Charting Connecticut

Consumer prices rose 3.6% year-over-year in the Northeast region, higher than the national year-over-year inflation rate of 3.3%.

More than 1 million residents are registered to borrow from CT public libraries — a number that grew last year for the first time in 5 years.

For the sixth time, UConn’s women’s and men’s teams have both secured spots in the Final Four. No one else has done it more than once.

Student loan debt is growing as more borrowers fall into delinquency and default — including thousands of Connecticut residents.

Connecticut saw only a 3.8% increase in annual electric bills compared to 2024, but they are still among the biggest in the nation.

Prices for regular unleaded gasoline in CT have jumped from less than $3 per gallon in late February to about $3.50 per gallon this week.

The amount of affordable housing in Connecticut has risen from 159,520 units in 2011 to 186,170 units in 2025, or about 16.7%.

The federal government tried to take money away from programs supporting housing in CT. The state would have lost up to $98 million per year.

About half as many people moved to CT from other countries from July 2024-June 2025 compared to the previous year, slowing population growth.

A degree from Yale had a bigger long-term payoff than other CT colleges, but associate’s degrees and certificates had high initial payoffs.

CT received more than 12,000 reports of bear sightings in 2025, more than double from a decade ago. One town provided the most reports.

In Connecticut, winter sports accounted for 1.2%, or $66,172,000, of all economic impact brought in from outdoor recreational sports in 2023.