New Haven, Connecticut

**New Haven** is the second largest city in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, with a population of 134,023 at the 2020 census. "New Haven" may also refer to the wider Greater New Haven area, which has nearly 600,000 inhabitants in the immediate area. It is in New Haven County, on New Haven Harbor, on the northern shore of Long Island Sound.

The trial for the mutiny of the slave ship _Amistad_ took place in New Haven.

## Other websites

- City of New Haven official Web site
- Historical New Haven Digital Collection
- "Who Really Ruled in Dahl's New Haven?"  by G. William Domhoff — examination of power structures in New Haven and Yale in the 1960s
- The New Haven Independent neighborhood-based online newspaper
- Yale Daily News - student-run daily newspaper with New Haven coverage
- NewHavenWeb - A Comprehensive Online Directory of New Haven

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: New Haven
- **settlement type**: City
- **nickname**: The Elm City
- **image caption**: From top, left to right: Downtown New Haven, Downtown, East Rock Park, New Haven Green, Upper State Street Historic District, Five Mile Point Lighthouse, Harkness Tower, and Connecticut Hall at Yale University
- **imagesize**: 290px
- **blank emblem size**: 80px
- **image map**: NewHavenCtOutlineMap.png
- **map caption**: New Haven's location within New Haven County and Connecticut
- **established title**: Settled (town)
- **established date**: April 3, 1638
- **established title2**: Incorporated (city)
- **established date2**: 1784
- **established title3**: Consolidated
- **established date3**: 1895
- **named for**: A "New Haven", meaning "new harbor"
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state
- **subdivision name1**: Connecticut
- **subdivision type2**: County (United States), County
- **subdivision name2**: New Haven County, Connecticut, New Haven
- **subdivision type4**: Metropolitan statistical area, MSA
- **subdivision name4**: Greater New Haven
- **subdivision type5**: Combined statistical area, CSA
- **subdivision name5**: New York metropolitan area, New York
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 52.15
- **area land km2**: 48.41
- **area water km2**: 3.74
- **area total sq mi**: 20.13
- **area land sq mi**: 18.69
- **area water sq mi**: 1.44
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 134023
- **population urban**: 561,456 (List of United States urban areas, US: 77th)
- **population density urban km2**: 727.4
- **population density urban sq mi**: 1,884.0
- **population metro**: 570487 (Metropolitan statistical area, US: 98th)
- **population density km2**: 2768.5
- **population demonym**: New Havener
- **timezone**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **elevation m**: 18
- **elevation ft**: 59
- **area code**: Area codes 203 and 475, 203/475
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 09-52000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0209231
- **blank2 name**: Airport
- **blank2 info**: Tweed New Haven Airport
- **blank3 name**: Major highways
- **blank3 info**:
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 06501–06540