Shelton, CT

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0968100, place: Shelton city, Connecticut)

Total Population: 38,101
Male: 18,437 (48.39%)
Female: 19,664 (51.61%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 2,347 (6.16%)
5 to 9 years: 2,509 (6.59%)
10 to 14 years: 2,657 (6.97%)
15 to 19 years: 2,124 (5.57%)
20 to 24 years: 1,563 (4.1%)
25 to 34 years: 4,665 (12.24%)
35 to 44 years: 6,779 (17.79%)
45 to 54 years: 5,785 (15.18%)
55 to 59 years: 2,308 (6.06%)
60 to 64 years: 1,692 (4.44%)
65 to 74 years: 2,799 (7.35%)
75 to 84 years: 2,048 (5.38%)
85 years and over: 825 (2.17%)

Median age: 39.8 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 29,129 (76.45%)
21 years and over: 28,170 (73.94%)
62 years and over: 6,610 (17.35%)
65 years and over: 5,672 (14.89%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 29,129 (76.45%)
--Male: 13,826 (36.29%)
--Female: 15,303 (40.16%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 5,672 (14.89%)
--Male: 2,269 (5.96%)
--Female: 3,403 (8.93%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 37,602 (98.69%)
--White: 35,103 (92.13%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,326 (3.48%)
--Black or African American: 428 (1.12%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 57 (0.15%)
--Asian: 791 (2.08%)
----Asian Indian: 286 (0.75%)
----Chinese: 171 (0.45%)
----Filipino: 73 (0.19%)
----Japanese: 22 (0.06%)
----Korean: 49 (0.13%)
----Vietnamese: 84 (0.22%)
----Other Asian: 106 (0.28%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 1 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 341 (0.89%)
Two or more Races: 499 (1.31%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,326 (3.48%)
--Mexican: 74 (0.19%)
--Puerto Rican: 598 (1.57%)
--Cuban: 89 (0.23%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 565 (1.48%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 36,775 (96.52%)
--White Alone: 35,103 (92.13%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 37,540 (98.53%)
--Householder: 14,190 (37.24%)
--Spouse: 8,932 (23.44%)
--Child: 11,621 (30.5%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 8,437 (22.14%)
--Other relatives: 1,717 (4.51%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 461 (1.21%)
--Nonrelatives: 1,080 (2.83%)
----Unmarried partner: 539 (1.41%)
Living in group quarters: 561 (1.47%)
--Institutionalized Population: 541 (1.42%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 20 (0.05%)
Total households: 14,190
Family households (families): 10,540 (74.28%)
----With own children under 18 years: 4,654 (32.8%)
--Married-couple families: 8,932 (62.95%)
----With own children under 18 years: 3,941 (27.77%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,212 (8.54%)
----With own children under 18 years: 585 (4.12%)
Nonfamily households: 3,650 (25.72%)
--Householder living alone: 3,097 (21.83%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 1,309 (9.22%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 4,956 (34.93%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 3,787 (26.69%)
Average household size: 2.65 people
Average family size: 3.11 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 14,707
Occupied housing units: 14,190 (96.48%)
Vacant housing units: 517 (3.52%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 96 (0.65%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0.9%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 5.8%
Occupied housing units: 14,190 (96.48%)
Owner occupied housing units: 11,604 (78.9%)
Renter occupied housing units: 2,586 (17.58%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.76 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.15 people

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