U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Higganum, CT

Middlesex County, Connecticut

Latitude: 41.491347     Longitude: -72.557547
Population 1,671 (2000)
Elevation of Higganum, Connecticut: 61 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0938050, place: Higganum CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 362 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (7.73%)
Kindergarten: 21 (5.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 165 (45.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 78 (21.55%)
College or graduate school: 70 (19.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,252 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 37 (2.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 101 (8.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 368 (29.39%)
Some college, no degree: 183 (14.62%)
Associate degree: 69 (5.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 310 (24.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 184 (14.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,409 (100%)
Never married: 298 (21.15%)
Now married, except separated: 896 (63.59%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 111 (7.88%)
Widowed Female: 85 (6.03%)
Total Divorced: 104 (7.38%)
Divorced Female: 70 (4.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 51 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (27.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,324 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 285 (21.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 286 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (2.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,047 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (16.71%)
----Percent employed: 76%
--No disability: 872 (83.29%)
----Percent employed: 90.3%
Population 65 years and over: 270 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (48.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,603 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,044 (65.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 559 (34.87%)
--Same county: 385 (24.02%)
--Different county: 174 (10.85%)
----Same state: 133 (8.3%)
----Different state: 41 (2.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,698 (100%)
Native: 1,597 (94.05%)
--Born in United States: 1,566 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,214 (71.5%)
----Different state: 352 (20.73%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (1.83%)
Foreign born: 101 (5.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 59 (3.47%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (2.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 101 (100%)
Europe: 50 (49.5%)
Asia: 15 (14.85%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (25.74%)
Northern America: 10 (9.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,603 (100%)
English only: 1,540 (96.07%)
Language other than English: 63 (3.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.94%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 55 (3.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.94%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,698 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,033% (119.73%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 57 (3.36%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 317 (18.67%)
French (except Basque): 129 (7.6%)
French Canadian: 66 (3.89%)
German: 215 (12.66%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 31 (1.83%)
Irish: 299 (17.61%)
Italian: 226 (13.31%)
Lithuanian: 19 (1.12%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 143 (8.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 29 (1.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (1.94%)
Scottish: 20 (1.18%)
Slovak: 36 (2.12%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 130 (7.66%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.53%)
United States or American: 31 (1.83%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 34 (2%)
Other ancestries: 209 (12.31%)

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