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Black health in Hartford County, Connecticut

115,150

Black residents (ACS)

12.82%

Of county population

$45,800

Median household income, Black

8.10%

Uninsured, Black residents

Hartford County has roughly 115,000 Black residents (~13%), concentrated in Hartford, Bloomfield, and Windsor. The City of Hartford's Frog Hollow and North End neighbourhoods are the core of the city's Black and Puerto Rican populations. Hartford Hospital (Hartford HealthCare) and Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center (Trinity Health Of New England) are the county's two principal hospital systems.

Connecticut's HUSKY Health Medicaid program covers doula services statewide under Public Act 21-35; Hartford HealthCare has the largest Medicaid doula contract in the state. The University of Connecticut Health Center, in nearby Farmington, contributes the county's academic medicine.

Headline outcomes

Race-stratified county-level figures pulled from CDC WONDER small-area estimates, the annual County Health Rankings, and the CDC NVSS state/county life tables. County values with cell counts below CDC suppression thresholds are marked as data pending.

Life expectancy (Black)

76.20 yrs

At birth, CDC NVSS Small-Area LE

Infant mortality (Black)

10.60

Per 1,000 live births, CDC WONDER

CVD mortality (Black)

310.50

Age-adjusted per 100k, CDC WONDER I00-I99

County Health Rankings

#5

Overall rank in Connecticut (lower = better)

Policy context in Hartford

Connecticut has adopted Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, which gives low-income Black adults in this county a direct pathway to primary-care and prescription coverage. Medicaid in this state covers doula services. Postpartum Medicaid coverage extends for 12 months after delivery — the federal recommended standard, in place here.

Where to get help in Hartford

Find Black health providers & resources in Hartford

Black clinicians in Hartford

Directory filtered to this county & state

Federally Qualified Health Centers

Sliding-scale FQHCs across Connecticut

Crisis & support resources

988, postpartum helplines, Black-serving crisis lines

Connecticut state profile

Statewide context, Medicaid policy, all 10 health facets

References & primary sources

  1. Demographics: US Census ACS 5-year 2019–2023, Tables B03002 (race), B01003 (total population), S1903 (median income), B27010B (uninsured by race).
  2. Mortality and life expectancy: CDC WONDER county-level Multiple Cause of Death and Underlying Cause of Death, pooled 2020–2022; CDC NVSS Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates, 2016–2020 release.
  3. County Health Rankings: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2024 release.
  4. HRSA shortage-area designations: HRSA HPSA Find and MUA/P Find, current as of 2025.
  5. Rural-Urban Continuum Codes: USDA Economic Research Service, 2023 release.

Data refreshed:

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