Connecticut Population

Connecticut (U.S. state abbreviation is 'CT') is the eastern region state of United States, borders on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island, New York on the west, Long Island Sound to the south. The first human inhabitants of Burlington were members of the Tunxis Tribe, who belonged to Algonquian Indians. The word 'Connecticut' is derived from the Algonquian word from 'Quonehtacut', a Mohegan Indian tribe word, meaning 'a long tidal river'. The State of Connecticut is named after the River Connecticut, the largest river in New England. Hartford is the state capitaland other top cities are Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, Stamford and Waterbury. Connecticut population in 2020 is estimated to be 3.5 million, ranks 29th populous state, Its area is 5,567 sq miles (14,357 sq km), 48th largest by area rank in the United States. The popular places are Lake Compounce, a amusement park in Bristol, Mystic Aquarium, Mystic Seaport. The first european settlers are arrived in 1636, settling the plantations of Windsor, Hartford and Wetherfield.

Image Source: People gathering at Chester, Winter Carnivale, Connecticut

The population of Connecticut in 2019 is projected 3.5 million with change of -0.23%, compared to -0.03 in 2018. In 2014 population census registered as no chnage, from 2014 the declining of population started to -0.20% in 2015.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	3,579,125
2011	3,588,023	0.25
2012	3,594,395	0.18
2013	3,594,915	0.01
2014	3,594,783	0.00
2015	3,587,509	-0.20
2016	3,578,674	-0.25
2017	3,573,880	-0.13
2018	3,572,665	-0.03
2019*	3,564,448	-0.23
2020*	3,557,303	-0.20 *

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018

Connecticut Population by Race & Groups

Connecticut Population by Race & ethnic Groups are 71.6% are White Americans, 9.8% are Black Americans, 14.3% are Hispanic/Latino Americans and 4.1% are Asian Americans
In terms of Asian population of 156,450 people in CT state, 57,571 are Asian Indians, 36,704 are Chinese(except Taiwanese), 12,930 are Filipinos, 3,820 are Japanese, 10,284 Koreans and 9,523 are Vietnamese. 2875 are Bangladeshi, 21 Bhutanese, 846 Burmese, 2712 Cambodians, 94 Hmong, 3063 Laotians, 182 Malaysians, 23 are Mongolians, 1109 Nepalese, 6369 are Pakistani's, 865 Sri Lankans, 1130 Taiwanese and 1075 Thailand people.
Total NHPI are 931 (Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander), out of these 246 are Native Hawaiian, 160 are Guamanian or Chamorro, 180 are Samoan, 345 are Other Pacific Islander.
Total Hispanic/Latino in Connecticut state are 5,51,916, out of these 57,969 are Mexican, 2,86,751 are Puerto Ricans and 12,271 are Cubans.
American Indian and Alaska Native are 9,385, 710 are Cherokee tribals, 40 Sioux, 46 are CNavajo tribal groups and 155 are Chippewa tribals. 931 are NHPI, 236 are Native Hawaiians, 160 are Guamanian/Chamorro and 180 are Samoans.

Total Population	3,594,478	Percent
White	2,757,064	76.70%
Black or African American	376,240	10.47%
American Indian and Alaska Native	9,385	0.261%
Cherokee tribal grouping	710	0.020%
Chippewa tribal grouping	155	0.004%
Navajo tribal grouping	46	0.001%
Sioux tribal grouping	40	0.001%
Asian Population	156,450	4.35%
Asian Indian	57,571	1.60%
Chinese	37,834	1.05%
Filipino	12,930	0.36%
Japanese	3,820	0.11%
Korean	10,284	0.29%
Vietnamese	9,523	0.26%
Other Asian Population	24,488
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	931	0.03%
Native Hawaiian	246	0.007%
Guamanian or Chamorro	160	0.004%
Samoan	180	0.005%
Other Pacific Islander	345
Some other race	183,754
Hispanic or Latino	551,916	15.35%
Mexican	57,969	1.61%
Puerto Rican	286,751	7.98%
Cuban	12,271	0.34%
Other Hispanic or Latino	194,925

