Connecticut Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

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 capital and other top cities are Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, Stamford and Waterbury. Connecticut population in 2024 is estimated to be 3.62 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 Wethersfield. New Britain, Norwich, Meriden, Groton, Waterbury, Manchester, Derby, Putnam are the most dangerous cities in Connecticut State. The third highest cigarette tax in the US is levied by the Connecticut at $4.35 per pack.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Connecticut
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of 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. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, CT population in 2020 is 3,605,944. Connecticut population in 2023 is estimated to be 3.64 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 3.612 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 3.6 million.

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	3,605,944	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	3,605,597	-0.01
2022*	3,612,087	0.18
2023*	3,624,729	0.35

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Connecticut Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Connecticut by race are:

White Population

White population in Connecticut are 2,757,064, percentage wise 76.70 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Connecticut are 376,240, percentage wise 10.47 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Connecticut, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Connecticut are 156,450, percentage wise 4.35 percent are asians, out of these 57,571 are Asian Indians, 37,834 are Chinese, 12,930 are Filipinos, 3,820 are Japanese, 10,284 are Korean, 9,523 are Vietnamese and 24,488 are other Asian nationals. 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.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Connecticut are 551,916. Percentage wise 15.35 percent are hispanics, out of these 57,969 are Mexican people, 286,751 are Puerto Ricans, 12,271 are Cubans, and 194,925 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

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. 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
11	West Haven	54,879
12	Milford (balance)	53,120

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Connecticut Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Connecticut by age is 3,594,478, out of these 1,754,046 are male, 1,840,432 are female, The sex ratio of Connecticut is 953. The Connecticut population by age are, under 15 years is 618,555, 15 years and over is 2,975,923, 30 years and over is 2,259,847, 65 years and over is 575,757 and 85 years and over is 90,109. 48.80 percent are male, 51.20 percent are female, 17.21 percent are under 15 years old, 82.79 percent are 15 years and over, 62.87 percent are 30 years and over, 16.02 percent are 65 years and over, 2.51 percent are 85 years and over.

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)

Connecticut Education

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

Population 18 to 24 years		351,449	181,389	170,060
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	38,829	24,339	14,490
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	99,883	58,108	41,775
	Some college or associates degree	160,436	75,340	85,096
	Bachelors degree or higher	52,301	23,602	28,699
Population 25 years and over		2,480,297	1,182,129	1,298,168
	Less than 9th grade	104,623	52,016	52,607
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	137,877	69,865	68,012
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	673,582	335,452	338,130
	Some college, no degree	422,535	197,899	224,636
	Associates degree	188,481	75,160	113,321
	Bachelors degree	532,055	254,201	277,854
	Graduate or professional degree	421,144	197,536	223,608

White		1,799,646	859,134	940,512
	High school graduate or higher	1,691,422	805,005	886,417
	Bachelors degree or higher	772,904	369,403	403,501
Black or African		237,734	108,775	128,959
	High school graduate or higher	204,436	91,975	112,461
	Bachelors degree or higher	49,911	20,615	29,296
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		5,971	3,158	2,813
	High school graduate or higher	4,716	2,345	2,371
	Bachelors degree or higher	909	479	430
Asian		106,249	50,152	56,097
	High school graduate or higher	95,426	45,764	49,662
	Bachelors degree or higher	68,975	34,577	34,398
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		310,064	151,380	158,684
	High school graduate or higher	220,840	104,996	115,844
	Bachelors degree or higher	51,327	22,389	28,938

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Connecticut state disability population as per table below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	389,368
Male	181,924
Female	207,444
	-
White	309,730
Black or African American	40,146
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,737
Asian	8,129
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	146
Some other race	18,982
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	107,942
With a vision difficulty	62,666
With a cognitive difficulty	148,035
With an ambulatory difficulty	192,996
With a self-care difficulty	78,060
With an independent living difficulty	140,582

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