City profile · Mid-size City
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Bridgeport, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Joseph Ganim
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 148,529
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 13, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 13, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcebridgeportct.gov/government/departments/mayors-office/request-flag-raising ↗
- Official leadership pagebridgeportct.gov/government/departments/mayors-office/request-flag-raising ↗
- City websitebridgeportct.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Joseph Ganim CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 148,529
- Median household income
- $54,440
- Median age
- 37.5
- Land area
- 16.06 sq mi
- Population density
- 9,248.4 per sq mi
- County
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region County
- Metro area
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
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