AREA: 12,997 sq km (5,018 sq mi).
POPULATION: 3,275,000.
CAPITAL: Hartford, pop. 132,000.
ECONOMY:Industry: transportation equipment, machinery, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, chemical products, scientific instruments. Agriculture: nursery stock, eggs, dairy products, cattle.
PCI: $29,400.
Admission: 5th of 13 original states.
The industrious colonial Yankee would be at home today in this business-minded state, with the nation’s second highest per capita income. Many firms, whose products include robotic and fiber-optic equipment, have their corporate headquarters in Stamford. Hartford, the nation’s insurance capital, rises above the cleaned-up Connecticut River, again a spawning ground for Atlantic salmon.
