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Derby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 12,391, at the 2000 census. With 5 square miles of land area, Derby is Connecticut's smallest municipality.

The town has a Metro-North railroad station called Derby-Shelton.

In the Nineteenth century, both corsets and hoop skirts were manufactured in the city.

Charlton Comics, a comic book publishing company that existed from 1944 to 1986, was based in town.

The Green received a complete makeover in the spring of 1999.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.7 km (5.4 mi). 12.9 km (5.0 mi) of it is land and 1.0 km (0.4 mi) of it (7.41%) is water. The city is home to the 1.4 km (350 acre) Osbornedale State Park.

As of the census2 of 2000, there were 12,391 people, 5,252 households, and 3,245 families residing in the town. The population density was 960.7/km (2,487.6/mi). There were 5,568 housing units at an average density of 431.7/km (1,117.8/mi). The racial makeup of the town was 90.08% White, 3.62% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 1.74% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 2.52% from other races, and 1.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.67% of the population.