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Connecticut fun facts
- 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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Quick stats
- Population: 1 to 5 million
- Area rank: #48 of 50
- Admitted: 1788
- Capital: Hartford
- Largest city: Bridgeport
- Time zone: Eastern