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CT Full State

Published by State of Connecticut | State of Connecticut | Metadata Last Checked: August 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-03-11
<p>This CT Full State layer consists of two individual polygons representing the land and Long Island Sound borders that make up the state of Connecticut.</p> <p><b>This land portion of this feature layer is directly derived from the </b><a href='https://geodata.ct.gov/datasets/CTDOT::ct-municipalities/about' rel='nofollow ugc'><b>CTDOT Municipalities</b></a><b> feature layer geometry, created by CT Department of Transportation. The full state is created by dissolving all the municipalities into one polygon.</b></p> <p><b>The Long Island Sound portion is derived from points defining the Connecticut state waters boundary line, as described in the <a href='https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/deep/fishing/commercial/marinecircpdf.pdf' rel='nofollow ugc'>CTDEEP Marine Fisheries Information Circular</a> (Table 6).</b></p> <p>This feature layer includes US Census Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes that are associated with the state of Connecticut. </p><p><br /></p> <table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='width:481.25pt; border-collapse:collapse; border:none;' width='642'> <tbody><tr style='height:26.95pt;'> <td style='width:162.75pt; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:26.95pt;' width='217'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; line-height:normal;'><b>Field name</b></p> </td> <td style='width:318.5pt; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:26.95pt;' width='425'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; line-height:normal;'><b>Field description</b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style='width:162.75pt; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='217'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; line-height:normal;'>StateFIPS</p> </td> <td style='width:318.5pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='425'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; line-height:normal;'>US Census FIPS code associated with the state.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style='width:162.75pt; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='217'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; line-height:normal;'>Type</p> </td> <td style='width:318.5pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='425'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; line-height:normal;'>Describing if the polygon includes the “land” portion of the state or the “Long Island Sound” portion.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style='width:162.75pt; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='217'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; line-height:normal;'>ObjectID</p> </td> <td style='width:318.5pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;' valign='top' width='425'> <p style='margin-bottom:0in; line-height:normal;'>Unique Object ID.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>

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