Naugatuck, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0949880, place: Naugatuck borough, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,594 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 617 (7.18%)
Kindergarten: 417 (4.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,856 (44.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,098 (24.41%)
College or graduate school: 1,606 (18.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 20,451 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,094 (5.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,380 (11.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,280 (35.6%)
Some college, no degree: 4,338 (21.21%)
Associate degree: 1,477 (7.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,537 (12.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,345 (6.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 24,075 (100%)
Never married: 6,437 (26.74%)
Now married, except separated: 13,147 (54.61%)
Separated: 307 (1.28%)
Total Widowed: 1,657 (6.88%)
Widowed Female: 1,278 (5.31%)
Total Divorced: 2,527 (10.5%)
Divorced Female: 1,475 (6.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 386 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 178 (46.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,634 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,880 (12.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,286 (100%)
--With a disability: 643 (8.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,961 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,302 (18.38%)
----Percent employed: 63.4%
--No disability: 14,659 (81.62%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 3,397 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,457 (42.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,850 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,617 (61.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,516 (36.45%)
--Same county: 7,428 (25.75%)
--Different county: 3,088 (10.7%)
----Same state: 1,925 (6.67%)
----Different state: 1,163 (4.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 717 (2.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 30,989 (100%)
Native: 27,478 (88.67%)
--Born in United States: 27,126 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,365 (68.94%)
----Different state: 5,761 (18.59%)
--Born outside United States: 352 (1.14%)
Foreign born: 3,511 (11.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,348 (4.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,651 (5.33%)
--Not a citizen: 1,860 (6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,511 (100%)
Europe: 1,882 (53.6%)
Asia: 705 (20.08%)
Africa: 62 (1.77%)
Oceania: 12 (0.34%)
Latin America: 687 (19.57%)
Northern America: 163 (4.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,850 (100%)
English only: 23,739 (82.28%)
Language other than English: 5,111 (17.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,822 (6.32%)
--Spanish: 1,065 (3.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 351 (1.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,624 (12.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,407 (4.88%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 327 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 30,989 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 38,417% (123.97%)
Arab: 44 (0.14%)
Czech: 171 (0.55%)
Danish: 107 (0.35%)
Dutch: 233 (0.75%)
English: 2,532 (8.17%)
French (except Basque): 2,185 (7.05%)
French Canadian: 1,002 (3.23%)
German: 3,240 (10.46%)
Greek: 117 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 512 (1.65%)
Irish: 6,939 (22.39%)
Italian: 7,011 (22.62%)
Lithuanian: 751 (2.42%)
Norwegian: 87 (0.28%)
Polish: 3,461 (11.17%)
Portuguese: 2,044 (6.6%)
Russian: 362 (1.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 324 (1.05%)
Scottish: 513 (1.66%)
Slovak: 202 (0.65%)
Subsaharan African: 131 (0.42%)
Swedish: 691 (2.23%)
Swiss: 48 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 193 (0.62%)
United States or American: 656 (2.12%)
Welsh: 114 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 84 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 4,663 (15.05%)

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