Connecticut

2024 population: 3,675,069 ( 67,368 from 2020)
Land area: 4842.4 square miles
Population density: 758.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,285,239	62.18%	2.9%
Black:	403,850	10.99%	6.9%
Indian:	8,115	0.22%	0.8%
Asian:	197,156	5.36%	10.8%
2+ races:	73,903	2.01%	10.8%
Hispanic:	706,806	19.23%	13.4%

Total non-White:	1,389,830	37.82%	10.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	147,768	10.2
Deaths:	147,164	10.2
Net Migration:	-24,206	-1.7
Net Immigration:	95,160	6.6

Change in White population:	-69,128	-1.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	136,496	3.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Total non-White:

2020
3,607,701
2,354,367	65.26%
377,625	10.47%
8,052	0.22%
177,926	4.93%
66,696	1.85%
623,035	17.27%
1,253,334	34.74%

2010
3,574,097
2,546,262	71.24%
335,119	9.38%
6,885	0.19%
135,049	3.78%
59,505	1.66%
479,087	13.40%
1,027,835	28.76%

2000
3,405,565
2,638,845	77.49%
295,571	8.68%
7,267	0.21%
82,522	2.42%
52,896	1.55%
320,323	9.41%
766,720	22.51%

1990
3,287,116
2,762,106	84.03%
263,344	8.01%
6,153	0.19%
52,002	1.58%
n/a
203,511	6.19%
525,010	15.97%

1980
3,107,576
2,742,260	88.24%
211,938	6.82%
3,857	0.12%
21,116	0.68%
n/a
125,256	4.03%
365,316	11.76%

1970
3,031,709
2,766,716	91.26%
176,785	5.83%
2,169	0.07%
6,645	0.22%
n/a
73,357	2.42%
264,993	8.74%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
333,491	9.3
278,652	7.8
-200,291	-5.6
136,392	3.8

-191,895	-5.4
225,499	6.3

Number	Rate
2000's
388,331	11.4
271,426	8.0
-96,328	-2.8
112,936	3.3

-92,583	-2.7
261,115	7.7

Number	Rate
1990's
454,767	13.8
291,486	8.9
-227,982	-6.9
81,436	2.5

-123,261	-3.7
241,710	7.4

Number	Rate
1980's
438,437	14.1
276,489	8.9
34,159	1.1
n/a

19,846	0.6
159,694	5.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-101,641	-3.4
n/a

-24,456	-0.8
100,323	3.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Connecticut

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Under 18:

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2022
Number	Percent
40.9
742,877	20.2%
2,932,192	79.8%
629,108	17.1%

1,409,807
2.48

911,868	64.7%
667,622	73.2%
89,567	9.8%
497,939	35.3%

2010
Number	Percent
40.0
817,015	22.9%
2,757,082	77.1%
506,559	14.2%

1,371,087
2.52

908,661	66.3%
672,013	74.0%
97,651	10.7%
462,426	33.7%

2000
Number	Percent
37.4
839,574	24.7%
2,565,991	75.3%
469,287	13.8%

1,302,227
2.53

885,747	68.0%
686,713	77.5%
89,126	10.1%
416,480	32.0%

1990
Number	Percent
34.4
749,783	22.8%
2,537,333	77.2%
445,664	13.6%

1,230,243
2.59

872,211	70.9%
698,701	80.1%
71,720	8.2%
358,032	29.1%

1980
Number	Percent
32.0
823,756	26.5%
2,283,820	73.5%
364,291	11.7%

1,094,281
2.76

818,187	74.8%
677,194	82.8%
66,331	8.1%
276,094	25.2%

2022 Housing Data for Connecticut

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	60,673	4.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	48,082	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	39,846	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	44,240	3.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	42,501	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	41,528	2.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	41,501	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	41,458	2.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	42,772	3.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	81,407	5.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	114,139	8.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	168,856	12.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	141,341	10.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	109,176	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	152,858	10.8%
$200,000 or more	239,429	17.0%

Median Household Income	90,213
Per Capita Income	52,034

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	117

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	65,735	4.7%
Public Assistance	42,149	3.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	176,486	12.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,412,638	73.6%
Unemployed	82,993	4.3%
In Armed Forces	6,369	0.3%

Total Labor Force	1,502,000	78.2%
Not in Labor Force	417,531	21.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	666,568	557,213	54.5%
Non-Profit	65,145	125,987	34.1%
Self-Employed	111,981	66,021	62.9%

Local Government	49,529	85,747	36.6%
State Government	33,868	38,879	46.6%
Federal Government	16,687	11,871	58.4%

Total Private + Self	778,549	623,234	55.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	165,229	262,484	38.6%
Total	943,778	885,718	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	12.9%
Pct. Private + Self	76.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	346,054	18.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	367,098	20.0%
Professional, Technical	493,257	26.9%
Service Occupations	302,503	16.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,263	0.2%
All others	323,613	17.7%

White Collar		65.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	282,512	15.4%
Educational services	202,501	11.1%
Retail trade	196,267	10.7%
Manufacturing	194,805	10.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	141,824	7.7%
Finance and insurance	134,528	7.3%
Construction	112,421	6.1%
Accommodation and food services	103,234	5.6%
Other services	80,864	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	72,583	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	69,533	3.8%
Public administration	65,675	3.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	45,360	2.5%
Wholesale trade	40,518	2.2%
Information	36,440	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	30,283	1.7%
Utilities	12,682	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,539	0.4%
Management	3,035	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	921	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	62,723	1.74%
Puerto Rican	299,206	8.29%
Cuban	13,553	0.38%
Dominican	53,153	1.47%

