The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Connecticut:

Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

– state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 located in the New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 region of the northeastern United States

Northeastern United States

The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau.-Composition:The region comprises nine states: the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; and the Mid-Atlantic states of New...

. Called the "Constitution State" or the "Nutmeg state", Connecticut has a long history dating from early colonial times and was influential in the development of the federal government

Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...

. Connecticut enjoys a temperate

Temperate

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 climate due to its long coastline on Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, located in the United States between Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south. The mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Connecticut, empties into the sound. On its western end the sound is bounded by the Bronx...

. Connecticut has the highest per capita

Per capita

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 income, Human Development Index

Human Development Index

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, and median household income

Household income in the United States

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 in the country.

General reference

• Names
  • Common name: Connecticut
    Connecticut
    Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
    
    
    • Pronunciation: kəˈnɛtɨkət
  • Official name: State of Connecticut
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: CT
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-CT
    • Internet
      Internet
      The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
      
       second-level domain
      Second-level domain
      In the Domain Name System hierarchy, a second-level domain is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain . For example, in example.com, example is the second-level domain of the .com TLD....
      
      : .ct.us
  • Nicknames
    • Blue Law
      Blue law
      A blue law is a type of law, typically found in the United States and, formerly, in Canada, designed to enforce religious standards, particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship or rest, and a restriction on Sunday shopping...
      
       State
    • Brownstone
      Portland Brownstone Quarries
      The Portland Brownstone Quarries are a set of historic quarries in Portland, Connecticut. The brownstone mined from these quarries was an important source for construction in the latter half of the 19th century. The stone from these quarries was used in a number of landmark buildings in Chicago,...
      
       State
    • Constitution State (currently used on license plates
      Vehicle registration plates of Connecticut
      The U.S. state of Connecticut began requiring its residents to display license plates on their motor vehicles in 1905. Since then, Connecticut has used a variety of license plate designs, and has issued different designs for passenger, non-passenger, and, more recently, optional plate types that...
      
      )
    • Freestone State
    • Land of Steady Habits
    • Nutmeg State
    • Provisions State
• Adjectival: Connecticut
  Connecticut
  Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
  
  
• Demonyms:
  • Connecticuter
  • Nutmegger
    Nutmegger
    Nutmegger is a nickname for people from the state of Connecticut. The official nickname for Connecticut is "The Constitution State", as voted in 1958 by the Connecticut state legislature; however "The Nutmeg State" is an unofficial nickname for the state, hence the nickname "Nutmegger".The origin...
    
    

Geography of Connecticut

Main article: Geography of Connecticut

• Connecticut is: a U.S. state
  U.S. state
  A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
  
  , a federal state of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
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  • Western hemisphere
    Western Hemisphere
    The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions...
    
    
    • Americas
      Americas
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      • North America
        North America
        North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
        
        
        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          Northern America
          Northern America is the northernmost region of the Americas, and is part of the North American continent. It lies directly north of the region of Middle America; the land border between the two regions coincides with the border between the United States and Mexico...
          
          
          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              Contiguous United States
              The contiguous United States are the 48 U.S. states on the continent of North America that are south of Canada and north of Mexico, plus the District of Columbia....
              
              
              • Eastern United States
                Eastern United States
                The Eastern United States, the American East, or simply the East is traditionally defined as the states east of the Mississippi River. The first two tiers of states west of the Mississippi have traditionally been considered part of the West, but can be included in the East today; usually in...
                
                
                • East Coast of the United States
                  East Coast of the United States
                  The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
                  
                  
                  • Northeastern United States
                    • New England
                      New England
                      New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
                      
                      
                  • Northeast megalopolis
                    Northeast megalopolis
                    The Northeast megalopolis or Boston–Washington megalopolis is the heavily urbanized area of the United States stretching from the the northern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts to the southern suburbs of Washington, D.C. On a map, the region appears almost as a perfectly straight line. As of 2000,...
                    
                    
• Population of Connecticut: 3,574,097 (2010 U.S. Census)
• Area of Connecticut:
• Atlas of Connecticut

Places in Connecticut

• Historic places in Connecticut
  • National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Connecticut
    • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
• National Natural Landmarks in Connecticut
• National parks in Connecticut
• State parks in Connecticut

Environment of Connecticut

• Climate of Connecticut
• Geology of Connecticut
  Geology of Connecticut
  As part of New England, Connecticut has undergone much geologic change shaped by plate tectonics, volcanism, and glacial activity.-Appalachian Mountains:...
  
