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How Connecticut ranks
CT
Among the 50 states + DC —
median rank 10th
·
all states
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
79.2 years
’21
3rd
▸
Lowest homicide rate
2.9 per 100k
’24
10th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
6.2 per 100k
’24
6th
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
183 per 100k
’23
11th
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
14 weeks
’26
8th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
0 days
’26
1st
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
8.4 per 100k
’24
9th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
23.2 per 100k
’25
35th
▸
Minimum wage
†
$16.94
’26
3rd
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
32 % of adults
’24
15th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$93,729
’24
11th
▸
Lowest unemployment
3.3%
’24
19th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
4.5 per 1k births
’24
10th
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
10.9 per 100k
’24
8th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
10.3 t per person
’22
12th
▸
Renewable energy share
†
7.1%
’24
34th
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
2.44 per million
’25
6th
▸
Population
3.7M people
’25
29th
▸
Land area
12,542 km²
’25
48th
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