Municipality	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Bethel	8.62%	9.39%	8.00%	9.40%	9.34%	8.51%
Bridgewater	1.07%	1.06%	0.90%	0.90%	0.88%	0.86%
Brookfield	2.90%	3.90%	7.10%	7.60%	7.51%	7.38%
Danbury	51.25%	45.12%	37.20%	35.50%	34.91%	35.27%
New Fairfield	2.08%	3.84%	5.10%	6.60%	6.87%	6.57%
New Milford	9.79%	9.53%	10.70%	11.40%	12.58%	12.78%
Newtown	12.58%	13.03%	12.40%	11.20%	11.06%	11.79%
Redding	3.44%	3.84%	4.10%	4.30%	4.22%	3.90%
Ridgefield	7.35%	9.35%	13.40%	11.80%	11.14%	11.14%
Sherman	0.92%	0.94%	1.10%	1.30%	1.49%	1.80%
Region	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Source: 1950-1990 Census data summarized by HVCEO

TABLE P6

RANK ORDER OF REGION'S MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN CONNECTICUT BY POPULATION SIZE

Year	Bethel	Bridge- water	Brook- field	Danbury	New Fairfield	New Milford	Newtown	Redding	Ridge- field	Sherman
1950	68	161	127	18	143	61	55	114	77	166
1960	67	162	108	19	110	66	53	109	68	163
1970	73	160	78	15	97	58	51	106	47	154
1980	59	159	72	9	77	46	47	102	44	148
1990	56	161	71	8	75	40	47	103	46	148
2000	61	160	69	7	75	37	41	107	43	139

Source: Census data summarized by HVCEO