  
• Protected areas in Connecticut
  • State forests of Connecticut
• Superfund sites in Connecticut
• Wildlife of Connecticut
  • Flora of Connecticut
    Flora of Connecticut
    The flora of Connecticut comprise a variety of plant species. Geobotanically, Connecticut belongs to the North American Atlantic Region.* The state tree is the White Oak; or more specifically, the Charter Oak.* The state flower is the Mountain Laurel....
    
    
  • Fauna of Connecticut
    Fauna of Connecticut
    The Fauna of Connecticut comprise a variety of animal species.*The state bird is the American Robin.*The state insect is the European Mantis.*The state animal is the Sperm Whale.*The state shellfish is the Eastern Oyster....
    
    
    • Birds of Connecticut
    • Mammals of Connecticut

Natural geographic features of Connecticut

• Islands of Connecticut
• Rivers of Connecticut

Regions of Connecticut

• Eastern Connecticut
• Northern Connecticut
  • Northeastern Connecticut
  • Northwestern Connecticut
• Southern Connecticut
  • Southeastern Connecticut
    Southeastern Connecticut
    The Southeastern Connecticut region comprises, as the name suggests, the southeastern corner of the state of Connecticut. It is sometimes referred to as Greater New London or by the tourist slogan Mystic and More....
    
    
  • Southwestern Connecticut

Administrative divisions of Connecticut

• The eight counties of the state of Connecticut
  • Municipalities in Connecticut
    • Cities in Connecticut
      • State capital of Connecticut:
      • City nicknames in Connecticut
    • Towns in Connecticut
    • Unincorporated communities in Connecticut
  • Census-designated places in Connecticut

Government and politics of Connecticut

Main article: Government of Connecticut and Politics of Connecticut

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  : U.S. state government
  State governments of the United States
  State governments in the United States are those republics formed by citizens in the jurisdiction thereof as provided by the United States Constitution; with the original 13 States forming the first Articles of Confederation, and later the aforementioned Constitution. Within the U.S...
  
  
• United States congressional delegations from Connecticut
  United States Congressional Delegations from Connecticut
  These are tables of congressional delegations from Connecticut to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Passages:- House of Representatives :...
  
  
• Connecticut State Capitol
  Connecticut State Capitol
  The Connecticut State Capitol is located north of Capitol Avenue and south of Bushnell Park in Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. The building houses the Connecticut General Assembly; the upper house, the State Senate, and lower house, the House of Representatives, as well as the office of the...
  
  

• Elections in Connecticut
  Elections in Connecticut
  Some type of election in Connecticut occurs annually in each of the state’s cities and towns, the exact type of which is dependent on the year. Elections for federal and statewide offices occur in even-numbered years, while municipal elections occur in odd-numbered ones.-Federal:*President: The...
  
  
• Political party strength in Connecticut
  Political party strength in Connecticut
  The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Connecticut:*Governor*Lieutenant Governor*Secretary of the State*Attorney General*State Treasurer*State Comptroller...
  
  

Executive branch of the government of Connecticut

• Governor of Connecticut
  • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
  • Secretary of State of Connecticut
• State departments
  • Connecticut Department of Transportation
    Connecticut Department of Transportation
    The Connecticut Department of Transportation is responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The current Commissioner of ConnDOT is Jeffrey Parker...
    
    

Legislative branch of the government of Connecticut

• Connecticut General Assembly
  Connecticut General Assembly
  The Connecticut General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member House of Representatives and the 36-member Senate. It meets in the state capital, Hartford. There are no term limits for either chamber.During...
  
   (bicameral)
  • Upper house
    Upper house
    An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
    
    : Connecticut Senate
    Connecticut Senate
    The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 94,600 inhabitants. Senators are elected to two-year terms without term limits...
    
    
  • Lower house
    Lower house
    A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
    
    : Connecticut House of Representatives
    Connecticut House of Representatives
    The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents...
    
    

Judicial branch of the government of Connecticut

• Supreme Court of Connecticut
  Connecticut Supreme Court
  The Connecticut Supreme Court, formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford, across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol...
  
  

Law and order in Connecticut

Main article: Law of Connecticut

• Adoption in Connecticut
  Adoption in Connecticut
  Adoption in Connecticut means "the establishment by court order of the legal relationship of parent and child." Adoption is provided for in Title 45a of the Connecticut General Statutes...
  
  
• Capital punishment in Connecticut
  Capital punishment in Connecticut
  Capital punishment in Connecticut currently exists as an available sanction for a criminal defendant upon conviction for the commission of a capital offense. Connecticut, along with New Hampshire, are the only two New England states that maintain a death penalty. Since the 1976 United States...
  
