contest, competition(noun) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. contest(verb) a struggle between rivals. contest, contend, repugn(verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation. They contested the outcome of the race.
Based on the 2005 estimates, Connecticut moved from the 29th most populous state to 30th. 2016 estimates put Connecticut's population at 3,576,452. 6.6% of its population was reported as being under 5 years old, 24.7% under 18 years old, and 13.8% were 65 years of age or older.
The population grew 5 percent in New Haven, 4.7 percent in Stamford, 3.4 percent in Bridgeport, 2.9 percent in Waterbury and 2.6 percent in Hartford from 2000 to 2010. It was the first gain Bridgeport had posted in 60 years and only the second in Hartford, which lost 13 percent of its population between 1990 and 2000.he nearly 100,000 people that the Census Bureau estimates that Connecticut added between 2000 and 2004 is only 18,000 below the state's population growth between 1990 and 2000, when Connecticut was one of the nation's slowest growing states.