The Annex is a residential neighborhood in the city of
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is List ...
. Originally part of
East Haven, the neighborhood was voluntarily ceded by East Haven and ''annexed'' by the city of New Haven in the 1880s. It is located on the eastern side of
New Haven Harbor across from
Long Wharf. The City of New Haven defines the neighborhood to be the region bounded by Upson Terrace and
East Shore Park on the south (border with
Morris Cove), the city of
East Haven on the east, Warwick Street and East Ferry Street on the northeast (border with
Fair Haven Heights), the
Quinnipiac River
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on the northwest, and
New Haven Harbor on the west.
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Demographics
The neighborhood roughly corresponds to
census tract
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1427. As of the 2000 census, the total population of the neighborhood was 5,529. Of the population, 61.40% identified as White, 18.21% as Black, 0.34% as Native American, 2.66% as Asian, 14.29% as some other race, and 3.09% as two or more races. Of the total population of any race, 26.08% identified as being Hispanic or Latino, while 30.89% identified as being of Italian ancestry.
References
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Neighborhoods in New Haven, Connecticut