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| | | CONNECTICUT: The Constitution State
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| State
Home Page: | | http://www.state.ct.us/ | | Capital: | | Hartford | | Year Admitted
to Union: | | 1787 -
5th of original 13 | | Population: | | 3,510,297 (2005) |
| Density: | | 702.9
persons per sq. mi. (4th) | | Per Capita
Income: | | $43,292
(1st) | | Land Area: | | 5,018
sq mi (48th) | | Percent
of Land Federally Owned: | | 0.5 | | Governor: | | M. Jodi Rell (R) | | Lottery start-up year: | | 1972 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White
persons: | | 2,980,242 (84.9%) |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 382,622 (10.9%) |
| African-American
or Black persons: | | 354,340 (10.1%) |
| American
Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 10,530 (0.3%) |
| Asian,
Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 115,840 (3.3%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats
in House: | | 151 | | Seats
in Senate: | | 36 | | Number
of Constitutions: | | 4 | | Effective
Date of Present Constitution: | | Dec.
30, 1965 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 5 | | Curious
Facts: | | The first automobile law was passed in 1901. The speed limit was set at 12 miles per hour. In 1937, Connecticut became the first state to issue permanent license plates for cars. Tapping Reeve Law School, the first law school in the United States was established in 1784. |
| | | The Fundamental
Orders, written in 1639, united the English settlements as the Connecticut
Colony, effectively making it the world's first written constitution. | | Sources
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