Official name: State of Connecticut.

State nickname: the Constitution State.

Total area: 5,544 sq mi, 14,358 sq km.

Population (2000): 3,405,565.

Population by race, origin (1997): white non-Hispanic 81.3%; white Hispanic 7.0%; black (including Hispanic) 9.2%; American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut 0.2%; Asian/Pacific Islander 2.3%.

Natural increase rate per 1,000 population (1995): 4.5 (U.S. avg. 6.0).

Gross domestic (state) product (1996): U.S.$124,000,000,000 (U.S.$37,960 per capita).

Land use (1992): federal land 0.5%; non-federal land 99.5%, of which forest 57.3%, cropland 7.5%, pasture 3.6%, rangeland 0.0%, urban and built-up areas 26.6%, other 4.5%.

Exports by state (1997): U.S.$7,058,000,000; percent of national total 1.15%.

Source: Merriam Dictionary