Bridgeport is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 139,529 people and 44 constituent neighborhoods, Bridgeport is the largest community in Connecticut.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bridgeport is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bridgeport is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bridgeport who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.11%), sales jobs (10.76%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (5.65%).

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Bridgeport are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Bridgeport Information and Demographics

The citizens of Bridgeport are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.23% of adults in Bridgeport have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bridgeport in 2000 was $16,306, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $65,224 for a family of four.

Bridgeport is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bridgeport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bridgeport is White, followed by African-American. Bridgeport also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.94% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Bridgeport include Italian, Jamaican, Irish, Portuguese, and Polish.

Bridgeport also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.52%.

The most common language spoken in Bridgeport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.