Connecticut (pop. 3.4M) is the wealthiest state in the country and has the highest percentage of million-dollar homes in the Northeast. It is considered the southernmost part of the New England region. Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west by New York State, on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island. The state capital is Hartford and the largest city is Bridgeport.

Connecticut, although a small state compared to most, has many regional variations in its landscape and culture. From the wealthy estates of Fairfield County's "Gold Coast" to the rolling mountains and horse-farms of the Litchfield Hills of northwestern Connecticut. Connecticut's rural areas and small towns in the northeast and northwest corners of the state contrast sharply with its more industrial cities, located along the coastal highways from New York upward.

The agricultural focus is nursery stock, eggs, dairy products, cattle, and tobacco. Typical industry is transportation equipment (especially helicopters, aircraft parts, and nuclear submarines), heavy industrial machinery and electrical equipment, fabricated metal products, chemical and pharmaceutical products, and scientific instruments.

• Hartford
• New Haven
• Bridgeport