  
  • Individuals executed in Connecticut
• Constitution of Connecticut
• Gun laws in Connecticut
• Law enforcement in Connecticut
  • Law enforcement agencies in Connecticut
    • Connecticut State Police
      Connecticut State Police
      The Connecticut State Police is a division of the Connecticut Department of Public Safety responsible for traffic regulation and law enforcement across the state of Connecticut, especially in areas not served by local police departments. The CSP currently has approximately 1,248 troopers, and is...
      
      
• Same-sex marriage in Connecticut
  Same-sex marriage in Connecticut
  Connecticut joined Massachusetts as one of two states in the U.S. to perform marriages of same-sex couples on November 12, 2008. Connecticut was the third state to do so, but only the second where the decision was not repealed.-Civil union:...
  
  

Military in Connecticut

• Connecticut Air National Guard
  Connecticut Air National Guard
  The Connecticut Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is, along with the Connecticut Army National Guard, an element of the Connecticut National Guard. It is considered a part of the United States Air Force, as well as of the state...
  
  
• Connecticut Army National Guard
  Connecticut Army National Guard
  The Connecticut Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization...
  
  

History of Connecticut, by period

• Indigenous peoples
• English
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   Colony of Connecticut, 1636–1686
  • Pequot War
    Pequot War
    The Pequot War was an armed conflict between 1634–1638 between the Pequot tribe against an alliance of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies who were aided by their Native American allies . Hundreds were killed; hundreds more were captured and sold into slavery to the West Indies. ...
    
    , 1636–1637
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
    Connecticut Constitutional History
    Connecticut is known as the “constitution state.” While the origin on this title is uncertain, the nickname is assumed to reference the Fundamental Orders of 1638-39. These Fundamental Orders represent the framework for the first formal government written by a representative body in Connecticut...
    
    , 1638
• English
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   Colony of New-Haven, 1637–1662
• English
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   Dominion of New-England in America, 1686–1689
• English
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   Colony of Connecticut, 1689–1707
  • History of Connecticut industry
    History of Connecticut industry
    The history of Connecticut Industry is a major part of the history of Connecticut. Between the birth of the U.S. patent system in 1790 and 1930, Connecticut had more patents issued per capita than any other state; in the 19th century, when the U.S...
    
    
• British
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
   Colony of Connecticut, 1707–1776
  • King George's War
    King George's War
    King George's War is the name given to the operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession . It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in the British provinces of New York, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia...
    
    , 1740–1748
    • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748
      Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)
      The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748 ended the War of the Austrian Succession following a congress assembled at the Imperial Free City of Aachen—Aix-la-Chapelle in French—in the west of the Holy Roman Empire, on 24 April 1748...
      
      
  • French and Indian War
    French and Indian War
    The French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war...
    
    , 1754–1763
    • Treaty of Paris of 1763
      Treaty of Paris (1763)
      The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War...
      
      
  • Royal Proclamation of 1763
    Royal Proclamation of 1763
    The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War...
    
    
• American Revolutionary War
  American Revolutionary War
  The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
  
  , April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
  • United States Declaration of Independence
    United States Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a...
    
    , July 4, 1776
  • Treaty of Paris
    Treaty of Paris (1783)
    The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of...
    
    , September 3, 1783
  • State of Connecticut since 1776
    • Sixth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, signed July 9, 1778
  • Far western territorial claims
    State cessions
    The state cessions are those areas of the United States that the separate states ceded to the federal government in the late 18th and early 19th century...
    
     ceded 1786
  • Fifth State to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America on January 9, 1788
  • Connecticut Western Reserve
    Connecticut Western Reserve
    The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by Connecticut from 1662 to 1800 in the Northwest Territory in what is now northeastern Ohio.-History:...
    
     ceded 1800
  • Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
  • American Civil War
    American Civil War
    The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
    
    , April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • Connecticut in the American Civil War
      Connecticut in the American Civil War
      The New England state of Connecticut played a relatively small, but important role in the American Civil War, providing arms, equipment, money, supplies, and manpower for the Union Army, as well as the Union Navy...
      
      
  • George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
    
     becomes 43rd President of the United States
    President of the United States
    The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
    
     on January 20, 2001

History of Connecticut, by region

• History of Bridgeport, Connecticut
  History of Bridgeport, Connecticut
  The history of Bridgeport, Connecticut was, in the late 17th and most of the 18th century, one of land acquisitions from the native inhabitants, farming and fishing. From the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century, Bridgeport's history was one of shipbuilding, whaling and rapid growth...
  
  
• History of Brookfield, Connecticut
  History of Brookfield, Connecticut
  The History of Brookfield, Connecticut extends back roughly three centuries.-To 1800:Before the English settled the area that became Brookfield, Connecticut, it was inhabited by the Wyantenuck and Paugusset Native Americans, members of the Algonquin Federation...
  
