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Laurie Sweet
Towns represented: Hamden
Laurie Sweet, of Hamden, assumed office on January 8, 2025.
Sweet earned a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College in 2002, a graduate degree from New York University in 2004, and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2009.
TENURE INFO
- Tenure: 2025 – Present
- Term ends: 2027
2025 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Senate District 91 at a glance
Population
| Total population | 21,627 |
| Foreign-born population | 3,095 |
| Population under age 18 | 4,557 |
| Population ages 65+ | 3,865 |
Ethnicity
| Percent Latino | 20% |
| Percent white | 50% |
| Percent Black | 22% |
| Percent other race | 8% |
Housing
| Total households | 9,201 |
| Owner-occupied households | 5,327 |
| Homeownership rate | 58% |
| Cost-burdened households | 3,253 |
| Cost-burden rate | 36% |
Income
| Poverty status known | 21,381 |
| Population in poverty | 2,241 |
| Poverty rate | 10% |
| Low-income population | 4,938 |
| Low-income rate | 23% |
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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