Connecticut

Minor league baseball teams:. See also:. Ranked by per capita income:. Here is a list of teams with the league they are a part of and the venue the play in:. The three largest Protestant denominations in Connecticut are: Baptist (5% of the total state population), Episcopalian (4%), Methodist (4%). Houston is home to several professional sports franchises. There are also growing populations of other religions, making the state more diverse. See also:.

New Haven once had a significant Jewish population, but it has mostly fled elsewhere, although there is still a large concentration in the suburban towns west of New Haven. It's "en su defensa" (In Your Defense) segments have garnered regional acclaim, and En Su Defensa month was proclaimed by Mayor Bill White in 2004. There is a significant Jewish population in the state, mostly concentrated in the "Gold Coast" towns between Greenwich and New Haven and in the Hartford suburb of West Hartford. Univision Affiliate KXLN-TV is among the highest rated Spanish language television stations in the United States. The religious affiliations of the people of Connecticut are:. These reports garnered the reporters and the station national and international attention and awards. Females made up approximately 51.6% of the population, with 48.4% male. KHOU-TV's team of "Defenders" began and lead a national investigation on the failure of Firestone Wilderness AT tires in several vehicles.

6.6% of its population were reported as under 5, 24.7% under 18, and 13.8% were 65 or older. The station also employs Marvin Zindler, whose week-long exposé on the Chicken Ranch brothel later became the basis for the Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The five largest ancestries in the state are: Italian (18.6%), Irish (16.6%), English (10.3%), German (9.9%), African American (9.1%). Since then, the charity's donations dwindled, leaving the owner fuming. Racially, Connecticut is:. ABC-13 KTRK TV's Wayne Dolcefino released a controversial report that allegedly showed bad business practices of a charity called "Kid Care". 10.9% of the population is foreign-born. Houston also is home to the TV stations and radio stations that serve the metro area.

Its population has grown 6% from its 1990 levels. Houston has a variety of newspapers, with the Houston Chronicle (which is the only major daily newspaper in Houston receiving wide distribution) being read all across the South-Central United States. As of the 2003, the population of Connecticut was 3,483,372. See also:. Connecticut's first recorded invention was a lapidary machine, by Abel Buell of Killingworth, in 1765. Other alternative of higher learning includes the Houston Community College System, which has several campuses around Houston to serve all areas and is one of the largest community college system in the United States. Between the birth of the US patent system in 1790 and 1930, Connecticut had more patents issued per capita than any other state; in the 1800s, when the US as a whole was issued one patent per three thousand population, Connecticut inventors were issued one patent for every 700-1000 residents. Houston is world renowned for health and medicine research facilities located in the Medical Center such as the Baylor College of Medicine and many others.

In the late 1700s, the Connecticut government engaged in financial incentives for building and operating textile mills. Houston is the location of a well known prestigious private institution of Rice University, which boasts the largest financial endowment of any university in the world. Holland led to submarine production by the Electric Boat Company in Groton beginning in 1924, which continues to this day. The UH Law Center's Health Law and Policy Institute is ranked number one in the nation while the Intellectual Property Law Program is ranked fifth, according to U.S. News & World Report. Simon Lake produced submarines for the US Navy in Bridgeport, beginning in 1913, and the work done by John P. Amongst the most prestigious of the University of Houston's colleges is the University of Houston Law Center (law school). The first military submarine, the Turtle, was built in Connecticut in 1775 by David Bushnell; since then, Connecticut has remained a world leader in the manufacture of these specialized ships. UH is also home to over forty research centers and institutes.

The first recorded steam powered boat in America was built by South Windsor's John Fitch in 1786. The interdisciplinary research conducted at UH breaks new ground in such vital areas as superconductivity, space commercialization, biomedical engineering, economics, education, petroleum exploration and management. Connecticut also became an innovative leader in the shipbuilding industry. Their flagship institution is the University of Houston, the only doctoral degree granting extensive research institution in Houston and is the third largest in the state of Texas with an enrollment of over 35,000. When the safety bicycle was developed in the 1880s, he was in a perfect position to benefit from the subsequent craze. Houston is served by the University of Houston System, the largest urban state system of higher education in the Gulf Coast, which has four universities with three located in Houston. He subsequently began the first bicycle manufacturing in America, Columbia Bicycles, and set about marketing the vehicle, setting up a system of distributorships with fixed prices, hiring doctors to tout cycling as healthy exercise, and founding cycling magazines. See also:.

Albert Pope of Hartford saw a bicycle in Philadelphia in 1876 and was immediately enthralled with the concept of an "ever-saddled horse that eats nothing and requires no care". As of 2005, several candidates for the Houston City Council have brought up the issue of whether term limits should be amended or eliminated. Another area of industry where Connecticut excelled was in bicycle manufacturing, and its spin-off, the earliest automobile manufacturing. A proposal to amend the Houston city charter where the current 2-year term will be amended to 4 years in office has been debated. Gilbert Company, manufacturers of Erector Sets as well as other educational toys such as chemistry sets, microscopes, toy trains, etc. There are several issues brought up in the Houston area with term limits - during Mayor Lee Brown's final term in office, he refers to term limits as a dis-service for elected officials since incumbents do not gain the needed experience in city government. Even the world of toys was dominated by the A. C. Controller Annise Parker is the only ex-council member who ran for a nonpartisan office.

The name Bridgeport on heavy industrial machinery continues to be a guarantee of high quality around the world, for people who have no idea that it is a city in Connecticut. Several former city officials - Anthony Hall, Rodney Ellis, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Sylvia Garcia, Martha Wong, Chris Bell, and Annise Parker - had to run for another elected position either as a Democrat or Republican once their term expires. Fellows of Torrington designed the first flat turret lathe, and in 1896 built a gear shaper which permitted the manufacture of effective and reliable gear transmissions for the soon-to-come automobile industry. The City of Houston has been enforcing the 3-term rule since November 1991 after a referendum passed. Edwin R. Local municipal government in the City of Houston is considered as a home-rule city, and members of city council and the Controller's position are nonpartisan. Billings perfected the drop hammer for metal forging in the 1870s and designed the copper commutator central to the operation of electrical generators and motors. At-large council members represent the entire city, as well as collaborate with district council members in response to district concerns.

Charles E. City Council members, who make up the legislative branch, are elected from nine districts in the city, along with five at-large positions. Edward P. Bullard designed the vertical boring mill in 1883. A mayor, who is the executive branch of the city government, can be elected consecutively for three terms. Cushman, invented the self-centering Cushman Universal Chuck in 1862. The current mayor of Houston is Bill White, who is serving his first term. Simon Fairman invented the lathe chuck in West Stafford in 1830, and his son-in-law, Austin F. A portion of southwest Houston, east of Missouri City, extends into Fort Bend County and also portion of northeast Houston extends into Montgomery County.

Lincoln company of Hartford. Houston is the county seat of Harris County. Pratt and Amos Whitney invented a thread milling machine in 1865; Whitney also perfected various measurement instruments and Pratt designed the original milling machine manufactured by the George S. See also:. Francis A. cities, and the housing in Houston is among the most affordable in the Nation. Christopher Spencer invented the automatic lathe turret for machining screws, as well as the variable cam cylinder used to control the turret. The city has the second lowest cost of living in comparison to other major U.S.

Another Colt engineer, William Mason, patented 125 inventions for manufacture of firearms, as well as steam pumps and power looms. Houston is unique in being the largest American city without zoning regulations. Machinist Elisha Root first designed machinery for the Collins Company of Collinsville which manufactured axes which became world-famous, then was hired by Colt in 1849 to modernize firearm production by designing precision drop hammers, boring machines, gauges, jigs, etc., and improving the milling machines designed by Francis A. Pratt for the George S. Lincoln company in Hartford; the resulting Lincoln Miller became world-famous, selling over 150,000 machines. Real Estate is also a large business in the Houston area, and NASA's presence in the city's southeast side has provided an additional economic boost. In 1818, Simeon North designed America's first milling machine. It still is vital to the region, but most of the banks operating there are not based in Houston. Hardware and tools continue to be manufactured by Stanley Corporation in New Britain, despite having almost moving elsewhere for financial reasons. Connecticut was a major area for development and manufacture of machine tools. Houston has attempted to build a banking industry in the city, but all of the companies which had been started in Houston were merged with other companies nationwide.

Similarly, Connecticut industry became well known in allied fields. However, Pasadena still has its refineries, and the Port of Houston is among the busiest in the world. The American Clock and Watch Museum is located in Bristol, Connecticut. When the embargo was lifted, the growth stopped. Welch Company), the New England Clock Company, the Ansonia Clock Company, Gilbert Clocks, Ingraham Clocks, the New Haven Clock Company, Welch Clocks, Sessions Clocks, and the Waterbury Clock Company, which became Timex Corporation, and is the sole Connecticut survivor of this once flourishing field, now decimated by lower costs of production elsewhere, in the United States and overseas. Demand on Texas oil increased, and many people from the northeast came down to profit from the trade. N. The city's second growth spurt occurred in the late 1970s, with the Arab Oil Embargo.

Another area where precision manufacture led to industrial dominance for Connecticut was in the manufacture of clocks, watches, and other timepieces, by Eli Terry and his apprentice Seth Thomas, the Forestville Manufacturing Company (which became the E. The 1920s had Houston's first growth spurt. Christopher Spencer designed the Spencer repeating rifle which played an important role for union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg. Houston became a major port as a result of the downfall of Galveston and the rise of the Houston Ship Channel. Christian Sharps designed the Sharps breech-loading rifle which in 1854 began to be manufactured in Hartford by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company. Unlike most places, where high gas prices are seen as harmful to the economy, they are generally seen as beneficial for Houston as many are employed in the energy industry. Wesson designed the first repeating rifle in Norwich in the early 1850s, which went into production by the New Haven Arms Company (which later became the Winchester Repeating Arms Company), and, just across the border in Massachusetts, the Springfield Armory. Smith also patented a metallic rifle cartridge in 1854. Houston has had several growth spurts in relation to the Texas oil industry.

Horace Smith and Daniel B. A new 20,000 SF Terminal and a 60-acre GA Complex, are currently under construction, with the Terminal completion expected in Spring 2006. Root to modernize production, making Colt weapons the first in the world with truly interchangeable parts. The airport mostly serves corporate, governmental, and private clienteles, while it is owned and operated by the City of Sugar Land. Colt's Manufacturing Company hired Elisha K. Sugar Land Regional Airport is the fourth largest airport in the Houston—Sugar Land—Baytown Metropolitan Area, and the only general reliever airport in the southwest sector. In 1836, Samuel Colt invented the revolver design which continues to be used to this day. To the southwest of Houston, in Sugar Land, is the Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR), formerly Sugar Land Municipal Airport.

The Savage Revolving Fire Arm Company manufactured pistols between 1859 and 1866, and the Sage Ammunition Works manufactured ammunition between 1864 and 1867. Ellington Field is in danger of closing down, as of February 2004. After this period, firearm manufacturing declined in Middletown, but briefly revived during the Civil War. Passenger flights ended on September 7, 2004. Johnson built a factory, also on the Pameacha River, which was to sell rifles to the government until 1825. The only passenger traffic that Ellington Field (EFD) ever handled consists of passengers going to and from Galveston County flying to Bush Airport to reduce travel time to that said airport. D. Hobby has a lot of the intra-United States traffic that is headed for downtown, southern Houston, Galveston, and the southern suburbs; it also handles all flights by Southwest Airlines from Houston.

Johnson and J. Bush Airport handles all of the city's international traffic. In 1812, John R. Houston is served by George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU). The factory later manufactured muskets and rifles until 1845, after which the United States government started government armories in Massachusetts and West Virginia partially modeled after Starr's. Brown and former METRO chairwoman Shirley DeLibero. Starr initially manufactured swords, about 5,000 a year; including presentation swords for the state of Tennessee and War of 1812 heroes, colonel Richard M. Johnson, General Edmond P. Gaines, and General andrew Jackson. Two METRORail cars - #101 and #102 - are the only METRO vehicles with dedication plaques to former mayor Lee P.

Even more successful was Colonel Nathan Starr Jr., whose factory (built of stone quarried from the river) was about the same size as North's, and located across the river half a mile northeast. Although now only about 8 miles (13 km) long a long term plan is being developed for several more much longer line segments connecting diverse corners of the metropolitan area. Also in 1810, Colonel Simeon North built a pistol factory in Middletown on the West River, now the Coginchaug River, also winning a contract from the secretary of war, which led to enlarging his factory to 8,500 square feet (790 m²); he built about 10,000 pistols a year, up until just before the [Civil War]], designing America's first milling machine. This is Texas's second major light rail service, after DART's light rail service in Dallas, Texas. In 1810, Oliver Bidwell built the first pistol factory in the United States on the Pameacha River in Middletown, winning a contract with the United States war department for handmade pistols. METRO hopes to expand the Light Rail to the 2 major airports, as well as the Bay Area, Katy, Spring and along the Southwest Freeway. Middletown, Connecticut was the major supplier of pistols to the United States government during the War of 1812, with numerous gun manufacturers in the area. A 27 mile (43 km) expansion has been approved to run the service all along the central Houston area, including Uptown.

