New Haven (, ), in the U.S. state of
Connecticut, is the principal municipality in
Greater New Haven, which had a total population of 862,477 in 2010. It is located on
New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of the
Long Island Sound in
New Haven County, Connecticut, which in turn comprises the outer limits of the
New York metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Connecticut (after
Bridgeport), with a population of 129,779 people as of the
2010 United States Census. According to a census of 1 July 2012, by the Census Bureau, the city had a population of 130,741.