In the twentieth century, Stamford, the fifth largest city in Connecticut, progressed from a factory hub to its current position as a research center. By the end of the twentieth century, it had also become the nation's third largest corporate headquarters community. The city enjoys both urban and suburban facets, ranging from upscale housing areas, to a handsome corporate downtown center, to areas of beautiful shoreline with parks and beaches.
The City in Brief
| 1641 (incorporated, 1949) | |
| Mayor Dannel P. Malloy (D) (since 1995) | |
| 102,466 | |
| 108,056 | |
| 117,083 | |
| 120,107 | |
| 8.3% | |
| 161st | |
| 177th (State rank: 5th) | |
| 209th | |
| 329,935 | |
| 353,556 | |
| 7.1% | |
| 1st (Greater New York, NY CMSA) | |
| 1st (CMSA) | |
| 38 square miles (2000) | |
| 34 feet above sea level | |
| 51.9° F | |
| 49.46 inches | |
| Manufacturing, trade, services | |
| 4.9% (March 2005) | |
| $34,987 (1999) | |
| 2,398 | |
| St. Basil's College; branches of the University of Connecticut and Bridgeport Engineering Institute | |
| The Advocate |
