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Arnold Jensen
Towns represented: Naugatuck, Oxford, Southbury
Arnold Jensen, of Oxford, assumed office on January 8, 2025. Jensen graduated from Stony Brook University with a bachelor’s in chemical engineering. He also has a certificate in computer programming from NYU, according to his legislative bio. He is retired from his former role as an engineer for Unilever.
Jensen has served as an Oxford selectman, on the Oxford Planning and Zoning Commission, the Republican Town Committee and as a member of the Oxford Roads commission, his legislative bio states.
TENURE INFO
- Tenure: 2025 – Present
- Term ends: 2027
2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
State House District 131 at a glance
Population
| Total population | 22,090 |
| Foreign-born population | 2,432 |
| Population under age 18 | 4,546 |
| Population ages 65+ | 4,432 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 12% |
| Percent white | 77% |
| Percent Black | 5% |
| Percent other race | 7% |
Housing
| Total households | 8,430 |
| Owner-occupied households | 6,769 |
| Homeownership rate | 80% |
| Cost-burdened households | 1,974 |
| Cost-burden rate | 24% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 21,866 |
| Population in poverty | 479 |
| Poverty rate | 2% |
| Low-income population | 2,365 |
| Low-income rate | 11% |
District data used with permission of DataHaven 2024 Connecticut State Legislative District Profiles. Legislator data used with permission of Ballotpedia. Have a correction or addition to report about this data? Email us.
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