Middletown, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0947290, place: Middletown city, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,370 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 745 (7.18%)
Kindergarten: 638 (6.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,200 (40.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,905 (18.37%)
College or graduate school: 2,882 (27.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 30,480 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,711 (5.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,294 (10.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,065 (29.74%)
Some college, no degree: 5,173 (16.97%)
Associate degree: 1,973 (6.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,637 (18.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,627 (11.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 35,153 (100%)
Never married: 11,133 (31.67%)
Now married, except separated: 16,901 (48.08%)
Separated: 437 (1.24%)
Total Widowed: 2,532 (7.2%)
Widowed Female: 2,136 (6.08%)
Total Divorced: 4,150 (11.81%)
Divorced Female: 2,498 (7.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 530 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 267 (50.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 33,725 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,790 (11.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,335 (100%)
--With a disability: 545 (7.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 26,377 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,314 (16.36%)
----Percent employed: 59.3%
--No disability: 22,063 (83.64%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 5,176 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,213 (42.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 40,363 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,969 (49.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,418 (48.11%)
--Same county: 9,585 (23.75%)
--Different county: 9,833 (24.36%)
----Same state: 5,249 (13%)
----Different state: 4,584 (11.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 976 (2.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 43,167 (100%)
Native: 39,030 (90.42%)
--Born in United States: 38,244 (100%)
----State of residence: 26,357 (61.06%)
----Different state: 11,887 (27.54%)
--Born outside United States: 786 (1.82%)
Foreign born: 4,137 (9.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,606 (3.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,107 (4.88%)
--Not a citizen: 2,030 (4.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,137 (100%)
Europe: 1,889 (45.66%)
Asia: 987 (23.86%)
Africa: 133 (3.21%)
Oceania: 6 (0.15%)
Latin America: 895 (21.63%)
Northern America: 227 (5.49%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 40,363 (100%)
English only: 34,232 (84.81%)
Language other than English: 6,131 (15.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,438 (6.04%)
--Spanish: 1,740 (4.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 629 (1.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,517 (8.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,418 (3.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 685 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 358 (0.89%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 43,167 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 51,331% (118.91%)
Arab: 181 (0.42%)
Czech: 230 (0.53%)
Danish: 105 (0.24%)
Dutch: 306 (0.71%)
English: 4,441 (10.29%)
French (except Basque): 2,405 (5.57%)
French Canadian: 1,447 (3.35%)
German: 4,365 (10.11%)
Greek: 301 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 301 (0.7%)
Irish: 6,564 (15.21%)
Italian: 9,954 (23.06%)
Lithuanian: 364 (0.84%)
Norwegian: 190 (0.44%)
Polish: 4,882 (11.31%)
Portuguese: 313 (0.73%)
Russian: 614 (1.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 343 (0.79%)
Scottish: 643 (1.49%)
Slovak: 96 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 297 (0.69%)
Swedish: 910 (2.11%)
Swiss: 52 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 161 (0.37%)
United States or American: 1,320 (3.06%)
Welsh: 144 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 535 (1.24%)
Other ancestries: 9,867 (22.86%)

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