Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

Planning region in Connecticut

Interactive map of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region

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

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 174,225 people living in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region.^[2]

Municipalities

The following municipalities are members of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Region:^[4]

City

• Middletown

Towns

• Chester
• Clinton
• Cromwell
• Deep River
• Durham
• East Haddam
• East Hampton
• Essex
• Haddam
• Killingworth
• Lyme
• Middlefield
• Old Lyme
• Old Saybrook
• Portland
• Westbrook

References

1. "Governor Lamont Announces U.S. Census Bureau Approves Proposal for Connecticut's Planning Regions To Become County Equivalents". CT.gov. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
2. "Change to County-Equivalents in the State of Connecticut". Federal Register. June 6, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
3. "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut; United States". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
4. "Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments". Retrieved March 24, 2023.

External links

• Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments