For the year ending June 30, 1999,  Connecticut's population grew by almost 9,500 residents, to 3,282,031.
		During the early part of the decade, Connecticut's population declined from a high of 3.287 million in 1990 to 3.265 million in 1995.
		Since 1995, there has been a steady increase in the number of state residents. However, for the decade as a whole, the population has declined by 5,085, or two-tenths of a percent.
		Last year, 3,200 more people left Connecticut than moved into the state, continuing a trend for each year of this decade. Since 1990, the net out-migration has totaled 149,000.

	Connecticut's racial and ethnic composition is increasingly diverse. The decline in its white population has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in all other racial categories. The Hispanic population, which can be of any race, has also increased.
	Connecticut's population is aging. The most recent U.S. Census figures, for 1998, show the nation's median age at 35.2; the median age for Connecticut's residents is 37.0.
	Since 1990, the state's elderly population, those 65 and older, has increased by 5.7 percent. Over the same period, the population of Connecticut's youngest residents, those under five, has declined by 9.5 percent.
	Four of Connecticut's five largest cities (those with over 100,000 residents) lost population in the nineties. Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury had a population loss averaging 4.4 percent. Stamford was the exception with a population gain of 2.4 percent. In contrast, none of the state's ten fastest growing towns have over 25,000 residents.

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