Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until the county was disbanded in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the 2010 United States Census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city on the East Coast outside the New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Miami metropolitan areas, and the largest city in the state of Connecticut.