Total Central American	55,599	1.54%
Costa Rican	4,101	0.11%
Guatemalan	26,702	0.74%
Honduran	9,943	0.28%
Nicaraguan	2,017	0.06%
Panamanian	1,785	0.05%
Salvadoran	10,278	0.28%
Other Central American	773	0.02%

Total South American	109,965	3.05%
Argentinean	6,250	0.17%
Bolivian	1,382	0.04%
Chilean	3,559	0.10%
Colombian	29,094	0.81%
Ecuadorian	40,028	1.11%
Paraguayan	688	0.02%
Peruvian	20,824	0.58%
Uruguayan	1,725	0.05%
Venezuelan	5,029	0.14%
Other South American	1,386	0.04%

Other Hispanic	33,209	0.92%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	62,166	1.72%
Chinese	39,486	1.09%
Filipino	13,761	0.38%
Korean	11,046	0.31%
Vietnamese	9,837	0.27%
Cambodian	3,647	0.10%
Japanese	3,185	0.09%
Laotian	3,121	0.09%
Bangladeshi	2,427	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,654,207	77.4%
Spanish	418,652	12.2%
Other Indo-European	137,325	4.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	50,347	1.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	37,755	1.1%
Chinese	31,651	0.9%
Other Asian	29,463	0.9%
Other	23,320	0.7%
Arabic	12,223	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Italian	572,842	15.9%
Irish	519,102	14.4%
English	309,200	8.6%
German	289,097	8.0%
Polish	232,697	6.4%
French	150,944	4.2%
American	130,297	3.6%
French Canadian	80,647	2.2%
Jamaican	60,824	1.7%
Scottish	53,731	1.5%
Swedish	47,869	1.3%
Russian	47,755	1.3%
Portuguese	47,065	1.3%
European	37,615	1.0%
Hungarian	31,684	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,366,532	93.2%
Not a citizen	244,785	6.8%

Native	3,068,353	85.0%
Foreign-born	542,964	15.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
101,820	4.0%	118,256	4.7%	650,788	25.8%	606,700	24.1%	573,917	22.8%	469,309	18.6%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	101,820	4.0%
9-12 Years	118,256	4.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	650,788	25.8%
Some College	606,700	24.1%
Bach. Degree	573,917	22.8%
Grad Degree	469,309	18.6%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,817,083	1,727,246	89,837	4.9%
1991	1,828,623	1,708,889	119,734	6.5%
1992	1,818,783	1,685,622	133,161	7.3%
1993	1,794,551	1,678,247	116,304	6.5%
1994	1,758,523	1,660,779	97,744	5.6%
1995	1,740,563	1,648,402	92,161	5.3%
1996	1,749,239	1,658,160	91,079	5.2%
1997	1,754,600	1,672,577	82,023	4.7%
1998	1,740,280	1,683,872	56,408	3.2%
1999	1,744,025	1,701,166	42,859	2.5%

2000	1,760,697	1,723,592	37,105	2.1%
2001	1,749,199	1,698,596	50,603	2.9%
2002	1,776,065	1,697,788	78,277	4.4%
2003	1,785,735	1,688,380	97,355	5.5%
2004	1,777,520	1,687,124	90,396	5.1%
2005	1,794,304	1,707,938	86,366	4.8%
2006	1,831,084	1,750,387	80,697	4.4%
2007	1,855,998	1,773,043	82,955	4.5%
2008	1,878,119	1,772,392	105,727	5.6%
2009	1,888,385	1,731,366	157,019	8.3%

2010	1,911,293	1,728,123	183,170	9.6%
2011	1,914,446	1,741,968	172,478	9.0%
2012	1,887,547	1,729,688	157,859	8.4%
2013	1,867,377	1,718,835	148,542	8.0%
2014	1,889,100	1,764,117	124,983	6.6%
2015	1,892,086	1,785,787	106,299	5.6%
2016	1,893,198	1,801,389	91,809	4.8%
2017	1,903,349	1,819,446	83,903	4.4%
2018	1,905,386	1,830,995	74,391	3.9%
2019	1,917,302	1,848,476	68,826	3.6%

2020	1,872,632	1,724,623	148,009	7.9%
2021	1,855,340	1,739,036	116,304	6.3%
2022	1,932,464	1,851,993	80,471	4.2%
2023	1,893,199	1,822,088	71,111	3.8%
2024	1,944,420	1,882,637	61,783	3.2%

Migration Data for Connecticut

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
New York	241,371
Massachusetts	82,518
Florida	78,134
New Jersey	38,272
California	36,492
Texas	26,134
Rhode Island	24,706
Pennsylvania	24,696
North Carolina	22,504
Virginia	21,986
Georgia	16,562
South Carolina	13,562
Maryland	12,313
Illinois	12,229
New Hampshire	10,217

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
New York	163,736
Florida	145,100
Massachusetts	88,629
California	47,695
North Carolina	44,586
Texas	40,603
New Jersey	37,000
Pennsylvania	29,124
South Carolina	29,025
Virginia	28,237
Georgia	27,084
Rhode Island	23,757
Maryland	15,735
New Hampshire	15,364
Illinois	13,236

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,531,332
Median Value	$323,700

Occupied	1,409,807	92.1%
Vacant	121,525	7.9%

Owned	932,588	66.2%
Rented	477,219	33.8%
Median Rent	$1,374

Single-Family Units	990,685	64.7%
Detached	898,891	58.7%
Attached	91,794	6.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	279,505	18.3%
Mobile Homes	11,257	0.7%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Connecticut

2022 Housing Data for Connecticut

2022 Income & Employment Data for Connecticut

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Connecticut

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Connecticut

Historical Labor Force Data for Connecticut

Migration Data for Connecticut

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