Stamford is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 117,083 people and 24 constituent neighborhoods, Stamford is the fourth largest community in Connecticut.

Unlike some towns, Stamford isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Stamford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Stamford is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Stamford who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.75%), management occupations (12.70%), and sales jobs (11.77%).

Also of interest is that Stamford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One thing that you will notice about Stamford is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Stamford a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Stamford is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

One of the nice things about Stamford is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Stamford has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the train.

Stamford Information and Demographics

The education level of Stamford citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 39.55% of adults in Stamford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Stamford in 2000 was $34,987, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,948 for a family of four.

Stamford is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stamford home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Stamford is White, followed by African-American. Stamford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.71% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Stamford include Italian, Irish, Polish, German, English, Haitian, and Russian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Stamford's cultural character, accounting for 29.61% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Stamford are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Stamford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian, and French Creole.