| Demographic and Economic Statistics | ||||||
| Top Ten Employers | ||||||
| Current Year and Ten Years Ago | ||||||
| 2010 | 2000 | |||||
| Percentage | Percentage | |||||
| Employees | of State | Employees | of State | |||
| NAME | in CT | Employment | Rank | in CT | Employment | Rank |
| United Technologies Corp. | 27,050 | 1.6% | 1 | 24,500 (2) | 1.4% | - |
| Yale University | 18,004 | 1.0% | 2 | 10,243 | 0.6% | 5 |
| Stop & Shop Cos., Inc. | 13,574 (1) | 0.8% | 3 | 15,400 | 0.9% | 1 |
| Hartford Financial Services | 11,300 | 0.7% | 4 | 11,000 | 0.6% | 4 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 9,204 (1) | 0.5% | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| Mohegan Sun Casino | 8,800 | 0.5% | 6 | 6,000 | 0.3% | 16 |
| General Dynamics Electric Boat | 8,200 | 0.5% | 7 | 7,300 | 9.4% | 12 |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | 8,092 | 0.5% | 8 | 5,500 | 0.3% | 19 |
| Foxwoods Resort Casino | 7,672 | 0.4% | 9 | 13,202 | 0.8% | 2 |
| Aetna Inc. | 7,231 | 0.4% | 10 | 7,800 | 0.4% | 10 |
| Total | 119,127 | 6.9% | 100,945 | 5.7% | ||
Sources: Hartford Business Journal (HBJ) - June 2010
(1) Omitted from the 2009 HBJ Survey. The number equals the
employees reported by HBJ in 2008.
(2) The number equals the headcounts of business units before consolidation as
UTC.