  
• History of Darien, Connecticut
  History of Darien, Connecticut
  The history of Darien, Connecticut, has been shaped by its location on the shore of Long Island Sound as the main route from Boston to New York City, initially with sailing ships and dirt roads for transportation, and later with locomotives and highways...
  
  
• History of Greenwich, Connecticut
  History of Greenwich, Connecticut
  The history of Greenwich, Connecticut.-Colonial times:On July 18, 1640, Daniel Patrick and Robert Feake, along with Feake's wife Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake, in the name of New Haven Colony, bought all the land between the Asamuck and Potommuck brooks, in the area now known as Old Greenwich,...
  
  
• History of Newtown, Connecticut
  History of Newtown, Connecticut
  The history of Newtown, Connecticut.-To 1800:Newtown Meeting House served as the town's Congregational Church for many years.The town of Newtown, originally known as Quanneapague, was purchased from the Pohtatuck Indians in 1705...
  
  
• History of Norwalk, Connecticut
  History of Norwalk, Connecticut
  Archaeological evidence suggests substantial pre-contact Norwalk inhabitancy by human beings; artifacts found near Ward Street date back 5000 years ago.- 17th century :The first recorded European contact with Norwalk took place in 1614...
  
  
• History of Stamford, Connecticut
  History of Stamford, Connecticut
  The history of Stamford, Connecticut-Early history:Stamford was known as Rippowam by the Native American inhabitants to the region, and the very first European settlers to the area also referred to it that way. The name was later changed to Stamford after a town in Lincolnshire, England...
  
  
• History of Trumbull, Connecticut
  History of Trumbull, Connecticut
  -Introduction:Trumbull, a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut in the New England region of the United States, was settled owned and controlled by the town of Stratford from 1639 until May 1725 when the northwest farmer's of Stratford petitioned the Colony of Connecticut to establish their own...
  
  
• History of West Haven, Connecticut
  History of West Haven, Connecticut
  The history of West Haven, Connecticut:-Colonial and revolutionary history:The Quinnipiac, Pequot, and Mohegan Native American tribes spent summers near the West Haven green and Morse Park, and as far inland as Maltby Lakes...
  
  
• History of Wilton, Connecticut
  History of Wilton, Connecticut
  Wilton, Connecticut is a rural residential town rich in New England history.- Colonial Days :The first written records of the areas that are now Wilton date back to 1640, when Roger Ludlow and his friends purchased land from the Indians between the Norwalk and Saugatuck Rivers and "a day's walk...
  
  

History of Connecticut, by subject

• History of the Connecticut Constitution
• History of Connecticut industry
  History of Connecticut industry
  The history of Connecticut Industry is a major part of the history of Connecticut. Between the birth of the U.S. patent system in 1790 and 1930, Connecticut had more patents issued per capita than any other state; in the 19th century, when the U.S...
  
  

Culture of Connecticut

Culture of Connecticut

• Cuisine of Connecticut
• Museums in Connecticut
• Religion in Connecticut
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Connecticut
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Connecticut
    As of year-end 2007, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 14,338 members in 4 stakes, 32 Congregations , and 1 mission in Connecticut.-History:A brief history can be found at -Membership History:-Stakes:...
    
    
  • Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
    Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
    The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the entire state of Connecticut. It is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church and one of seven New England dioceses that make up Province 1.Its first bishop,...
    
    
• Scouting in Connecticut
  Scouting in Connecticut
  Scouting in Connecticut has experienced many organizational changes since 1910. With only eight counties, Connecticut has had 40 Boy Scout Councils since the Scouting movement began in 1910. In 1922, 17 Boy Scout Councils existed in Connecticut, but currently only four exist...
  
  
• State symbols of Connecticut
  • Flag of the State of Connecticut
  • Great Seal of the State of Connecticut

Economy and infrastructure of Connecticut

Main article: Economy of Connecticut

• Communications in Connecticut
  • Newspapers in Connecticut
  • Radio stations in Connecticut
  • Television stations in Connecticut
• Health care in Connecticut
  • Hospitals in Connecticut
• Transportation in Connecticut
  • Airports in Connecticut
  • Roads in Connecticut
    • U.S. Highways in Connecticut
    • Interstate Highways in Connecticut

Education in Connecticut

Main article: Education in Connecticut

• Schools in Connecticut
  • School districts in Connecticut
    • High schools in Connecticut
  • Colleges and universities in Connecticut
    • University of Connecticut
      University of Connecticut
      The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
      
      

See also

• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
  • Outline of North America
    • Outline of the United States
• Index of Connecticut-related articles

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