Between 1800 and 1860, Connecticut manufacturers applied the system to the manufacture of economically priced high quality firearms, leading to Connecticut's nickname "the arsenal of democracy". It runs primarily along Main Street from central Downtown Houston to the Texas Medical Center and Reliant Park. This development changed "made in the United States" from a phrase connoting shoddy workmanship and expensive maintenance, into a world standard for high quality, and the entire system became known as the American system of manufacturing. The city got the METRORail, a light rail service, on January 1, 2004. The development by Eli Whitney of the system of precision manufacturing of interchangeable parts and the assembly line in the late 1700s, however made Connecticut into a major center of manufacturing. Uptown, METRO provides free service on the Uptown Shuttle. While manual labor was valued, learning and study was also prized and many schools were founded, with Yale the most significant. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, or METRO, provides public transportation in the form of buses, trolleys, and lift vans.

As in most of New England, the residents believed that industry, in all senses of the word, not only strengthened individual moral fiber, but also served to make the colony independent and free to pursue its own religious and philosophical beliefs. Residents often refer to Freeways and Tollways by their names instead of numbers. Manufacturing was aided by a plenitude of resources, including water power, wood for fires and building material, and iron ore, while transportation benefited from several excellent natural harbors, and navigable rivers leading all the way to Massachusetts. For a road map of Houston, click here (http://www.soulofamerica.com/images/maps/houston_map.jpeg). It rapidly developed trade and manufacturing as the farmers, and then the merchants and manufacturers themselves, became affluent enough to start buying things. Highway 59 to Texas Highway 288 in Brazoria County. Connecticut began, as most communities at the time, as a farming economy. The next portion to be constructed is from the current terminus at U.S.

Its industrial outputs are transportation equipment (especially helicopters, aircraft parts, and nuclear submarines), heavy industrial machinery and electrical equipment, fabricated metal products, chemical and pharmaceutical products, and scientific instruments. Highway 59 and was completed in 1994. The agricultural output for the state is nursery stock, eggs, dairy products, cattle, and tobacco. A controversial proposed highway project, Texas Highway 99, would form a third loop outside of Houston. Currently, the completed portion of Texas Highway 99 runs from just north of Interstate 10 east of Katy in Harris County to Sugar Land in Fort Bend County at U.S. The recent establishment of two very large and lucrative Indian casinos in the southeastern region of the state has led to a large influx of money in that area, as well as statewide in general. Most of this freeway requires payment of $1 or more toll every five or ten miles. Connecticut is an important center of the insurance and financial industries, largely in Hartford and in Fairfield county. The roughly square "Loop-610" is quartered into "North Loop," "South Loop," "West Loop," and "East Loop." The roads of Beltway 8 and their freeway core, the Sam Houston Parkway, are the next loop, at a diameter of roughly 25 miles.

Exacerbating this problem, the state has a high cost of living, due to a combination of expensive real estate, expensive heating for the winters, the need to import much food from warmer states, and the dependence on private automobiles for mobility. The innermost is Interstate 610, forming approximately a 10 mile diameter loop around downtown. As evident from the dichotomy in income figures described above, this problem has yet to be successfully solved. Houston has a hub-and-spoke freeway structure with multiple loops. As a result, the middle class largely fled the urban areas for the suburbs, taking stores and other tax-paying businesses with them, and leaving only the urban poor in the now impoverished Connecticut cities. New landscaping projects and a longstanding ban on new billboards are two ways that Houston is trying to back away from this side effect of convenience. The state did not have an income tax until 1991, making it an attractive haven for high earners fleeing the heavy taxes of New York State, but putting an enormous burden on Connecticut property tax payers, particularly in the cities with their more extensive municipal services. The frontage roads make freeway access very easy, but due to their visibility to passing traffic, they have attracted most of Houston's gas stations and major retail stores.

This is due to Fairfield County having become a bedroom community for higher paid New York City workers seeking a less urban lifestyle, as well as the spread of businesses outwards from New York City having reached into southwestern Connecticut. Alongside most freeways are two to four lanes in each direction parallel to the freeway permitting easy access to individual city streets. [2] (http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/regional/statelocal.htm) There is, however, a great disparity in incomes through the state; although New Canaan has the highest per capita income in America, Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven are three of the ten cities with the lowest per capita incomes in America. One unusual characteristic of Houston's freeways are its frontage roads. The per capita income for 2003 was $42,972, 2^nd in the United States. Houston has an extensive network of freeway cameras linked to a transit control center to monitor and study traffic. The total gross state product for 2003 was $172 billion. Timed freeway entrances, which regulate the addition of cars to the freeway, are also common.

See [1] (http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/index.html) for a very complete and in-depth discussion of Connecticut roadways, current, past, and future. The primary method currently in use is the High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane for vans and carpools. Funds to relieve the situation, either by enhancing commuter rail, increasing highway capacity, or both, are lacking, and the problem is noted as one hindering further economic development for the state. Texas Department of Transportation (TX DOT) planners have been running experiments to reduce traffic congestion at rush hour. As a result, commuter rail is also heavily crowded, along with parking facilities and traffic at the stations. Interstate 45 south has been in a continuous state of construction, in one portion or another, almost since the first segment was built in 1952. At rush hours, multiple backups tens of miles long are common, and the daily radio broadcasts of where crashes have completely blocked traffic are a fact of life for commuters in the area. Houston freeways are heavily traveled and often being reconstructed to meet the demands of continuing growth.

