Connecticut
Connecticut: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · population 3,600,000 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Connecticut at a glance
Rolled up from the 12 regions inside Connecticut on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Connecticut, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut (statewide) ↗ | 490,000 USD | median sale (single family) | 2026-09 |
| New Haven County ↗ | 455,000 USD | median sale (single family) | 2026-09 |
| Hartford County ↗ | 430,000 USD | median sale (single family) | 2026-09 |
| New Haven (city) ↗ | 395,000 USD | median sale (single family) | 2026-09 |
| Hartford (city) ↗ | 310,000 USD | median sale (single family) | 2026-09 |
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language other than English (any) ↗ | most often at home (ACS, people age 5+): about one in four (829,100 people age 5+) | 2024 | |
| Spanish ↗ | 54.7% | share of people age 5+ who speak a non-English language at home | 2024 |
| Portuguese ↗ | 2nd most-spoken non-English language at home | 2024 | |
| Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) ↗ | 3rd most-spoken non-English language at home | 2024 | |
| English ↗ | official status: none (Connecticut has no official language) | 2025 |
Largest companies in Connecticut
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna (Bloomfield) ↗ | revenue | 274.9 USD billions (Fortune 500 #13) | 2026 |
| Charter Communications (Stamford) ↗ | revenue | 54.8 USD billions (Fortune 500 #84) | 2026 |
| Philip Morris International (Stamford) ↗ | revenue | 40.6 USD billions (Fortune 500 #114) | 2026 |
| The Hartford Financial Services Group (Hartford) ↗ | revenue | 28.4 USD billions (Fortune 500 #156) | 2026 |
| Booking Holdings (Norwalk) ↗ | revenue | 26.9 USD billions (Fortune 500 #162) | 2026 |
| Amphenol (Wallingford) ↗ | revenue | 23.1 USD billions (Fortune 500 #192) | 2026 |
| Stanley Black & Decker (New Britain) ↗ | revenue | 15.1 USD billions (Fortune 500 #294) | 2026 |
Worth knowing
- 2026-11Ned Lamont won a third term as governor on November 3, 2026, defeating Republican state Senator Ryan Fazio with 59.57% of the vote (771,936 votes, unofficial). ↗
- 2026-09Connecticut's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.1% in September 2026 (preliminary), ranked 49th among states (tied with California); only DC was higher. ↗
- 2026-09The statewide median single-family sale price rose 5.4% year over year to $490,000 in September 2026, while closed single-family sales rose 1.4%. ↗
- 2026-06Fifteen Connecticut-headquartered companies made the 2026 Fortune 500, the third year in a row with the same 15; Stamford and Greenwich each placed four. ↗
- 2026-06Aetna, once among Hartford's signature companies, dropped off the state's Fortune 500 roster after it was absorbed into Rhode Island-based CVS Health in 2018. ↗
- 2019As of 2019, Fairfield County held the headquarters of 16 of the world's 200 largest hedge funds. ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish428,938 · 11.9%
- Other Indo-European languages136,571 · 3.8%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages51,265 · 1.4%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun38,919 · 1.1%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)31,008 · 0.9%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages30,676 · 0.9%
- Other and unspecified languages23,710 · 0.7%
- Arabic11,787 · 0.3%
- German or other West Germanic languages10,103 · 0.3%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)8,785 · 0.2%
- Vietnamese8,065 · 0.2%
- Korean6,517 · 0.2%
Largest places in Connecticut
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Bridgeport, CT full148,654
- 2.Stamford, CT135,470
- 3.New Haven, Connecticut full134,023
- 4.Hartford, Connecticut full121,054
- 5.Waterbury, CT114,403
- 6.Greenwich, CT63,518
- 7.Meriden, Connecticut full60,850
- 8.New London, CT full27,199
- 9.Windsor Locks, CT12,613
- 10.Essex, Connecticut6,733
Inside Connecticut
12 regions have Connecticut as their parent.
Companies based in Connecticut
62 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Connecticut. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Connecticut are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.