Meriden, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0946450, place: Meriden city, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,943 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 951 (6.36%)
Kindergarten: 1,030 (6.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,078 (47.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,350 (22.42%)
College or graduate school: 2,534 (16.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 38,504 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,820 (7.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,796 (15.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,467 (34.98%)
Some college, no degree: 7,472 (19.41%)
Associate degree: 2,640 (6.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,127 (10.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,182 (5.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 45,511 (100%)
Never married: 12,906 (28.36%)
Now married, except separated: 23,318 (51.24%)
Separated: 886 (1.95%)
Total Widowed: 3,299 (7.25%)
Widowed Female: 2,732 (6%)
Total Divorced: 5,102 (11.21%)
Divorced Female: 2,993 (6.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,087 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 364 (33.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 43,298 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,706 (13.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 12,668 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,112 (8.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 33,249 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,794 (20.43%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
--No disability: 26,455 (79.57%)
----Percent employed: 80.7%
Population 65 years and over: 7,426 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,179 (42.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 54,273 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,167 (57.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,503 (39.62%)
--Same county: 16,090 (29.65%)
--Different county: 5,413 (9.97%)
----Same state: 2,906 (5.35%)
----Different state: 2,507 (4.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,603 (2.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 58,244 (100%)
Native: 54,482 (93.54%)
--Born in United States: 49,462 (100%)
----State of residence: 38,014 (65.27%)
----Different state: 11,448 (19.66%)
--Born outside United States: 5,020 (8.62%)
Foreign born: 3,762 (6.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,332 (2.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,886 (3.24%)
--Not a citizen: 1,876 (3.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,762 (100%)
Europe: 1,245 (33.09%)
Asia: 529 (14.06%)
Africa: 96 (2.55%)
Oceania: 27 (0.72%)
Latin America: 1,454 (38.65%)
Northern America: 411 (10.93%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 54,273 (100%)
English only: 41,261 (76.02%)
Language other than English: 13,012 (23.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,232 (9.64%)
--Spanish: 9,613 (17.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,009 (7.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,882 (5.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 974 (1.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 333 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 173 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 58,244 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 68,127% (116.97%)
Arab: 147 (0.25%)
Czech: 189 (0.32%)
Danish: 119 (0.2%)
Dutch: 349 (0.6%)
English: 4,764 (8.18%)
French (except Basque): 4,538 (7.79%)
French Canadian: 2,280 (3.91%)
German: 5,994 (10.29%)
Greek: 249 (0.43%)
Hungarian: 624 (1.07%)
Irish: 8,199 (14.08%)
Italian: 10,382 (17.83%)
Lithuanian: 298 (0.51%)
Norwegian: 117 (0.2%)
Polish: 7,970 (13.68%)
Portuguese: 390 (0.67%)
Russian: 697 (1.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 393 (0.67%)
Scottish: 659 (1.13%)
Slovak: 164 (0.28%)
Subsaharan African: 236 (0.41%)
Swedish: 678 (1.16%)
Swiss: 58 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 193 (0.33%)
United States or American: 1,895 (3.25%)
Welsh: 278 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 371 (0.64%)
Other ancestries: 15,896 (27.29%)

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