Christine Cohen

Towns represented: Branford, Durham, East Haven, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, Middlefield, North Branford

Sen.

Christine Cohen, of Guilford, assumed office in 2019. Cohen graduated from Western Connecticut State University in 1998 with a B.B.A. in marketing, and later graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Business in 2004 with an M.B.A. She became owner of Cohen’s Bagel Company in 2003. In addition, she has served as an inventory analyst with Georgia-Pacific Limited Liability Company, an account manager with Marketing Drive Worldwide, and manager and sales planner with The Stanley Works.




State Senate District 12 — at a glance

Population

Total population97,553
Foreign-born population6,915
Population under age 1817,479
Population ages 65+24,013

Ethnicity

Percent Latino5%
Percent white88%
Percent Black1%
Percent other race6%

Housing

Total households40,624
Owner-occupied households32,849
Homeownership rate81%
Cost-burdened households
12,573
Cost-burden rate31%

Income

Poverty status known96,951
Population in poverty4,146
Poverty rate4%
Low-income population11,921
Low-income rate12%

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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