton	Litchfield	250	250	0	0
Torrington	Litchfield	250	250	0	0
Norfolk	Litchfield	84	84	0	0
Winchester	Litchfield	24	24	0	0
Barkhemsted	Litchfield	18	18	0	0
Hartland	Litchfield	12	12	0	0

References

^ Reference, GIS Government Information. "LibGuides Home: Colonial and State Census Records: Home". libguides.ctstatelibrary.org. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
^ Colonial and Pre-Federal Statistics, p. 18.
^ Connecticut (1850). The public records of the colony of Connecticut [1636-1776]. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hartford : Lockwood & Brainard Company. pp. 617–618.

[1] Reference, GIS Government Information. "LibGuides Home: Colonial and State Census Records: Home". libguides.ctstatelibrary.org. Retrieved 2024-05-13.

[2] Colonial and Pre-Federal Statistics, p. 18.

[3] Connecticut (1850). The public records of the colony of Connecticut [1636-1776]. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hartford : Lockwood & Brainard Company. pp. 617–618.

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