Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

"Naugatuck Valley" redirects here. For the watershed area of the Naugatuck River, see Naugatuck River Valley.

The Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut. It is served by the coterminous Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG). 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]

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
Planning region
Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG)
From top left: Lake Compounce in Bristol, Town Green in Naugatuck, Main Street in Thomaston, Shepaug Dam in Southbury, Downtown Waterbury Historic District
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Location within the U.S. state of Connecticut
Connecticut's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 41°31′N 73°07′W
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Founded	2013
Largest city	Waterbury
Other cities	Bristol, Shelton, Ansonia, Derby
Government
• Executive Director	Rick Dunne
Area
• Total	412.8 sq mi (1,069 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	450,376
• Density	1,090.13/sq mi (420.90/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Website	nvcogct.gov

Interactive map of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	448,738		—
2020	450,376		0.4%
2023 (est.)	456,128	[3]	1.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[2]

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 450,376 people living in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.^[2]

Municipalities

The following municipalities are members of the Naugatuck Valley Region:^[4]

Cities

• Ansonia
• Bristol
• Derby
• Shelton
• Waterbury

Towns

• Beacon Falls
• Bethlehem
• Cheshire
• Middlebury
• Naugatuck
• Oxford
• Plymouth
• Prospect
• Seymour
• Southbury
• Thomaston
• Watertown
• Wolcott
• Woodbury