Connecticut Fast Facts

LAND
Area: 14,358 sq km (5,544 sq mi); rank: 48th.
Capital: Hartford (1990 pop., 139,739).
Largest city: Bridgeport (1990 pop., 141,686).
Counties: 8.
Elevations: highest--725 m (2,380 ft), at Mount Frissell; lowest--sea level, at Long Island Sound.

PEOPLE
Population (1990 resident): 3,287,116; rank: 27th; density: 261.9 persons per sq km (678.46 per sq mi).
Distribution (1990): 79.1% urban, 20.9% rural.
Average annual change (1980-90): +0.6%.

EDUCATION
Public enrollment (1990): elementary--347,396; secondary--121,727; higher--109,482.
Nonpublic enrollment (1980): elementary--43,300; secondary--33,400; combined--9,000; higher (1990)--59,048.
Institutions of higher education (1988): 50.

ECONOMY
State personal income (1989): $79.9 billion; rank: 19th.
Median family income (1989): $49,199; rank: 1st.
Nonagricultural labor distribution (1989): manufacturing--360,000 persons; wholesale and retail trade--384,000; government--209,000; services--425,000; transportation and public utilities--73,000; finance, insurance, and real estate--152,000; construction--76,000.
Agriculture: income (1989)--$404 million.
Fishing: value (1989)--$18 million.
Lumber production (1991, with Rhode Island): 46 million board feet.
Mining (nonfuel): value (1988)--$118 million.
Manufacturing: value added (1987)--$22.3 billion.
Services: value (1987)--$18.6 billion.

GOVERNMENT (1994)
U.S. Congress: Senate--2 Democrats; House--3 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
Electoral college votes: 8.
State legislature: 36 senators, 151 representatives.

STATE SYMBOLS
Statehood: Jan. 9, 1788; the 5th state.
Nickname: Constitution State; bird: robin; flower: mountain laurel; tree: white oak; motto: Qui transtulit sustinet ("He who transplanted still sustains"); song: "Yankee Doodle."

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