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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Stamford is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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 noticeable about Stamford, although not a huge town, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Stamford is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Stamford a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Stamford is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

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 population of Stamford is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.

Stamford also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.61%.

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.