Bristol, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0908420, place: Bristol city, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,008 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 978 (6.98%)
Kindergarten: 784 (5.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,437 (45.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,259 (23.27%)
College or graduate school: 2,550 (18.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 41,867 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,824 (6.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,215 (12.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 15,877 (37.92%)
Some college, no degree: 8,109 (19.37%)
Associate degree: 3,080 (7.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,500 (10.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,262 (5.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 48,389 (100%)
Never married: 12,874 (26.61%)
Now married, except separated: 25,778 (53.27%)
Separated: 634 (1.31%)
Total Widowed: 3,632 (7.51%)
Widowed Female: 2,960 (6.12%)
Total Divorced: 5,471 (11.31%)
Divorced Female: 3,136 (6.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 752 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 315 (41.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 46,162 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,149 (13.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,765 (100%)
--With a disability: 921 (7.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 35,540 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,760 (21.83%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
--No disability: 27,780 (78.17%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 8,373 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,252 (38.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 56,303 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 32,002 (56.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 23,448 (41.65%)
--Same county: 17,201 (30.55%)
--Different county: 6,247 (11.1%)
----Same state: 3,501 (6.22%)
----Different state: 2,746 (4.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 853 (1.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 60,062 (100%)
Native: 55,390 (92.22%)
--Born in United States: 54,218 (100%)
----State of residence: 41,641 (69.33%)
----Different state: 12,577 (20.94%)
--Born outside United States: 1,172 (1.95%)
Foreign born: 4,672 (7.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,204 (2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,614 (4.35%)
--Not a citizen: 2,058 (3.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,672 (100%)
Europe: 1,954 (41.82%)
Asia: 655 (14.02%)
Africa: 83 (1.78%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 743 (15.9%)
Northern America: 1,237 (26.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 56,303 (100%)
English only: 47,429 (84.24%)
Language other than English: 8,874 (15.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,102 (5.51%)
--Spanish: 2,695 (4.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 915 (1.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,708 (10.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,894 (3.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 366 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 223 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 60,062 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 73,070% (121.66%)
Arab: 112 (0.19%)
Czech: 205 (0.34%)
Danish: 149 (0.25%)
Dutch: 309 (0.51%)
English: 4,819 (8.02%)
French (except Basque): 11,082 (18.45%)
French Canadian: 4,766 (7.94%)
German: 6,038 (10.05%)
Greek: 394 (0.66%)
Hungarian: 191 (0.32%)
Irish: 9,132 (15.2%)
Italian: 12,595 (20.97%)
Lithuanian: 812 (1.35%)
Norwegian: 201 (0.33%)
Polish: 7,696 (12.81%)
Portuguese: 223 (0.37%)
Russian: 649 (1.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 679 (1.13%)
Scottish: 899 (1.5%)
Slovak: 194 (0.32%)
Subsaharan African: 112 (0.19%)
Swedish: 1,402 (2.33%)
Swiss: 82 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 392 (0.65%)
United States or American: 1,864 (3.1%)
Welsh: 215 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 220 (0.37%)
Other ancestries: 7,638 (12.72%)

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