CTConnecticut
Constitution State · Capital: Hartford · Northeast (New England)
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Capital
Hartford
Largest city
Bridgeport
Population
1–5 million
Area rank
#48 of 50
Admitted
1788
Time zone
Eastern Time
Region
Northeast
Letters
11
Bordering states: New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island.
4 fun facts about Connecticut
- Hartford is the insurance capital of the world — Aetna, The Hartford, and others were founded here.
- Yale University, founded in 1701, has the third oldest collegiate library in the US.
- The first hamburger was actually served here at Louis' Lunch in New Haven, 1895 (before California even thought about it).
- Connecticut has the highest per-capita income of any US state.
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