I-95 from south of New Haven to the New York border is one of the most congested highways in the United States due to increasing population density, increasing business in the New York area, and a general increase in American driving, and the congestion spills over to clog the parallel Merritt Parkway. Houston is ranked among the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. Other major arteries in the state include State Routes 8 and 25 (http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-8/|) and US Route 7. This dependence on cars causes various pollution problems, including excessive ozone levels. A series of terrible crashes at these plazas eventually led to abandonment of the whole toll system in 1988. Houston's size and lack of zoning have contributed to decentralization, or urban sprawl, which, combined with the humidity and hot summers, has made the automobile the favored means of transportation. This road and I-95 were originally toll roads; they relied on a system of toll plazas at which all traffic would stop and pay an incremental fare, rather than the alternative system of providing drivers a ticket where they entered the highway and charging them when they exited. For a full list of the cities in the Houston area, see:.

The other major interstate traffic arteries in Connecticut are the Merritt Parkway and Wilbur Cross Parkway, which together form Connecticut State Route 15, running from the Hutchinson River Parkway in New York State parallel to I-95 before turning north of New Haven and running parallel to I-91, finally becoming a surface road in Berlin, Connecticut. Areas far north, west, east and south of the inner-city also use 936 and/or 409. The Interstate highways in the state are I-95 (the Connecticut Turnpike) running southwest to northeast along the coast, I-84 running southwest to northeast in the center of the state, I-91 running north to south in the center of the state, and I-395 running north to south near the eastern border of the state. However, the geographic division between 713, 281, and 832 has been eliminated, and newly issued phone numbers (especially for cell phones and fax machines) within that zone may be assigned any of the three codes. The glaciers carved valleys in Connecticut running north to south; as a result, many more roadways in the state run north to south than do east to west, mimicking the previous use of the many north-south rivers as transportation. Those outside the 610 Loop that are within the city limits normally receive the 281 or 832 area code. In practice, most Connecticut residents find public transportation not fully adequate for all their needs and either own a private vehicle or have access to one. Locations within the Houston city limits that are inside the 610 Loop traditionally used the 713 area code.

(In an episode of the American television show Miracles, the protagonist took a train from Boston directly to Hartford, causing Connecticut residents to joke that that would really have been a miracle.) Bus service is supplied by Connecticut Transit, owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Yet a third - the "Grand Parkway", has begun construction roughly 10 miles (16 km) beyond that around the outer suburbs and currently extends from Katy to Sugar Land. There is railway service along the coastline from New York City to Boston, including commuter rail service between New Haven and New York and a new commuter service along the coastline north of New Haven, with spur service running northwards to cities such as Hartford. Another ring road, Beltway 8 (also known simply as the "Beltway"), encircles the city another 5 miles (8 km) further out. Transportation in Connecticut is predominantly via highway. The outlying areas of Houston, as well as the rest of Bellaire, the airports and the suburbs and enclaves are outside the loop. The eight regions of Connecticut are:. Locations in Houston are generally classified as either being inside or outside Interstate 610, known as the 610 Loop which include the Central business district and the 'island' cities of West University (West U.), and Southside Place, and a portion of Bellaire.

Fairfield County's "Gold Coast", for example, is often derided by residents of the rest of the state as being more similar to New York than to New England, and many of the residents go for years or even decades without ever traveling to other regions of the state, considering themselves more attached to New York City and its suburbs in eastern New York State. Kemah is surrounded by Galveston Bay to the east and Clear Lake (a brackish-water boater's paradise with open pass through to Galveston Bay) to the west. Each region boasts varied qualities which distinguish it within the state, and at times there are minor cultural frictions between the regions and their major cultural centers as each competes for tourists, new residents, and internal state pride. Another tourist hot spot is Kemah where visitors see the Kemah Boardwalk, which has many seafood restaurants and local tourist attractions. The state of Connecticut can be said to be sub-divided into eight general regions which generally correspond with the eight counties of the state, though there are differences in the boundaries. Beach houses owned by Houstonians have sprung up in other cities along the shoreline to the Gulf of Mexico.
. The city's vulnerability on a narrow barrier bar island led to the creation of the mainland Houston Ship Channel made by the dredging of shallow Buffalo Bayou and Galveston Bay to form a protected port some 40 miles (64 km) inland of the open Gulf and less than 10 miles (16 km) from Houston's central business district.

