January&February - Week 5 - Connecticut - the Constitution State

5 Connecticut

Date admitted to the US - January 9, 1788
Postal abbreviation – CT
Capital – Hartford
Area – 5,543.33 square miles [48th largest in the US]
Population as of census 2010 – 3,574,097 [29th largest in the US]
Population density per square mile - 738.1 [5th largest in the US]
Area codes – 203, 860
Zip codes – 06001 - 06928
Number of counties – 8
State nickname – Constitution State
State motto – He Who Transplanted Still Sustains 

State Flag of Connecticut

Fun facts
- In Hartford, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands
- The USS Nautilus - the world's first nuclear powered submarine was built in Groton in 1954
- Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
 
Law Schools 
Yale Law School
Quinnipiac School of Law
UConn School of Law

Military facts
Military Schools
Military Bases