Connecticut

Capital: Hartford

Population: 3,405,565

Entered the Union: January 9, 1788

As the: 5th state

Motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet (He Who Transplanted Still Sustains)

Nicknames: The Constitution State, the Nutmeg State

Origin of Name: From the Native American word "quinnehtukqut," meaning "beside the long tidal river"

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Points of Interest: The Long Island Sound shoreline, the P.T. Barnum Museum, Mark Twain's home in Hartford