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Welcome to Connecticut
 Introduction
Connecticut is known as “The Constitution State” and “The Nutmeg State Capital Hartford”. Connecticut belongs to the New England region of the United States. Southwestern Connecticut is part of the Tri-State Region. Connecticut was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted in American Revolution. Connecticut is bordered by Long Island Sound, New York State, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island with the state capital being Hartford. Salisbury has the highest point in Connecticut which is Bear Mountain. Connecticuts per capita income for 2005 was $47,819, ranking first among the states also ranked 1st in median household income. The agricultural output for the state is nursery stock, eggs, dairy products, cattle, and tobacco. Its industrial outputs are transportation equipment (especially helicopters, aircraft parts, and nuclear submarines), heavy industrial machinery and electrical equipment, fabricated metal products, chemical and pharmaceutical products, and scientific instruments.
 People
Total population (2007) 3,502,309
Total Births (2006) 36,169
Total Deaths (2006) 29,883
Total natural population increases (2006) 6,286
Total international migration (2006) 14,292
Total internal migration (2006) -16,944
Net migration (2006) -2,652
Total male population (2000) 1,649,319
Total female population (2000) 1,756,246
Total white population (2000) 2,780,355
Total black population (2000) 309,843
Total asian population (2000) 82,313
American Indian & Alaska Native population (2000) 9,639
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander popualtion (2000) 1,366
Hispanic population (2000) 320,323
Total population over 18 yrs (2000) 2,563,877
White population over 18 yrs (2000) 2,147,418
Black population over 18 yrs (2000) 210,363
American Indian & Alaska Native population over 18 yrs (2000) 6,740
Asian population over 18 yrs (2000) 60,941
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population over 18 yrs (2000) 971
Female median age (2000) 39
Male median age (2000) 36
Total number households (2000) 1,301,670
Average household size (2000) 2.53




 Geography
Capital Hartford
Largest City Bridgeport
State's Total Area Ranking 48
Total Area 5 sq mi
Width 70 miles
Length 110 miles
Percent Water 0.13%
Latitude 40°58'N to 42°3'N
Longitude 71°47'W to 73°44'W
Highest Elevation South slope of Mount Frissel 2,380 ft (726 m)
Mean Elevation 500 ft
Lowest Elevation Long Island Sound 0 ft (0 m)
 Economics
GDP (2005) $193,745,000,000
GDP average annual growth rate percent 1997 to 2004 2.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting contribution to GDP (2005) $340,000,000
Mining contribution to GDP (2005) $108,000,000
Utilities contribution to GDP (2005) $3,357,000,000
Construction contribution to GDP (2005) $6,927,000,000
Durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $14,178,000,000
Non-durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $7,795,000,000
Wholesale trade contribution to GDP (2005) $10,449,000,000
Retail trade contribution to GDP (2005) $11,458,000,000
Transportation and warehousing contribution to GDP (2005) $3,015,000,000
Information contribution to GDP (2005) $7,707,000,000
Finance and insurance contribution to GDP (2005) $32,341,000,000
Real estate, rental, and leasing contribution to GDP (2005) $26,906,000,000
Professional and technical services contribution to GDP (2005) $14,261,000,000
Management of companies contribution to GDP (2005) $5,732,000,000
Administrative and waste services contribution to GDP (2005) $5,104,000,000
Educational services contribution to GDP (2005) $2,833,000,000
Health care and social assistance contribution to GDP (2005) $14,691,000,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation contribution to GDP (2005) $1,833,000,000
Accomodation and food services contribution to GDP (2005) $3,527,000,000
Other services contribution to GDP (2005) $3,939,000,000
Government contribution to GDP (2005) $17,244,000,000
Total state tax (2005) $11,584,728
Total state tax per capita (2005) $3,300
Total employees state & local government (2005) 185,219
Firefighters (2005) 4,492
Government hospital employees (2005) 10,363
Government transit employees (2005) 563
Population with health insurance (2000) 3,022,493
Population without health insurance (2000) 347,890
 Other
