Location
New England
Bordered By New
York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Total Area (Rank)
5,544 sq mi (48th)
Land Area 4,845 sq mi
Greatest Distance E-W
Greatest Distance N-S
Geographic Center Hartford, at East Berlin
Coastline 618 mi
Highest Point (Rank) Mount Frissell; 2,380 ft
(36th)
Lowest Point Long Island Sound; sea level
Mineral Resources crushed stone, construction
sand and gravel
Population (Rank)
3,405,565 (29th)
Density ~613 per sq mi
Largest Cities Bridgeport (139,529), New Haven
(123,626), Hartford (121,578),
Stamford (117,083), Waterbury (107,271), Norwalk
(82,951), Danbury (74,848), New Britain (71,538), West
Hartford (63,589), Greenwich (58,200)
Capital Hartford
State Constitution Adopted 1818
Governor
Legislature General Assembly (36-member
Senate; 151-member House of Representatives)
Judiciary
U.S. Congressional Representation
Local Administration 8 counties
Major Industries
manufacturing, trade
Principal Manufactures transportation
equipment, machinery, electric equipment, fabricated
metal products, chemical products, scientific instruments
Agricultural Products nursery stock;
eggs, dairy products, cattle
First Explored By
Adrian Block, for the Dutch, in 1614
First Settlement House of Hope, at present-day
Hartford, by the Dutch, in 1633
First Permanent Settlement Windsor, by
the English, in 1633
Constitution Ratified (Rank) January 9, 1788
(5th)
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