State Information
for Connecticut
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Connecticut
Qui Transtulit Sustinet (He Who
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| Population |
3,405,565 |
| Nickname |
The Constitution State, the Nut |
| State Capital |
Hartford |
| State Bird |
American Robin |
| State Flower |
Mountain Laurel |
| Number State to Join |
5th state |
| State Motto |
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| State Name Origins |
From the Native American word "quinnehtukqut," meaning "beside the long tidal river" |
| Major Industries |
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| Areas of Interst |
The Long Island Sound shoreline, the P.T. Barnum Museum, Mark Twain's home in Hartford |
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