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Connecticut

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Bridgeport	144,900
2	New Haven	130,418
3	Stamford	129,775
4	Hartford	122,587
5	Waterbury	108,093
6	Norwalk	89,047
7	Danbury	84,730
8	New Britain	72,453
9	Bristol	60,032
10	Meriden	59,540

Population Pyramid

Source: 2017 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Languages spoken in CT

English is the Official language in Connecticut state, As on 2017 estimated census, Language spoken at home are 77.93% speak English, followed by 11.69 are Spanish, 7% are European languages, 2.39 are Asian languages.
Total Asian language speakers are 81,587, out of these Asian Indian languages include 13012 speak Hindi, 7518 Gujarati, 6513 Urdu, 1454 Punjabi, 5201 Bengali, 4899 Nepali/Marathi, 6099 Telugu, 5723 Tamil and 2671 Malayalam/Kannada, or other Dravidian languages.
People from Mid and East Asian languages include 29471 speak Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 6709 Korean, 3680 Japanese, 84 Hmong, 7630 Vietnamese, 2425 Khmer, 3237 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai languages and 8724 Tagalog.
Austronesian people include, 849 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian language, 11374 Arabic, 2543 Hebrew and 1869 speak Persian includes Farsi, Dari.
People from Africa region, 1303 speak Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages, 6858 Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa, 1795 Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.
European language speakers at home include 29979 speak Italian, 24115 French includes Cajun, 9649 German, 35769 Portuguese, 2058 speak Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages. 8475 German, 9623 Russian, 33862 Polish, 4920 Serbo-Croatian, 5706 Ukranian/Slavic language and 635 Armenian.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	2,656,081	77.93
Spanish Language	398,297	11.69
European Language	239,028	7.01
Asian Languages	81,587	2.39
Other Languages	33,297	0.98

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Education

CT state education levels of High school and College stats as per table below:

Population 18 to 24 years		351449	181389	170060
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	38829	24339	14490
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	99883	58108	41775
	Some college or associates degree	160436	75340	85096
	Bachelors degree or higher	52301	23602	28699
Population 25 years and over		2480297	1182129	1298168
	Less than 9th grade	104623	52016	52607
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	137877	69865	68012
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	673582	335452	338130
	Some college, no degree	422535	197899	224636
	Associates degree	188481	75160	113321
	Bachelors degree	532055	254201	277854
	Graduate or professional degree	421144	197536	223608

White		1799646	859134	940512
	High school graduate or higher	1691422	805005	886417
	Bachelors degree or higher	772904	369403	403501
Black or African		237734	108775	128959
	High school graduate or higher	204436	91975	112461
	Bachelors degree or higher	49911	20615	29296
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		5971	3158	2813
	High school graduate or higher	4716	2345	2371
	Bachelors degree or higher	909	479	430
Asian		106249	50152	56097
	High school graduate or higher	95426	45764	49662
	Bachelors degree or higher	68975	34577	34398
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		589	219	370
	High school graduate or higher	539	202	337
	Bachelors degree or higher	157	75	82
Hispanic or Latino Origin		310064	151380	158684
	High school graduate or higher	220840	104996	115844
	Bachelors degree or higher	51327	22389	28938

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Connecticut state disability population as per table below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	389368
Male	181924
Female	207444
	-
White	309730
Black or African American	40146
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1737
Asian	8129
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	146
Some other race	18982
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	107942
With a vision difficulty	62666
With a cognitive difficulty	148035
With an ambulatory difficulty	192996
With a self-care difficulty	78060
With an independent living difficulty	140582

Counties of Connecticut

There are eight counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut state, Fairfield is the populous County with 943,823 inhabitants, followed by Hartford County with 892,697, New Haven County with 857,620 and New London County with 266,784.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Fairfield County	943,457	943,823	0	1	1
Hartford County	892,931	892,697	0	2	2
Litchfield County	181,710	181,111	-0.3	5	5
Middlesex County	162,855	162,682	-0.1	6	6
New Haven County	857,794	857,620	0	3	3
New London County	267,826	266,784	-0.4	4	4
Tolland County	150,933	150,921	0	7	7
Windham County	116,374	117,027	0.6	8	8