OLR Research Report


December 29, 2008

 

2008-R-0702

CIVIL UNION STATISTICS BY TOWN 2005 - 2008

By: Susan Price, Principal Legislative Analyst

You asked for statistics on the number of civil unions performed in Connecticut by town.

The table below displays information provided by the Department of Public Health showing the number of civil unions by town, from October 1, 2005, when the law authorizing civil unions took effect, through mid-December 2008.

Table 1: Civil Unions by Town

Town

2005

(From October 1st)

2006

2007

2008 (Through Mid-Dec.)

Total

Andover

1

1

1

0

3

Ansonia

0

2

1

0

3

Ashford

5

2

1

0

8

Avon

3

3

0

2

8

Barkhamstead

0

0

0

0

0

Beacon Falls

3

1

0

0

4

Berlin

1

0

3

2

6

Bethany

0

2

2

1

5

Bethel

3

4

0

2

9

Bethlehem

4

1

1

0

6

Bloomfield

0

3

6

4

13

Bolton

1

1

0

0

2

Bozrah

2

0

0

0

2

Branford

19

13

3

2

37

Bridgeport

5

12

3

2

22

Bridgewater

0

2

0

0

2

Bristol

7

17

9

4

37

Brookfield

1

1

0

1

3

Brooklyn

1

2

1

1

5

Burlington

1

1

0

1

3

Canaan

1

0

0

0

1

Canterbury

0

1

0

0

1

Canton

2

1

4

0

7

Chaplin

0

2

0

0

2

Cheshire

2

6

9

1

18

Chester

1

0

3

1

5

Clinton

3

0

2

2

7

Colchester

2

4

0

1

7

Colebrook

0

1

2

1

4

Columbia

1

0

0

0

1

Cornwall

2

0

2

1

5

Coventry

0

6

2

0

8

Cromwell

4

5

1

0

10

Danbury

12

8

3

5

28

Darien

1

2

2

0

5

Deep River

0

0

0

0

0

Derby

2

4

1

0

7

Durham

2

0

2

0

4

Eastford

0

1

0

0

1

East Granby

1

0

1

1

3

East Haddam

3

4

2

1

10

East Hampton

0

8

0

2

10

East Hartford

5

4

1

1

11

East Haven

3

3

3

3

12

East Lyme

3

8

0

3

14

East Windsor

1

3

2

0

6

Easton

1

0

1

0

2

Ellington

0

3

0

1

4

Enfield

5

6

13

4

28

Essex

2

2

3

0

7

Fairfield

9

8

4

2

23

Farmington

2

4

5

0

11

Franklin

0

0

0

0

0

Glastonbury

5

6

8

2

21

Goshen

1

1

0

0

2

Granby

2

1

1

0

4

Greenwich

14

10

13

6

43

Griswold

1

5

0

1

7

Groton

6

12

11

3

32

Guilford

14

9

6

3

32

Haddam

0

1

0

1

2

Hamden

13

18

8

9

48

Hampton

3

1

0

0

4

Hartford

42

7

6

12

67

Hartland

0

0

0

1

1

Harwinton

0

0

1

0

1

Hebron

1

2

0

0

3

Kent

3

2

6

4

15

Killingly

2

3

0

1

6

Killingworth

1

0

2

1

4

Lebanon

0

1

2

0

3

Ledyard

0

0

2

0

2

Lisbon

0

0

1

0

1

Litchfield

2

1

4

0

7

Lyme

3

2

5

0

10

Madison

2

4

6

2

14

Manchester

18

19

13

6

56

Mansfield

8

8

4

3

23

Marborough

0

2

0

1

3

Meriden

5

11

7

2

25

Middlebury

2

4

0

1

7

Middlefield

0

4

0

1

5

Middletown

6

10

8

4

28

Milford

10

12

6

1

29

Monroe

1

1

3

0

5

Montville

3

13

4

3

23

Morris

2

1

0

0

3

Naugatuck

3

5

0

3

11

New Britain

7

5

8

4

24

New Canaan

1

1

0

1

3

New Fairfield

1

3

0

0

4

New Hartford

1

0

1

0

2

New Haven

35

56

32

28

151

New London

8

17

8

4

37

New Milford

5

7

4

3

19

Newington

5

5

2

1

13

Newtown

4

7

6

4

21

Norfolk

2

0

3

0

5

North Branford

2

1

1

3

7

North Canaan

0

0

0

0

0

North Haven

2

5

3

3

13

North Stonington

4

0

0

0

4

Norwalk

32

32

26

8

98

Norwich

7

3

4

4

18

Old Lyme

1

4

2

0

7

Old Saybrook

3

6

6

0

15

Orange

3

1

0

1

5

Oxford

0

2

0

2

4

Plainfield

1

2

1

1

5

Plainville

3

3

0

1

7

Plymouth

0

3

0

1

4

Pomfret

1

1

1

0

3

Portland

2

4

2

0

8

Preston

0

1

0

0

1

Prospect

2

1

0

0

3

Putnam

1

0

1

0

2

Redding

3

1

1

0

5

Ridgefield

2

2

0

2

6

Rocky Hill

2

7

2

0

11

Roxbury

2

2

2

0

6

Salem

2

2

0

0

4

Salisbury

9

5

1

1

16

Scotland

0

0

0

0

0

Seymour

0

1

1

1

3

Sharon

6

0

4

1

11

Shelton

3

0

0

1

4

Sherman

0

0

1

0

1

Simsbury

1

7

3

3

14

Somers

2

1

0

0

3

South Windsor

7

12

5

5

29

Southbury

3

6

1

0

10

Southington

7

11

5

2

25

Sprague

0

0

0

0

0

Stafford

4

1

0

2

7

Stamford

17

23

11

10

61

Sterling

1

0

1

0

2

Stonington

9

15

8

7

39

Stratford

14

9

13

9

45

Suffield

1

0

1

0

2

Thomaston

1

0

0

0

1

Thompson

2

2

3

1

8

Tolland

4

5

0

0

9

Torrington

4

5

3

0

12

Trumbull

2

1

2

2

7

Union

0

0

0

0

0

Vernon

4

5

2

3

14

Voluntown

1

0

1

0

2

Wallingford

4

10

1

3

18

Warren

0

2

0

0

2

Washington

10

4

5

2

21

Waterbury

13

17

8

3

41

Waterford

4

5

2

4

15

Watertown

3

3

0

0

6

West Hartford

23

24

14

11

72

West Haven

0

0

0

0

0

Westbrook

1

1

0

2

4

Weston

4

0

0

0

4

Westport

12

10

4

2

28

Wethersfield

7

1

1

3

12

Willington

2

1

0

0

3

Wilton

1

2

2

1

6

Winchester

0

1

0

0

1

Windham

1

3

6

0

10

Windsor

4

3

1

4

12

Windsor Locks

1

2

0

1

4

Wolcott

5

4

1

1

11

Woodbridge

2

2

4

0

8

Woodbury

1

3

1

0

5

Woodstock

5

0

0

1

6

Total

649

729

458

280

2116

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