See also: Geology of Connecticut. Before near destruction in 1900 Galveston was the larger and wealthier of the two cities and dubbed "The Wall Street of the Southwest", and was on par with New Orleans as the Gulf Coast's premier city. Forests, rivers, lakes, waterfalls and a sandy shore add to the state's beauty. A popular day trip may include Galveston where people can visit Moody Gardens or visit a nearby beach. Near the green may stand a small white church, a town meeting hall, a tavern and several colonial houses. However, a small portion of northeast Houston has the zip codes of 77339 and 77345. Many towns center around a small park, known as a "green", e.g. New Haven Green. Zip codes in Houston range from 77002 to 77099.

Connecticut's rural areas and small towns in the northeast and northwest corners of the state contrast sharply with its industrial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New Haven, then northwards to Hartford, as well as further up the coast near New London. The following are areas of the inner-city:. The state, although small, has regional variations in its landscape and culture from the wealthy estates of Fairfield County's "Gold Coast" to the rolling mountains and farms of the Litchfield Hills and the casinos of Southeastern Connecticut. Note that if these business districts were considered one, they would form the third largest in the United States. The city also has the third largest skyline in the United States (after New York City and Chicago, Illinois), but because it is spread over a few miles, pictures of the city show, for the most part, the Downtown area. See: List of Connecticut rivers. Rather than a single “downtown” as the center of the city's employment, five additional business districts have grown throughout the inner-city. The Connecticut River cuts through the center of the state, flowing into Long Island Sound, Connecticut's outlet to the Atlantic Ocean. Houston, being the largest city in the United States without zoning laws, has grown in an unusual manner.

There is an ongoing civic pride and economic competition between Hartford and New Haven, which stems back to the days when the two cities shared the state's capital, and even back to when New Haven and Hartford were two separate colonies. See also:. In all, there are a total of 169 incorporated towns in Connecticut. Furthermore, aided by the popularity of the late hip-hop artist DJ Screw, Houston is known among youth, primarily in the South, as having its own distinctive style of hip-hop commonly known as screw music or referred to locally as simply "screw." Many young Houstonians of all ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds who were in touch with the local hip-hop culture may remember the advent of this form of Southern rap which began to take place around late 1999. The state capital is Hartford, and the other major cities include New Haven, New London, Norwich, Stamford, Waterbury, Torrington and Bridgeport. The design for the first Compaq computer was sketched on a napkin at House of Pies, a notable diner near the Montrose area. Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west by New York State, on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island. Several Houston-based restaurants, such as Ninfa Laurenzo's Mama Ninfa's Mexican restaurant chain, Johnny Carrabba's Carrabba's, and Kim Su Tran La's Kim Sơn Vietnamese restaurant chain, have become well known in Texas and throughout the country.

Connecticut currently has five representatives in the House. For example, although Dallas has more restaurants per person than even New York City, Houstonians eat out more often than residents of any other city in the United States, and the only city in which eating out is cheaper than Houston is New Orleans, Louisiana. Lieberman (Democrat). This rivalry often leads to comparison of the assets of one city to the assets of the other. Dodd (Democrat) and Joseph I. Houstonians often consider themselves more "down to earth" than their neighbors to the north. senators are Christopher J. Because the Houston—Sugar Land—Baytown and the Dallas—Fort Worth—Arlington metropolitan areas are both the major economic centers of the state, they enjoy a friendly rivalry.

Jodi Rell (Republican) and the two U.S. In some neighborhoods, street signs are seen in Chinese and Vietnamese. The current governor of Connecticut is M. Like many other large cities in the United States, Houston is a very diverse city with a variety of different ethnic groups. About 90 languages are spoken in the area. One, Naugatuck, is a merged town-borough. Houston also boasts of having a population with a younger age than the national average. There are also 9 incorporated boroughs, eight of which provide additional services to a section of town. Houston has the second highest South African population in the United States, after Miami, Florida.

The sole exception is the City of Groton, which is a subsection of the Town of Groton. Recent redevelopment of Midtown from run-down to upscale has increased property values and property taxes thus forcing the Vietnamese American out of their current neighborhood into other areas. Most cities are coterminal with their namesake towns and have a merged city-town government. Houston has two Chinatowns, as well as the third largest Vietnamese American population in the United States. There are 169 incorporated cities and towns across the state. Houston has the third largest Hispanic population in the United States. People from Asia such as China, South Korea, Japan, India, Pakistan, and Vietnam have been immigrating to Houston. The state judicial system and the associated state marshal system, however, are still divided by county, and the eight counties are still widely used for purely geographical purposes, e.g. in weather reports. The Hispanic population in Houston is increasing as more and more people from Latin countries try to find work in Houston. Hispanics make up a significant amount of the population.

