By the Numbers: Tracking Connecticut’s Economic Competitiveness

To understand where we need to go as a state, we first need to understand where we are.

When the CBIA Foundation released Opportunity Connecticut: Reimagining Our Workforce, Economy, and Quality of Life in the fall of 2024, the report not only included nearly 60 recommendations to improve our state’s economic competitiveness, but also a commitment to monitor the progress of our state, ensuring our work stays relevant to changing economic realities.

By the Numbers: Tracking Connecticut’s Economic Competitiveness—produced with the generous support of the Connecticut Business Roundtable— is the first tool published by the foundation to follow through on that commitment.

Updated annually, in conjunction with a regularly updated, to-be- released dashboard, By the Numbers will monitor key economic data points, shining a light on areas of strength in our state, as well as areas in need of attention.

While there are many sources from which one can gather economic data, By the Numbers is meant to aid those concerned with our state’s economic health by providing one location for critical information, released on a predictable schedule, and provided with insights explaining why we should be paying attention.

There is an abundance of data out there, and we hope this guide will serve as an important reference to learning more about Connecticut and its economy.

For more information, contact CBIA Foundation director Dustin Nord (860.244.8522).