Connecticut
Connecticut covers 5544 square miles and has a population of 3,405,565 people.
Connecticut's capital is
Hartford, which has
a population of 121,578. Other important cities are
Bridgeport, (pop.
139,529),
Danbury
(pop. 74,848),
Greenwich
(pop. 61,101),
Norwalk
(pop. 82,951),
Stamford
(pop. 117,083),
Bristol (pop.
60,062),
New
Britain (pop. 71,538),
West Hartford
(pop. 63,589),
New
Haven (pop. 123,626) and
Waterbury (pop.
107,271).
Connecticut was admitted to the Union on January 9, 1788 as the 5th state. The state
flower is the "Mountain Laurel" and it's nickname is "The Constitution
State". Connecticut's economy is broken into two categories; agriculture and
industry. Nursery stock, eggs, dairy products and cattle provide for the agricultural
side. While transportation equipment, machinery, electric equipment, fabricated metal
products, chemical products and scientific instruments provide for the industrial side.