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Connecticut is home to a small, but highly educated, federal workforce of over 7,000. The Department of the Navy employs over 1,000 people in the state, but that number is declining due to BRAC closures and downsizing. Connecticut is home to a large number of elderly veterans making the Veterans Health Administration a growing source for federal hiring.

Population: 3.5 million

Federal Workforce: 7,706

Largest Federal Departments / Agencies (number of employees in parentheses): Department of Defense (2,275), Department of Veterans Affairs (2,216), Department of Homeland Security (860), Department of the Treasury (595), and Department of Justice (397).

As of March 1st, 2009 there are 164 Government and Policy jobs in Connecticut listed on GovCentral’s job search engine (powered by USAJobs.) Check them out here.

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