Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut
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Northwest Hills Planning Region | |
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Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG) | |
Coordinates: 41°50′N 73°13′W / 41.83°N 73.22°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 |
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]
Demographics
[edit]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
[edit]The following municipalities are members of the Northwest Hills Region:[4]
Cities
[edit]- Torrington
- Winsted (city and consolidated CDP of Winchester)
Towns
[edit]- Barkhamsted
- Burlington
- Canaan
- Colebrook
- Cornwall
- Goshen
- Hartland
- Harwinton
- Kent
- Litchfield
- Morris
- New Hartford
- Norfolk
- North Canaan
- Roxbury
- Salisbury
- Sharon
- Warren
- Washington
- Winchester
References
[edit]- ^ "Governor Lamont Announces U.S. Census Bureau Approves Proposal for Connecticut's Planning Regions To Become County Equivalents". CT.gov. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Change to County-Equivalents in the State of Connecticut". Federal Register. June 6, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; United States". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ "Northwest Hills Council of Governments". Retrieved March 24, 2023.
External links
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