Unlike most other states, Connecticut does not have county governments or county seats; rather, there is only the state government and the governments of the local municipalities. Out of the total population, 26.1% of those under the age of 18 and 14.3% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. Prior to that, New Haven and Hartford alternated as capital. 19.2% of the population and 16.0% of families are below the poverty line. Hartford has been the sole capital of Connecticut since 1875. The per capita income for the city is $20,101. The traditional abbreviation of the state's name is "Conn.". Males have a median income of $32,084 versus $27,371 for females.

Its first constitution, the "Fundamental Orders", was adopted on January 14, 1639, while its current constitution, the fourth for Connecticut, was adopted in 1965. The median income for a household in the city is $36,616, and the median income for a family is $40,443. The first Europeans to settle permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.8 males. Connecticut is one of the original 13 states. For every 100 females there are 99.7 males. The name "Connecticut" comes from an Algonquin Indian word meaning "on the long tidal river". The median age is 31 years.

Main article: History of Connecticut. In the city the population is spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who are 65 years of age or older. USS Connecticut was named in honor of this state. The average household size is 2.67 and the average family size is 3.39. Connecticut was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. 29.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. Connecticut is a state of the United States, part of the New England region, as well as the southernmost state in New England and one of the wealthiest states in the country. There are 717,945 households out of which 33.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% are married couples living together, 15.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% are non-families.

New Britain Rock Cats. 37.41% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. Norwich Navigators. The racial makeup of the city is 49.27% White, 25.31% Black or African American, 0.44% Native American, 5.31% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 16.46% from other races, and 3.15% from two or more races. Bridgeport Bluefish. There are 782,009 housing units at an average density of 521.1/km² (1,349.6/mi²). Their departure to North Carolina caused great controversy and resentment. The population density is 1,301.8/km² (3,371.7/mi²).

Until 1997, the National Hockey League had a franchise in Hartford, the Hartford Whalers. As of the census² of 2000, there are 1,953,631 people, 717,945 households, and 457,330 families residing in the city. Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League. Like many areas of Texas, Houston suffers from the Red Imported Fire Ant. Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association. While Dallas gets hotter temperatures, Houston's heat index is often higher. Old Lyme, Connecticut $41,386. Dallas has a hot and dry climate while Houston has a hot and humid climate.

Madison Center, Connecticut $42,046. Houston's climate is often compared to that of Dallas, Texas. Cornwall, Connecticut $42,484. Many neighborhoods have changed since the storm; older houses in some afflicted neighborhoods have been torn down and replaced with larger houses with larger foundations. Bridgewater, Connecticut $42,505. Houston's worst contemporary flood was Tropical Storm Allison which passed through the city in June, 2001. Essex, Connecticut $42,806. Flooding has proved to be an increasingly serious problem in Houston.

Lyme, Connecticut $43,347. The last hurricane of consequence to hit Houston was Hurricane Alicia in 1983, but Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 caused billions of dollars in damages. Fairfield, Connecticut $43,670. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 led to Galveston losing its status as the major port city and economic power in Southeast Texas; development of the Ship Channel and its port refineries shifted the honor to Houston. Sharon, Connecticut $45,418. Hurricanes have slammed into the Texas Gulf Coast on numerous occasions; several have passed through Houston, causing death and destruction. Woodbridge, Connecticut $49,049. Land subsidence forced the city to turn to ground-level water sources such as Lake Houston.

Redding, Connecticut $50,687. The city once relied on groundwater for its water needs. Groton Long Point, Connecticut $51,066. Most of Houston is very flat and is about fifty feet above sea level in elevation; the Houston Heights area has the highest elevation in the city. Avon, Connecticut $51,706. The Ship Channel goes past Galveston, Texas into the Gulf of Mexico. Ridgefield, Connecticut $51,795. The Buffalo Bayou, which runs into downtown, the Brays Bayou, which runs along the Texas Medical Center, White Oak Bayou runs through the Heights and near northwest area and the Sims Bayou in the south of Houston merge in downtown Houston into the Houston Ship Channel.

Essex Village, Connecticut $51,928. Houston has four major bayous passing through the city. Easton, Connecticut $53,885. Snow is almost unheard of, and typically does not accumulate when it is seen. Georgetown, Connecticut $55,029. The coolest period is usually in January, when north winds bring winter rains. Roxbury, Connecticut $56,769. Winters in Houston are cool and temperate.

