Milford, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0947515, place: Milford city (balance), Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,863 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 883 (7.44%)
Kindergarten: 584 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,353 (45.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,678 (22.57%)
College or graduate school: 2,365 (19.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 36,231 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,207 (3.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,993 (8.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,265 (31.09%)
Some college, no degree: 7,526 (20.77%)
Associate degree: 2,713 (7.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,234 (17.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,293 (11.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 41,147 (100%)
Never married: 10,048 (24.42%)
Now married, except separated: 23,566 (57.27%)
Separated: 338 (0.82%)
Total Widowed: 3,307 (8.04%)
Widowed Female: 2,701 (6.56%)
Total Divorced: 3,888 (9.45%)
Divorced Female: 2,292 (5.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 931 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 287 (30.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 39,224 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,295 (13.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,683 (100%)
--With a disability: 604 (6.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 30,292 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,613 (15.23%)
----Percent employed: 70.5%
--No disability: 25,679 (84.77%)
----Percent employed: 83.8%
Population 65 years and over: 7,196 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,705 (37.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 47,629 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 30,484 (64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,393 (34.42%)
--Same county: 9,468 (19.88%)
--Different county: 6,925 (14.54%)
----Same state: 4,258 (8.94%)
----Different state: 2,667 (5.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 752 (1.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 50,602 (100%)
Native: 46,502 (91.9%)
--Born in United States: 46,042 (100%)
----State of residence: 33,569 (66.34%)
----Different state: 12,473 (24.65%)
--Born outside United States: 460 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 4,100 (8.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,398 (2.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,295 (4.54%)
--Not a citizen: 1,805 (3.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,100 (100%)
Europe: 1,735 (42.32%)
Asia: 1,332 (32.49%)
Africa: 106 (2.59%)
Oceania: 20 (0.49%)
Latin America: 639 (15.59%)
Northern America: 268 (6.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 47,629 (100%)
English only: 42,515 (89.26%)
Language other than English: 5,114 (10.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,664 (3.49%)
--Spanish: 1,453 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 425 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,425 (5.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 751 (1.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 846 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 380 (0.8%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 50,602 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 64,484% (127.43%)
Arab: 192 (0.38%)
Czech: 387 (0.76%)
Danish: 275 (0.54%)
Dutch: 566 (1.12%)
English: 6,579 (13%)
French (except Basque): 2,451 (4.84%)
French Canadian: 1,138 (2.25%)
German: 6,180 (12.21%)
Greek: 455 (0.9%)
Hungarian: 1,659 (3.28%)
Irish: 11,827 (23.37%)
Italian: 11,660 (23.04%)
Lithuanian: 375 (0.74%)
Norwegian: 275 (0.54%)
Polish: 5,169 (10.22%)
Portuguese: 469 (0.93%)
Russian: 1,518 (3%)
Scotch-Irish: 777 (1.54%)
Scottish: 1,091 (2.16%)
Slovak: 1,520 (3%)
Subsaharan African: 110 (0.22%)
Swedish: 915 (1.81%)
Swiss: 87 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 474 (0.94%)
United States or American: 1,451 (2.87%)
Welsh: 233 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 259 (0.51%)
Other ancestries: 6,392 (12.63%)

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