Blue Hills, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0906050, place: Blue Hills CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 835 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (4.91%)
Kindergarten: 33 (3.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 397 (47.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 181 (21.68%)
College or graduate school: 183 (21.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,096 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 162 (7.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 408 (19.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 656 (31.3%)
Some college, no degree: 549 (26.19%)
Associate degree: 135 (6.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 133 (6.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 53 (2.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,439 (100%)
Never married: 809 (33.17%)
Now married, except separated: 953 (39.07%)
Separated: 111 (4.55%)
Total Widowed: 250 (10.25%)
Widowed Female: 222 (9.1%)
Total Divorced: 316 (12.96%)
Divorced Female: 196 (8.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 148 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 78 (52.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,298 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 212 (9.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 743 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (6.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,668 (100%)
--With a disability: 448 (26.86%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 1,220 (73.14%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 388 (100%)
--With a disability: 165 (42.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,913 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,903 (65.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 860 (29.52%)
--Same county: 709 (24.34%)
--Different county: 151 (5.18%)
----Same state: 8 (0.27%)
----Different state: 143 (4.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 150 (5.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,084 (100%)
Native: 2,279 (73.9%)
--Born in United States: 2,194 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,490 (48.31%)
----Different state: 704 (22.83%)
--Born outside United States: 85 (2.76%)
Foreign born: 805 (26.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 166 (5.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 494 (16.02%)
--Not a citizen: 311 (10.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 805 (100%)
Europe: 22 (2.73%)
Asia: 64 (7.95%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 719 (89.32%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,913 (100%)
English only: 2,581 (88.6%)
Language other than English: 332 (11.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (3.54%)
--Spanish: 131 (4.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (1.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 124 (4.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 69 (2.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,084 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,751% (89.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (0.26%)
English: 21 (0.68%)
French (except Basque): 48 (1.56%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.62%)
German: 8 (0.26%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 54 (1.75%)
Italian: 20 (0.65%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 23 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 4 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 129 (4.18%)
Swedish: 6 (0.19%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.13%)
United States or American: 84 (2.72%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 807 (26.17%)
Other ancestries: 1,502 (48.7%)

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