Hartford is a relatively large city located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 119,669 people and 41 associated neighborhoods, Hartford is the fourth largest community in Connecticut. Much of the housing stock in Hartford was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Hartford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hartford is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hartford who work in office and administrative support (12.26%), sales jobs (9.00%), and healthcare suport services (8.37%). Also of interest is that Hartford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.13% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Hartford has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Hartford has quite a high level of public transit users. Hartford’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.The percentage of adults in Hartford who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.26% of the adults in Hartford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hartford in 2022 was $27,319, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,276 for a family of four. However, Hartford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hartford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hartford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Hartford, accounting for 44.75% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hartford residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hartford include Jamaican, Italian, Irish, English, and Yugoslavian. Hartford also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.00%. The most common language spoken in Hartford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
