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State Capital: Hartford
- Admission to Statehood:
January 9, 1788
- State Bird: Robin
- Climate: Connecticut Climate
- Constitution: 5th State, State Legislature
- Education: Connecticut Schools
- Economy-
- Agriculture: Nursery stock, eggs, dairy products, cattle.
- Industry: Transportation equipment, machinery, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, chemical products, scientific instruments.
- State Flag: On a field of azure blue is an ornamental white shield with three grapevines, each bearing three bunches of purple grapes. The states motto "He who Transplanted Sustains Us" is displayed on a white ribbon. The vines stand for the first settlements of English people who began to move from Massachusetts in the 1630's. These settlements were thought of as grapevines that had been transplanted. Flag adopted 1897.
- State Flower: Mountain Laurel
- State Tree: White Oak
- Highest Point: Mt. Frissell, 2380 feet, 36th
- Lowest Point: Long Island Sound; Sea level, 3rd
- Motto: Qui transtulit sustinet - He who transplanted still sustains
- State Song: Yankee Doodle
- State Nickname: Constitution State
- Population: Roughly about 3,405,565
- Zip Codes: Connecticut Zip Codes
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