With about 3,582,000 people, Connecticut is the second most populous state in New England.
Population data help us understand the ages and stages of Connecticut residents. When we understand who we are, we can guide and direct services and supports based on need. About 23% of Connecticut residents are under the age of 20.
The share of young people (under the age of 20) for each ethnicity
varies.
32.5% of the residents under the age of 20 are children of color. The future of the state population will be more diverse than current day.
Child poverty rate among children of color is much higher than that among white children. Data is from 2016 - 2020 ACS.
In Connecticut,Explore poverty data by town at data.ctdata.org.
of Hispanic children in Connecticut live
at or below poverty line, compared to 5.5% of white non-Hispanic children
When all the household earnings are lined up from highest to lowest, the median represents the income of the middle household. This graph shows the range of income disparities that exists by town in the state.
In Connecticut, median household income is about $79,855 (Median household income in 2020 dollars, 2016-2020). It is represented by the horizontal line.
Median income ranges greatly by town. Hartford, the state's capital, has the lowest median household income of $36,154. In Darien, it exceeds $240,000.
Unemployment rates provide some idea of whether people are actively working.
There are 1,855,923 people that are considered in the labor force. Of those,
about 1,739,815 are employed, and 116,108 (4.1%) are unemployed.
Households with one parent are at a disadvantage in a few ways when compared with two-parent households. There are fewer earners which means less income to spend on basic needs. There is a greater need for childcare to make sure adults can work and childcare comes at a great cost. Explore single-parent families data on data.ctdata.org.
or 238,567 families in Connecticut are single-parent
In Roxbury and Scotland the rate is under 7%.
of families in Hartford are single-parent
Disengaged youth are those between 16 and 19 who are not enrolled in school,
not employed and/or not in the labor force.
This is an indicator about how our youth are doing transitioning into adulthood.
These youth are at a higher risk for risky behavior and may have emotional deficits compared to their peers.
In Connecticut, 4.4% of female youth and 5.4% of male youth are considered disengaged.
The map shows housing units that participate in at least one subsidy program, according to the National Housing Preservation Database. This is not an exhaustive list of affordable housing units in Connecticut.
In general, towns with higher median household income tend to have lower teen birth rates, and vice versa.
In , there were suicides in Connecticut: explore data by town.
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The data below are from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and include admissions to both public and private programs.
In Connecticut, there were 19,682 mental health admissions and 24,218 substance use admissions.
These data indicate how many people are accessing services but it doesn’t tell who in the community might need services but is not able to get access or is not seeking them out.
About 38% of all admissions were for Alcohol, followed by Heroin with 27%. Marijuana accounted for 12% of admissions.
Child abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) is the key federal legislation that guides child
protective services programming nationwide. The most recent reauthorization of CAPTA requires hospitals
to notify state child welfare agencies when an infant is born prenatally exposed to substances.
Family Care Plans are then developed to support access to a broad range of social, medical,
developmental and behavioral health services and supports for these vulnerable infants and their families.
For more information, visit:
https://portal.ct.gov/DCF/CAPTA/HOME
These data indicate whether a referral was made to Child Protective Services.
These data show how many families received a Family Care Plan for babies born exposed to substances before birth.
Connecticut Department of Children and Families offices and facilities, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) authorized retailers, substance use care facilities, and WIC authorized food stores and pharmacies.
This data story was developed with support from the CONNECTing Children and Families to Care,
a statewide initiative to create a partnership between families, state agencies, and
service providers at the local, regional, and state levels. To learn more about this project,
watch a short video in English
(or in Spanish).
Throughout the story, you can use links under visualizations to view relevant datasets. Alternatively, you can visit data.ctdata.org and search for datasets with town-level data.