Connecticut: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- Connecticut Department of Public Health: 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford
Population:
- Total Population: 3,405,565
- Males: 1,648,523
- Females: 1,757,042
Top 15 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (2,600,600)
- Spanish (268,040)
- Italian (50,895)
- French (41,960)
- Polish (38,495)
- Portuguese (30,660)
- German (14,305)
- Chinese (13,090)
- Greek (9,440)
- Russian (8,810)
- French Creole (7,825)
- Vietnamese (6,595)
- Arabic (5,170)
- Albanian (5,060)
- Tagalog (5,040)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (1,372,562)
- United Church of Christ (124,770)
- Jewish Estimate (108,280)
- Episcopal Church (73,550)
- United Methodist Church, The (51,183)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 946,887
- Sensory: 82,530
- Physical: 215,343
- Mental: 131,480
- Self-care: 71,670
- Go outside home: 195,551
- Employment: 235,521
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 18,898
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 1,301,670
- Utility gas: 377,550
- Bottled or LP gas: 31,092
- Electricity: 190,146
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 682,434
- Coal or Coke: 1,419
- Wood: 11,883
- Solar Energy: 284
- Other fuel: 4,578
- No fuel used: 2,284
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 2,453,402
- No vehicle: 217,577
- 1 or more vehicle: 2,235,825
Education Attainment:
- No School: 21,025
- No High School: 111,892
- Some High School: 234,739
- High School: 653,300
- Some College: 402,741
- Associate's Degree: 150,926
- College Degree: 416,751
- Master's Degree: 214,962
- Professional Degree: 61,109
- Doctoral Degree: 28,172
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 1,301,670
- Owners with phone: 867,844
- Owners without phone: 1,898
- Renters with phone: 419,431
- Renters without phone: 12,497
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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