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Fairfield County

county in Connecticut, United States
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Summary

Fairfield County is a county of Connecticut[1]. It draws 2,436 Wikipedia views per month (county of connecticut category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Connecticut[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Bridgeport[5]
  • Shares border with: Litchfield County[6], Westchester County[7], Dutchess County[8], Putnam County[9], New Haven County[10], Suffolk County[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bridgeport[12], Stamford[13], Norwalk[14]
  • Commons category: Fairfield County, Connecticut[15]
  • Inception: 1666[16]
  • Coordinate location: 41.23, -73.37[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fairfield County, Connecticut[18]
  • Population: 916,829[19], 919,365[20], 927,744[21], 933,733[22], 939,904[23], 948,053[24], 957,419[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:Fairfield County, Connecticut[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Fairfield County, Connecticut[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Fairfield County, Connecticut[29]
  • Number of households: 345,070[30]
  • Native label: Fairfield County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107996[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Fairfield County, Connecticut[33]
  • Different from: Fairfield County[34]
  • Area: 2168[35]
  • Water as percent of area: 25.3[36]
  • Related category: Category:History of Fairfield County, Connecticut[37]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Fairfield County, Connecticut[38]
  • Per capita income: 58,851[39]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Fairfield County, Connecticut.tab[40]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Fairfield County include fairfieldite[41], a mineral species[42].

Why It Matters

Fairfield County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include fairfieldite[41], a mineral species[42].

Related Entities

Connecticut Stamford United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Fairfield County, C
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Fairfield County, Connecticut.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pres"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → fairfield-county
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: fairfield-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927805|fairfield county (#289927805)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Inception → —
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+58851'}
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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