Branford Center, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0907345, place: Branford Center CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,171 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 100 (8.54%)
Kindergarten: 56 (4.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 444 (37.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 172 (14.69%)
College or graduate school: 399 (34.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,398 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 228 (5.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 434 (9.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,279 (29.08%)
Some college, no degree: 849 (19.3%)
Associate degree: 213 (4.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 765 (17.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 630 (14.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,841 (100%)
Never married: 1,364 (28.18%)
Now married, except separated: 2,157 (44.56%)
Separated: 75 (1.55%)
Total Widowed: 574 (11.86%)
Widowed Female: 489 (10.1%)
Total Divorced: 671 (13.86%)
Divorced Female: 437 (9.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,717 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 637 (13.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 769 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (9.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,535 (100%)
--With a disability: 652 (18.44%)
----Percent employed: 79%
--No disability: 2,883 (81.56%)
----Percent employed: 89.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,065 (100%)
--With a disability: 469 (44.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,369 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,522 (46.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,723 (50.72%)
--Same county: 2,145 (39.95%)
--Different county: 578 (10.77%)
----Same state: 133 (2.48%)
----Different state: 445 (8.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 124 (2.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,720 (100%)
Native: 5,143 (89.91%)
--Born in United States: 5,054 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,631 (63.48%)
----Different state: 1,423 (24.88%)
--Born outside United States: 89 (1.56%)
Foreign born: 577 (10.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 271 (4.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 217 (3.79%)
--Not a citizen: 360 (6.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 577 (100%)
Europe: 248 (42.98%)
Asia: 161 (27.9%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 88 (15.25%)
Northern America: 80 (13.86%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,369 (100%)
English only: 4,777 (88.97%)
Language other than English: 592 (11.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 216 (4.02%)
--Spanish: 163 (3.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (1.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 338 (6.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 102 (1.9%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 84 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.37%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,720 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,957% (121.63%)
Arab: 17 (0.3%)
Czech: 11 (0.19%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 30 (0.52%)
English: 640 (11.19%)
French (except Basque): 186 (3.25%)
French Canadian: 59 (1.03%)
German: 705 (12.33%)
Greek: 61 (1.07%)
Hungarian: 60 (1.05%)
Irish: 1,291 (22.57%)
Italian: 1,485 (25.96%)
Lithuanian: 106 (1.85%)
Norwegian: 55 (0.96%)
Polish: 405 (7.08%)
Portuguese: 33 (0.58%)
Russian: 67 (1.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (1.29%)
Scottish: 77 (1.35%)
Slovak: 38 (0.66%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.21%)
Swedish: 345 (6.03%)
Swiss: 31 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 62 (1.08%)
United States or American: 160 (2.8%)
Welsh: 75 (1.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 866 (15.14%)

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