Fenwick, Connecticut $60,625. Afternoon rains are not uncommon, and Houston meteorologists are not given to predicting a zero percent chance of rain on most days. Wilton, Connecticut $65,806. Summer thunderstorms sometimes bring the moderately common tornadoes to the area. Deep River Center, Connecticut $72,261. To cope with the heat, people use air conditioning in nearly every car and post-war building in the city. Westport, Connecticut $73,664. The air tends to feel still and the humidity (often 90 to 100% relative humidity) makes the air feel hotter than it really is.

Greenwich, Connecticut $74,346. In summertime, daily high temperatures are in the 90 to 105 °F range throughout much of July and August. Weston, Connecticut $74,817. Prevailing winds are from the south and southeast during most of the year, bringing heat from the deserts of Mexico and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Darien, Connecticut $77,519. Average yearly precipitation levels range from 36 to 48 inches. New Canaan, Connecticut $82,049. Much of Houston was built on forested land, marshes or prairie, all of which can still be seen in surrounding areas.

Non-Religious – 6%. The city is located in the gulf coastal plains biome, and the vegetation is classified as a temperate grassland. Other Religions – 3%. Houston's climate is classified as being humid subtropical. Other Christian – 1%. The total area is 3.70% water. Protestant – 34%. 1,500.7 km² (579.4 mi²) of it is land and 57.7 km² (22.3 mi²) of it is water.

Roman Catholic – 50%. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1,558.4 km² (601.7 mi²). 2.2% Mixed race. Main article: History of Houston. 0.3% American Indian. The city has also the recipient of this award in years prior, including 2001, 2002, and 2003. Methodology for determining for the 2005 status included the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's survey which listed 23% of Houston residents as clinically obese, as well as other less serious statistics, such as Houston having twice the number of donut shops per capita compared to the national average. 2.4% Asian. In 2005, Men's Fitness magazine named Houston the fattest city in the U.S.

9.1% Black. Rice Stadium, at Rice University, was the home to the Super Bowl VIII, and Super Bowl XXXVIII was played at the Reliant Stadium in February 2004. 9.4% Hispanic. (Other nicknames include "H-Town", "Clutch City", and "Magnolia City".). 77.5% White non-Hispanic. It is known by the locals, however, as the Bayou City. Southeastern Connecticut. "Houston" was the first word uttered on the moon, as Neil Armstrong reported back to NASA.

The Quiet Corner. Officially, Houston has been nicknamed the Space City. Lower Connecticut River Valley. Other major institutions of higher learning in Houston include University of Saint Thomas, Houston Baptist University, University of Houston-Clear Lake, University of Houston-Downtown, and Texas Southern University. Greater Hartford. Houston is also home to Rice University, a well known private institution which boasts one of the largest financial endowments of any university in the world. Greater New Haven. Houston is home to many institutions of higher learning such as the University of Houston, which is Texas' premier metropolitan extensive research university and also the flagship institution of the University of Houston System.

Naugatuck River Valley. Houston is considered a "Gamma World City" by the GaWC. Litchfield Hills. states, as well as hundreds of countries worldwide. Gold Coast. Because of the economic trades, many residents have moved in from other U.S. The Port of Houston is one of the busiest ports in the United States, second in the world as far as foreign tonnage.

Houston is world renowned for its energy industry (particularly oil), aeronautics industry and ship channel. Today, the city limits cover about 600 square miles (1,600 km²) in area, and it's also the largest city in the United States which does not have zoning laws. The city of Houston was incorporated in 1837. 29°40' N
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4,986,399.  - City (2003)
 - Metropolitan. There are now approximately over 5,000,000 people living in the Houston—Sugar Land—Baytown Metropolitan Statistical Area, the eighth largest metropolitan area in the United States.

In 1900, the population in Houston was about 45,000 and it was the 85th largest town in the United States. Houston is one of the newest and fastest growing major cities in the United States. Census estimate placed the city's population at 2,009,690. Census 2000, the city had a total population of 1,953,631, but a July 1, 2003, U.S.

As of the U.S. A portion of southwest Houston extends into Fort Bend County and a small portion in the northeast extends into Montgomery County. The city is the county seat of Harris County, the third most populous county in the country. The City of Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and one of the two largest economic areas in the state of Texas.

Toyota Center. Robertson Stadium. Rice Stadium. Reliant Stadium.

Reliant Astrodome. Minute Maid Park (formerly Enron or Astros Field). Hofheinz Pavilion. Former professional sports teams.

Hockey: Aeros - AHL - Toyota Center. Energy - WPFL - Rice Stadium. Texans - NFL - Reliant Stadium. American Football