Projected Population in 2010 for Congressional Districts in CT

(March 2009) While CtSDC forecasts that Connecticut will retain its current five (5) Congressional seats following the 2010 national census on April 1, 2010, the demographic findings associated with this projection may be of greater concern. This CtSDC forecast underscores that Connecticut’s rapidly aging population is growing increasingly more dependent on a dwindling workforce.

The state’s “Dependency Ratio” of non-working people (ages 0-19 and 65 and older) per 100 workers (ages 20-64) will increase from 68.5 in 2000 to 70.3 in 2010. At the same time, state projections from the U.S. Census Bureau for 2000, 2010 and 2030 forecast that by next year, Connecticut will have the 9th highest percentage of people aged 65 and older in the country.

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