Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, and Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 census. It is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-Danbury metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the New York City metropolitan area. As of 2023, Stamford is home to eight Fortune 500 companies and numerous divisions of large corporations. This gives it the largest financial district in the New York metropolitan region outside New York City and one of the nation's largest concentrations of corporations. Dominant sectors of Stamford's economy include financial management and real estate, tourism, information technology, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, and retail.

Country: United States
U.S. state: Connecticut
County: Fairfield
Region: Western CT
Settled (town): 1641
Incorporated (city): 1893
Consolidated: 1949
Named for: Stamford, Lincolnshire
• Type: Mayor-Board of representatives
• Mayor: Caroline Simmons (D)
Population (2020): 135,470
Demonym(s): Stamfordian, Stamfordite
Time zone: Eastern (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST): Eastern (UTC−4)
ZIP Codes: 069xx
Area code(s): 203/475
FIPS code: 09-73000
GNIS feature ID: 0211129
Wikidata description: city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Wikidata id: Q49169
Wikidata label: Stamford
Wikidata aliases: Array
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