Bridgeport is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the largest city in the state and is located in the southwestern corner of the state, on the Long Island Sound. The city had a population of 147,083 in 2010, making it the fifth-most populous city in the state.
Bridgeport is the center of the Greater Bridgeport metropolitan area, which had a population of 463,994 in 2010. The metropolitan area is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as including the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Danbury, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The city is also part of the Bridgeport-New Haven-Stamford, CT Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 1,510,298 in 2010.