Geography & Travel
Connecticut
state, United States
Also known as: Constitution State
Category:
Geography & Travel
- Capital:
- Hartford
- Population:
- (2020) 3,605,944; (2023 est.) 3,617,176
- Governor:
- Ned Lamont (Democrat)
- Date Of Admission:
- January 9, 17882
- U.S. Senators:
- Chris Murphy (Democrat)
- Richard Blumenthal (Democrat)
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Connecticut, constituent state of the United States of America. It was one of the original 13 states and is one of the six New England states. Connecticut is located in the northeastern corner of the country. It ranks 48th among the 50 U.S. states in terms of total area but is among the most densely populated. Lying in the midst of the great urban-industrial complex along the Atlantic coast, it borders Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, Long Island Sound (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) to the south, and New York to the west. Hartford, in ...(100 of 5770 words)