Connecticut
Top 100 finalists
City Population
Fairfield 57,800
Stamford 121,100
Other cities
City Population
Bridgeport 143,937
Bristol 60,875
Danbury 78,641
East Hartford 49,902
Greenwich 62,884
Hamden 58,951
Hartford 124,683
Manchester 57,079
Meriden 59,444
Milford 52,263
New Britain 72,395
New Haven 130,254
Norwalk 84,326
Stratford 50,023
Waterbury 109,192
West Hartford 64,507
West Haven 54,458
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Connecticut companies
FORTUNE: Best to work for
Company Best Companies
2006 Rank
Griffin Hospital 4
Stew Leonard's 58
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FORTUNE 500
Company F500 rank
General Electric 7
United Technologies 43
Hartford Financial Services 78
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Biggest employers
Company Employees
Stolt-Nielsen S.A. 9,400
Connecticut Travelers Cslty Co 8,000
Aetna Inc. 7,800
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Top earning cities
  Median household income
Greenwich, CT $112,493
Cupertino, CA $110,518
San Ramon, CA $109,500
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Hottest cities
  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
Peoria, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Newport Beach, CA $1,362,500
Greenwich, CT $1,129,000
Santa Barbara, CA $979,500
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Most educated
  % residents with
graduate degrees
Arlington, VA 35.7%
Davis, CA 34.6%
Brookline, MA 32.5%
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Most singles
  % single residents
Bloomington, IN 58.2%
New Brunswick, NJ 54.6%
College Station, TX 54.3%
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Youngest
  Median age
Jacksonville, NC 22.90
Provo, UT 23.28
New Brunswick, NJ 24.16
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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.