CONNECTICUT QUICK FACTS Name Connecticut is from a Mohegan Native American word quinnehtukqut which means beside the long tidal river It refers to the Connecticut River State Capital Hartford population 124 705 Date of Statehood January 9 1788 5th state ILUM REIM Population 3 596 677 29th most populous state TENSIS Area Total Land and Water 5 543 square miles 14 356 sq km 48th largest state Largest City Bridgeport population 147 612 Nickname The Constitution State Motto Qui Transtulit Sustinet He Who Transplanted Still Sustains State Bird American Robin State Flower Mountain Laurel CONNECTICUT
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State Mineral Almandine Garnet State Tree Charter Oak White Oak State Song Yankee Doodle Highest Point South slope of Mount Frissell 2 380 feet 725 m Lowest Point Long Island Sound 0 feet 0 m Average July High Temperature 83°F 28°C Mount Frissell Record High Temperature 106°F 41°C in Torrington on August 23 1916 and Danbury on July 15 1995 Long Island Sound Average January Low Temperature 17°F 8°C Low Temperature 32°F 36°C in Falls Village on February 16 1943 and in Coventry on January 22 1961 Average Annual Precipitation 49 inches 124 cm Number of U S Senators 2 George W Number of U S Representatives 5 CONHEN U S Presidents Born in Connecticut George W Bush 43d president U S Postal Service Abbreviation CT QUICK FACTS
CONNECTICUT GEOGRAPHY Connecticut Connecticut is the third smallest state in the United States It is located in the northeast corner of the country in a region called New England Connecticut is the southernmost state in New England The state is shaped roughly like a rectangle with a small panhandle in the southwest corner that extends into neighboring New York Connecticut shares its western border with New York Massachusetts is to the north Rhode Island is to the east An extension of the Atlantic Ocean called Long Island Sound makes up the southern edge of Connecticut The state covers 5 543 square miles 14 356 sq km The Housatonic River runs through the central westem part of Connecticut CONNECTICUT
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MASSACHUSETTS Hartford NEW YORK CONNECTICUT RHODE ISLAND Waterbury New Haven Bridgeport NEW YORK Connecticut's total land and water area is 5 543 square miles 14 356 sq km It is the 48th largest state The state capital is Hartford GEOGRAPHY
