 Bridgeport is located in southeastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States and is the largest city by population in Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 139,529 people.
Bridgeport is rebounding after a loss of jobs and population, and is transitioning into a role as a center of service industries and as an outlying region of the New York metropolitan area. It remains the largest city in the state of Connecticut, although it is often ignored or overlooked by residents of the state.The towns located in the Greater Bridgeport area are Ansonia, Derby, Easton, Fairfield, Milford, Monroe, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford, Trumbull and Westport. |
