Kensington, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0940150, place: Kensington CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,321 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 133 (5.73%)
Kindergarten: 145 (6.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,068 (46.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 475 (20.47%)
College or graduate school: 500 (21.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,932 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 378 (6.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 505 (8.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,727 (29.11%)
Some college, no degree: 1,223 (20.62%)
Associate degree: 563 (9.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,079 (18.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 457 (7.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,836 (100%)
Never married: 1,565 (22.89%)
Now married, except separated: 4,096 (59.92%)
Separated: 64 (0.94%)
Total Widowed: 564 (8.25%)
Widowed Female: 480 (7.02%)
Total Divorced: 547 (8%)
Divorced Female: 361 (5.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 149 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (32.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,490 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 919 (14.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,943 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (5.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,719 (100%)
--With a disability: 689 (14.6%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
--No disability: 4,030 (85.4%)
----Percent employed: 87.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,433 (100%)
--With a disability: 598 (41.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,154 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,762 (70.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,308 (28.31%)
--Same county: 1,711 (20.98%)
--Different county: 597 (7.32%)
----Same state: 410 (5.03%)
----Different state: 187 (2.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 84 (1.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,508 (100%)
Native: 7,575 (89.03%)
--Born in United States: 7,528 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,492 (76.3%)
----Different state: 1,036 (12.18%)
--Born outside United States: 47 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 933 (10.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 156 (1.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 625 (7.35%)
--Not a citizen: 308 (3.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 933 (100%)
Europe: 686 (73.53%)
Asia: 182 (19.51%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 40 (4.29%)
Northern America: 25 (2.68%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,154 (100%)
English only: 6,771 (83.04%)
Language other than English: 1,383 (16.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 527 (6.46%)
--Spanish: 197 (2.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,094 (13.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 435 (5.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 73 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.6%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,508 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,367% (133.6%)
Arab: 30 (0.35%)
Czech: 67 (0.79%)
Danish: 27 (0.32%)
Dutch: 45 (0.53%)
English: 806 (9.47%)
French (except Basque): 839 (9.86%)
French Canadian: 190 (2.23%)
German: 970 (11.4%)
Greek: 142 (1.67%)
Hungarian: 70 (0.82%)
Irish: 1,516 (17.82%)
Italian: 2,687 (31.58%)
Lithuanian: 202 (2.37%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.33%)
Polish: 1,888 (22.19%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.06%)
Russian: 143 (1.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 143 (1.68%)
Scottish: 97 (1.14%)
Slovak: 9 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 455 (5.35%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 87 (1.02%)
United States or American: 138 (1.62%)
Welsh: 21 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 762 (8.96%)

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