Connecticut State Senate District 21

State Legislative District Profile (Upper Chamber)

Overview

District ID
ct-sd-021
State
Connecticut
Chamber
Upper chamber (state senate)
District Code
021
Land Area
71.7 sq mi
Water Area
4.19 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of Connecticut State Senate District 21

Boundary as GeoJSON

Source: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line state legislative district boundaries.

Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Shelton city30.63 sq mi42.7%100.0%
East Village CDP6.51 sq mi9.1%100.0%
Stepney CDP4.26 sq mi5.9%63.4%
Oronoque CDP2.25 sq mi3.1%100.0%
Lordship CDP0.84 sq mi1.2%100.0%
Stratford Downtown CDP0.62 sq mi0.9%99.9%

Showing all 6 places

Overlapping Congressional Districts

Congressional districtPopulation in bothShare of this district's populationShare of the congressional district's populationShare of this district's land
CT District 377,59175.2%10.8%55.4%
CT District 425,54124.8%3.5%44.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 blocks and 2025 block equivalency files (119th Congress, 2024 state legislative plans).

Voters

Registered Voters
77,909
Active Voters
74,555 (95.7%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic21,94728.2%
Republican19,76825.4%
Unaffiliated35,20945.2%
Other parties9851.3%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–2026153 (0.2%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2023–202458,270 (74.8%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2021–202242,713 (54.8%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2019–202056,882 (73.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2017–201842,053 (54.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2015–201646,310 (59.4%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2013–201429,530 (37.9%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2011–201235,698 (45.8%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 11/04/2025. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Population
106,954 (± 1,449)
Median Age
45.1
Median Household Income
$113,541 (± $8,686)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
93.7%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
42.1%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 1820,53119.2%
18 to 6464,22260.0%
65 and over22,20120.8%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)15,92814.9%
White, not Hispanic73,56368.8%
Black, not Hispanic7,2466.8%
Asian, not Hispanic5,4205.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic430.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic00.0%
Some other race, not Hispanic1,2731.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic3,4813.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates (tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B03002, B15003, B19013) for this state legislative district. Estimates are survey-based; ± figures are 90% margins of error.

Citizen Voting Age Population

Total Citizen Population
101,852
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
81,541

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic87,44485.9%
Hispanic14,40914.1%
White74,11572.8%
Black6,7396.6%
Asian4,3064.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native440.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander00.0%
Two or More Races990.1%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic72,12288.4%
Hispanic9,41611.5%
White62,63576.8%
Black5,4136.6%
Asian3,7794.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native2640.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander00.0%
Two or More Races700.1%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).