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State House District 72, CT

26,522 Population
7 square miles 3,782 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,496 ±$4,286 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,239 ±$7,814 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.1% ±5.6% (8,168  ±1,556) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.7 minutes ±2.5 (302,045  ±41,558) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,816 ±608 Number of households
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (26,374  ±1,701) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±3% (575  ±234) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,613 ±689 Number of housing units
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$198,900 ±$12,256 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±3.1% (3,167  ±830.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.7% ±3.8% (12,993  ±1,066.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.1% ±2.6% (2,169  ±451.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19% ±3.6% (5,030  ±1,009) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.2% ±1% (625  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
625 Total veterans ±207 498 Male ±168 127 Female ±118

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