MULTICULTURAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE General Information CONNECTICUT
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the region of the United States known as New England. Connecticut is also often grouped along with New York and New Jersey as the Tri-State area. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital city is Hartford, and its most populous city is Bridgeport. The state is named after the Connecticut River, a major U.S. river that approximately bisects the state.
Connecticut is the third smallest state by area, the 29th most populous, and the fourth most densely populated of the 50 United States. It is known as the "Constitution State", because it was influential in the development of the federal government of the United States. Much of southern and western Connecticut (along with the majority of the state's population) is part of the New York metropolitan area, located within the Tri-State area.
Connecticut's first European settlers were Dutch. They established a small, short-lived settlement in present-day Hartford at the confluence of the Park and Connecticut rivers, called Huys de Goede Hoop. Initially, half of Connecticut was a part of the Dutch colony, New Netherland, which included much of the land between the Connecticut and Delaware rivers. The first major settlements were established in the 1630s by England. In 1662, the three colonies were merged under a royal charter, making Connecticut a British Crown Colony. This colony was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
Population: 3,596,677
Male: 1,739,614 (48.4%); Female: 1,834,483 (51.6%). White: 2,772,410 (77.6%); Black: 362,296 (10.1%); American Indian: 11,256 (0.3%); Asian: 135,565 (3.8%); Other race: 198,466 (5.6%); Two or more races: 92,676 (2.6%); Hispanic/Latino: 479,087 (13.4%). 2010 population 18 and over: 2,757,082; 65 and over: 506,559; median age: 40.0.
Connecticut has large Italian American (19.3%), Irish American (17.9%) and English American (10.7%) populations, as well as German American (10.4% ) and Polish American (8.6%) populations, with the Italian American population having the second highest percentage of any state, behind Rhode Island (19.3%). Italian is the largest ancestry group in five of the state's counties, while the Irish are the largest group in Tolland county, French (6.6%) & French Canadians (3%) the largest group in Windham county. Connecticut has the highest percentage of Puerto Ricans of any state. African Americans and Hispanics (mostly Puerto Ricans) are numerous in the urban areas of the state. Connecticut is also known for its relatively large Hungarian American population, the majority of which live in and around Fairfield, Stamford, Naugatuck and Bridgeport. Connecticut also has a sizable Polish American population, with New Britain containing the largest Polish American population in the state.
More recent immigrant populations include those from Jamaica, Guatemala, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Mexico, India, Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, Panama, Cape Verde and former Soviet countries.
As of 2011, 46.1% of Connecticut's population younger than age 1 were minorities.
Median Household Income: $67,034.00 (3rd highest in USA)
Area: 4,844 sq mi. (12,545 sq km)
Capital: Hartford (Area Code: 860/959)
10 largest cities (2014): Bridgeport, 146,425; New Haven, 130,741; Stamford, 125,109; Hartford, 124,893; Waterbury, 109,915; Norwalk, 87,190; Danbury, 82,807; New Britain, 73,153; West Hartford, 63,268; Greenwich, 61,171
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Grosse Domestic Product: $259,661 million (23) Source: http://www.bea.gov
Education: State Education Data Profile: Source: http://nces.ed.gov
Health:– (6) - Source: http://americashealthrankings.org
Economy
Connecticut derives most of its wealth from industry. Textiles, silverware, sewing machines, and clocks and watches are among Connecticut's historic manufactures. The state's principal industries today produce jet engines and parts, electronics and electrical machinery, computer equipment, and helicopters. Much of Connecticut's manufacturing is for the military. Firearms and ammunition, first produced here at the time of the American Revolution, are still made, and Groton is still a center for submarine building.
Agriculture accounts for only a small share of state income; dairy products, eggs, vegetables, tobacco, mushrooms, and apples are the leading farm items. High-grade broadleaf tobacco, used in making cigar wrappers, has been a specialty of Connecticut agriculture since the 1830s. Largely shade-grown in the Connecticut Valley, it remains a valuable crop. Many varieties of fish, as well as oysters, lobsters, and other shellfish, are caught in Long Island Sound, but the fishing industry is small and has been hampered by pollution of the waters. Stone, sand, and gravel account for most of the limited income derived from mining.
Insurance is important in Connecticut; the Hartford metropolitan area is one of the industry's world centers, with the home offices of many insurance companies. Financial, real estate, and service industries are also of major importance. The Foxwoods gambling casino and resort on the Mashantucket Pequot reservation has since its opening in 1992 become one of the largest employers in the state, and the nearby Mohegan Sun casino has joined it in attracting visitors to SE Connecticut.
Tourism:
- Travel Expenditure: $4,173.83 (in million)
- Travel Payroll: $743.10 (in million)
- Travel Employment: 61.80 (in thousands)
Connecticut is the birthplace of many world renowned individuals, including Noah Webster (Webster’s Dictionary), Phineas T. Barnum (Barnum Circus), Frederick Law Olmstead (designed NY’s Central Park & Capitol Grounds in Washington DC), Barbara McClintock, (winner of the Noble Prize in Medicine) geneticist who developed the science of genes, Dr. Benjamin Spock (Author of Baby & Childcare Book), Katharine Hepburn, Dorothy Hamill – the Gold Medalist figure skater, and many more.
In Hartford, the world’s insurance capital, one can visit the 1796 Old State House, the Butler-McCook Homestead with its ornate interior, the 1870’s home where Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Farm & Tom Sawyer, and the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote the Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and one of the oldest & richest art museum ‘Wadsworth Athenaeum’
In Bridgeport, visit the world famous ‘Barnum Museum’ and the 1685 Bush-Holley House in Greenwich.
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Connecticut Resources - Information, Contacts & Websites
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut
Info Please: http://www.infoplease.com/us-states/connecticut.html
Connecticut Info: http://www.state.ct.us.tourism.html
Government – State: http://www.ct.gov
Government – City: http://www.hardford.gov
Economic Development: http://www.cedas.org
Tourism: http://www.ctvisit.com
Healthcare: http://www.ct.gov/dph/
Connecticut Business & Industry Association: www.cbia.com
Multicultural Chamber of Commerce: www.multiculturalchamber.org - info@multiculturalchamber.org
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