State Flower Mountain laurel
State Bird American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Violent crime (2005) 9,635
Violent crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 274.5
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (2005) 102
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2.9
Forcible rape (2005) 702
Forcible rape rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 20.0
Robbery (2005) 3,966
Robbery rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 113.0
Aggravated assault (2005) 4,865
Aggravated assault rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 138.6
Property crime (2005) 89,794
Property crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2558.0
Burglary (2005) 15,343
Burglary rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 437.1
Larceny-theft (2005) 64,033
Larceny-theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 1824.1
Motor vehicle theft (2005) 10,418
Motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 296.8
 City List (Population 2000)
Abington Amston Andover
Ansonia (18,554) Ashford Avon
Ballouville Baltic Bantam (802)
Barkhamsted Beacon Falls Berlin
Bethany Bethel (9,137) Bethlehem
Bloomfield Bolton Botsford
Bozrah Branford Bridgeport (139,529)
Bridgewater Bristol (60,062) Broad Brook (3,469)
Brookfield Brooklyn Burlington
Canaan (1,288) Canterbury Canton Center
Canton Centerbrook Central Village
Chaplin Cheshire Chester
Clinton (3,516) Cobalt Colchester
Colebrook Collinsville (2,686) Columbia
Cornwall Bridge Cornwall Cos Cob
Coventry Cromwell Danbury (74,848)
Danielson (4,265) Darien (19,607) Dayville
Deep River Derby (12,391) Durham (2,773)
East Berlin East Canaan East Glastonbury
East Granby East Haddam East Hampton (2,254)
East Hartford (49,575) East Hartland East Haven (28,189)
East Killingly East Lyme East Windsor Hill
East Windsor East Woodstock Eastford
Easton Ellington Enfield
Essex Fabyan Fairfield
Falls Village Farmington Gales Ferry
Gaylordsville Georgetown (1,650) Gilman
Glastonbury Goshen Granby
Greens Farms Greenwich Grosvenor Dale
Groton (10,010) Guilford Haddam
Hadlyme Hamden Hampton
Hanover Hartford (121,578) Harwinton
Hawleyville Hebron Higganum (1,671)
Ivoryton Jewett City (3,053) Kent
Killingworth Lakeside Lakeville
Lebanon Ledyard Litchfield (1,328)
Madison Manchester Mansfield Center (973)
Mansfield Depot Marion Marlborough
Mashantucket Meriden (58,244) Middle Haddam
Middlebury Middlefield Middletown (43,167)
Milford Milldale Monroe
Montville Moodus (1,263) Moosup (3,237)
Morris Mystic (4,001) Naugatuck (30,989)
New Britain (71,538) New Canaan New Fairfield
New Hartford New Haven (123,626) New London (25,671)
New Milford (6,633) New Preston Marble Dale Newington (29,306)
Newtown (1,843) Niantic (3,085) Norfolk
North Branford North Canton North Franklin
North Granby (1,720) North Grosvenordale North Haven (23,035)
North Stonington North Westchester North Windham
Northfield Northford Norwalk (82,951)
Norwich (36,117) Oakdale Oakville (8,618)
Old Greenwich Old Lyme Old Mystic (3,205)
Old Saybrook Oneco Orange (13,233)
Oxford Pawcatuck (5,474) Pequabuck
Pine Meadow Plainfield Plainville
Plantsville Plymouth Pomfret Center
Pomfret Poquonock Portland (5,534)
Preston Prospect Putnam
Quaker Hill Quinebaug (1,122) Redding Center
Redding Ridge Redding Ridgefield (7,212)
Riverside Riverton Rockfall
Rocky Hill Rogers Roxbury
Salem Salisbury Sandy Hook
Scotland Seymour Sharon
Shelton (38,101) Sherman Simsbury
Somers Somersville South Britain
South Glastonbury South Kent South Lyme
South Willington South Windham (1,278) South Windsor
South Woodstock (1,211) Southbury Southington
Southport Stafford Springs Stafford
Staffordville Stamford (117,083) Sterling
Stevenson Stonington (1,032) Storrs Mansfield
Stratford (49,976) Suffield Taconic
Taftville Tariffville (1,371) Terryville (5,360)
Thomaston Thompson Tolland
Torrington (35,202) Trumbull (34,243) Uncasville
Unionville Vernon Rockville Versailles
Voluntown Wallingford Washington Depot
Washington Waterbury (107,271) Waterford
Watertown Wauregan (1,085) Weatogue (2,805)
West Cornwall West Granby West Hartford (63,589)
West Hartland West Haven (52,360) West Mystic
West Simsbury (2,395) West Suffield Westbrook
Weston Westport (25,749) Wethersfield (26,271)
Willimantic (15,823) Willington Wilton
Winchester Center Windham Windsor Locks (12,043)
Windsor Winsted (7,321) Wolcott
Woodbridge Woodbury Woodstock Valley
Woodstock Yantic