Durham, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0920740, place: Durham CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 767 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 51 (6.65%)
Kindergarten: 48 (6.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 341 (44.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 170 (22.16%)
College or graduate school: 157 (20.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,917 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 38 (1.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 171 (8.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 505 (26.34%)
Some college, no degree: 350 (18.26%)
Associate degree: 167 (8.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 394 (20.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 292 (15.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,189 (100%)
Never married: 491 (22.43%)
Now married, except separated: 1,387 (63.36%)
Separated: 9 (0.41%)
Total Widowed: 162 (7.4%)
Widowed Female: 149 (6.81%)
Total Divorced: 140 (6.4%)
Divorced Female: 70 (3.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 41 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (39.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,063 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 321 (15.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 621 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (4.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,575 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (10.73%)
----Percent employed: 62.1%
--No disability: 1,406 (89.27%)
----Percent employed: 85%
Population 65 years and over: 414 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (33.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,610 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,973 (75.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 637 (24.41%)
--Same county: 320 (12.26%)
--Different county: 317 (12.15%)
----Same state: 240 (9.2%)
----Different state: 77 (2.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,795 (100%)
Native: 2,717 (97.21%)
--Born in United States: 2,717 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,074 (74.2%)
----Different state: 643 (23.01%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 78 (2.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 72 (2.58%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 78 (100%)
Europe: 34 (43.59%)
Asia: 20 (25.64%)
Africa: 7 (8.97%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 17 (21.79%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,610 (100%)
English only: 2,466 (94.48%)
Language other than English: 144 (5.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.73%)
--Spanish: 18 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 119 (4.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,795 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,603% (128.91%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 34 (1.22%)
Danish: 43 (1.54%)
Dutch: 41 (1.47%)
English: 543 (19.43%)
French (except Basque): 189 (6.76%)
French Canadian: 127 (4.54%)
German: 382 (13.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.5%)
Irish: 495 (17.71%)
Italian: 631 (22.58%)
Lithuanian: 32 (1.14%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.43%)
Polish: 462 (16.53%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.54%)
Russian: 38 (1.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 62 (2.22%)
Scottish: 34 (1.22%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 102 (3.65%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.32%)
United States or American: 77 (2.75%)
Welsh: 19 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 242 (8.66%)

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