Cheshire Village, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0914200, place: Cheshire Village CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,489 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 131 (8.8%)
Kindergarten: 116 (7.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 641 (43.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 318 (21.36%)
College or graduate school: 283 (19.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,195 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 85 (2.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 174 (4.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 821 (19.57%)
Some college, no degree: 661 (15.76%)
Associate degree: 382 (9.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,174 (27.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 898 (21.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 49.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,607 (100%)
Never married: 921 (19.99%)
Now married, except separated: 2,908 (63.12%)
Separated: 23 (0.5%)
Total Widowed: 470 (10.2%)
Widowed Female: 437 (9.49%)
Total Divorced: 285 (6.19%)
Divorced Female: 187 (4.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 59 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (47.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,373 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 548 (12.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,145 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (5.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,120 (100%)
--With a disability: 390 (12.5%)
----Percent employed: 53.1%
--No disability: 2,730 (87.5%)
----Percent employed: 88.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,061 (100%)
--With a disability: 322 (30.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,437 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,612 (66.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,729 (31.8%)
--Same county: 1,231 (22.64%)
--Different county: 498 (9.16%)
----Same state: 220 (4.05%)
----Different state: 278 (5.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 96 (1.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,757 (100%)
Native: 5,420 (94.15%)
--Born in United States: 5,369 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,642 (63.26%)
----Different state: 1,727 (30%)
--Born outside United States: 51 (0.89%)
Foreign born: 337 (5.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 80 (1.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 233 (4.05%)
--Not a citizen: 104 (1.81%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 337 (100%)
Europe: 108 (32.05%)
Asia: 148 (43.92%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 67 (19.88%)
Northern America: 14 (4.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,437 (100%)
English only: 4,995 (91.87%)
Language other than English: 442 (8.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (3.75%)
--Spanish: 182 (3.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (1.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 166 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (1.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 69 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.83%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,757 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,289% (126.61%)
Arab: 24 (0.42%)
Czech: 50 (0.87%)
Danish: 22 (0.38%)
Dutch: 44 (0.76%)
English: 805 (13.98%)
French (except Basque): 300 (5.21%)
French Canadian: 200 (3.47%)
German: 756 (13.13%)
Greek: 6 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 57 (0.99%)
Irish: 1,466 (25.46%)
Italian: 1,406 (24.42%)
Lithuanian: 21 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.56%)
Polish: 362 (6.29%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.17%)
Russian: 201 (3.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 93 (1.62%)
Scottish: 297 (5.16%)
Slovak: 16 (0.28%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 144 (2.5%)
Swiss: 42 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 105 (1.82%)
United States or American: 86 (1.49%)
Welsh: 9 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 727 (12.63%)

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