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UNITED STATES : — CONNECTICUT

Area,

Population, and Instruction.—

-Area 7,965 square

miles.

Years.

White 1

Negro

Total

Per .Sq. Mile

1840 1880 1900 1910

301,856

611,153

893,194

1,099,582

8,122 11,547 15,226 15,174

309,978

622,700

908,420

1,114,756

64-0

128-5 187-5 231-3

•I Including Asiatics and Indians. The population by sex and colour in 1910 was : —

—

White

Negro,

Asiatic

Indian

Total

Male

Female

555,821 543,076

7,229 7,945

516

17

76 76

563,642 551,114

Total

1,098,897

15,174

533

152

1,114,756

In 1910 the foreign-born population numbered 328,759 of whom 22,422 were English ; 6,750 Scottish; 58,457 Irish; 31,126 German ; 54,120 from Russia ; 18,208 Swedish ; 54,953 Italian.

The chief towns are New Haven (pop. in 1910), 133,605 ; Hartford (capital), 98,915; Bridgeport, 102,054; Waterbmy, 73,141; New Britain, 43,916 inhabitants; Meriden, 27,265; New London, 19,659; Norwich, 20,367 ; Stamford, 25,138 ; Danbury, 20,234 ; Aiisonia, 15,152 ; Manchester, 13,641 ; Nangatuck, 12,722 ; Torrington, 16,840.

Of the religious bodies the most important in order of strength are the Roman Catholic, Congregationalist, Protestant Episcopal, Methodist, and Baptist,

Elementary instruction is free for all children between the ages of 4 and 1 6 years, and compulsory for all children between the ages of 7 and 16 years. In 1911 the public elementary schools had 5,463 teachers with 193,055 enrolled pupils. There were also 71 ])ublic high schools with 626 teachers and 14,530 pupils. The four normal schools had 168 teachers and 864 pupils. Instruc- tion in agriculture and the mechanic arts is provided at the Connecticut Agricultural College located at Storrs, whose work is supplemented by the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, and tbe Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station located at New Haven. Yale University, New Haven, founded in 1701, had, in 1911, in all departments, 524 professors and teachers and 3,229 students. Wesley an University, Middletown, founded in 1831, had, in 1911, 39 professors and teachers, and 396 students, including 30 women. Trinity College, Hartford, founded in 1823, had 22 professors and teachers, and 231 students.

Charity. — state institutions include the State Prison, State Reformatory for male offenders from 16 to 25 years of age, Colony for Epileptics, Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Soldiers' Hospital, two Hospitals for the Insane, a School for Boys, an Industrial School for Girls mainly supported by the State for the education and maintenance of its wards, and 4 normal schools. Including private and ecclesiastical institutions, there are in the State 112 benevolent establishments (exclusive of almshouses) into which in 1910, 30,000 inmates were admitted. The selectmen of each town, as overseers of the poor, provide for the subsistence of all paupers belonging to the town whether they reside there or not, but the expense must be borne by