Meriden is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 60,111 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Meriden is the 13th largest community in Connecticut.

Also of interest is that Meriden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.42% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The citizens of Meriden are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.21% of adults in Meriden having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Meriden in 2022 was $37,272, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,088 for a family of four. However, Meriden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Meriden is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Meriden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Meriden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Meriden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Meriden include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Meriden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.