Central Somers, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0913445, place: Central Somers CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 456 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (4.17%)
Kindergarten: 10 (2.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 215 (47.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 122 (26.75%)
College or graduate school: 90 (19.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,157 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 67 (5.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 146 (12.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 329 (28.44%)
Some college, no degree: 223 (19.27%)
Associate degree: 95 (8.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 202 (17.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 95 (8.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,322 (100%)
Never married: 270 (20.42%)
Now married, except separated: 784 (59.3%)
Separated: 13 (0.98%)
Total Widowed: 105 (7.94%)
Widowed Female: 83 (6.28%)
Total Divorced: 150 (11.35%)
Divorced Female: 67 (5.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (15.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,239 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 197 (15.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 389 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (4.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 940 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (15.53%)
----Percent employed: 62.3%
--No disability: 794 (84.47%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 241 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (41.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,570 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,258 (80.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 310 (19.75%)
--Same county: 130 (8.28%)
--Different county: 180 (11.46%)
----Same state: 99 (6.31%)
----Different state: 81 (5.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,618 (100%)
Native: 1,551 (95.86%)
--Born in United States: 1,530 (100%)
----State of residence: 829 (51.24%)
----Different state: 701 (43.33%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (1.3%)
Foreign born: 67 (4.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.62%)
--Naturalized citizen: 25 (1.55%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (2.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 67 (100%)
Europe: 37 (55.22%)
Asia: 5 (7.46%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (2.99%)
Northern America: 23 (34.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,570 (100%)
English only: 1,505 (95.86%)
Language other than English: 65 (4.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.96%)
--Spanish: 34 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,618 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,172% (134.24%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.8%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.31%)
English: 427 (26.39%)
French (except Basque): 201 (12.42%)
French Canadian: 87 (5.38%)
German: 267 (16.5%)
Greek: 13 (0.8%)
Hungarian: 33 (2.04%)
Irish: 350 (21.63%)
Italian: 219 (13.54%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.62%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.62%)
Polish: 130 (8.03%)
Portuguese: 18 (1.11%)
Russian: 8 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 54 (3.34%)
Scottish: 98 (6.06%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 48 (2.97%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 54 (3.34%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 127 (7.85%)

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