Connecticut - Facts and Figures.

Connecticut - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Hartford January 9, 1788 the 5th state State nickname The Constitution State Name for residents State motto Connecticuters Qui transtulit sustinet (He who transplanted still sustains) Abbreviation CT LAND Total area 14,356 sq km 5,543 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 48th 12,549 sq km 4,845 sq mi Highest point Mount Frissell 725 m/2,380 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 59.9 percent (2002) 0.5 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 3,502,309 (2007 estimate) 29th 3.6 percent (1990-2000) 279 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 723 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 87.7 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Bridgeport 137,912 (2006) New Haven 124,001 (2006) Hartford 124,512 (2006) Stamford 119,261 (2006) Waterbury 107,251 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 81.6 percent (2000) Blacks 9.1 percent (2000) Asians 2.4 percent (2000) Native Americans Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.3 percent (2000) less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 6.5 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 9.4 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 76.9 years (1989-1991) 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 274 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 455 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 9.4 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 13.6 (2003) $12,653 (2002-2003) 12.6 percent (1999) 88 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Jodi Rell (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 36 members House of Representatives, 151 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 5 Electoral votes 7 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $204 billion (2006) $45,506 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.2 percent (2004) Industry Construction 3.5 percent (2004) Manufacturing Mining Transportation and utilities Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 12.2 percent (2004) 0 percent (2004) 3.5 percent (2004) 29.8 percent (2004) G overnment Information technology 8.8 percent (2004) 4 percent (2004) Retail trade 6.2 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 5.3 percent (2004) Other services 26.6 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 1,844,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 4.3 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 15.9 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 4.4 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 1.4 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 46.4 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 47.8 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 180 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 62.9 percent (2003 estimate) 8.9 books per person (2002) 34,107 km (2005) 21,193 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 557 km (2005) 346 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 874 km (2004) 543 mi (2004) Airports 6 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.