Connecticut Government

Which statement correctly describes Connecticut’s planning regions?

• Planning regions help organize cross-municipal issues without recreating traditional county governments
• Connecticut restored general-purpose county governments in 2020
• The nine planning regions are independent U.S. states
• The Census Bureau currently treats Connecticut’s eight former counties as its only county equivalents

What should students understand about Connecticut’s planning regions?

• Connecticut’s eight historical counties still operate as full county governments
• Current Census county-equivalent data for Connecticut should use planning regions rather than the former counties
• The Census Bureau currently treats Connecticut’s eight former counties as its only county equivalents
• Connecticut’s planning regions are the same as its congressional districts

Which statement correctly describes Connecticut’s county-government system?

• Connecticut’s eight historical counties still operate as full county governments
• The Census Bureau currently treats Connecticut’s eight former counties as its only county equivalents
• Connecticut’s abolition of functioning county government shifted local administrative importance toward municipalities
• Connecticut restored general-purpose county governments in 2020

What is accurate about Connecticut’s statistical geography?

• Connecticut’s planning regions are the same as its congressional districts
• Connecticut restored general-purpose county governments in 2020
• The nine planning regions provide a modern statistical geography that differs from Connecticut’s eight historic counties
• The Census Bureau currently treats Connecticut’s eight former counties as its only county equivalents