New Haven, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0952000, place: New Haven city, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 43,375 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,982 (4.57%)
Kindergarten: 1,623 (3.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 15,233 (35.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 7,422 (17.11%)
College or graduate school: 17,115 (39.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 72,171 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6,691 (9.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 12,384 (17.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 20,350 (28.2%)
Some college, no degree: 10,456 (14.49%)
Associate degree: 2,720 (3.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,566 (11.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11,004 (15.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 96,986 (100%)
Never married: 43,620 (44.98%)
Now married, except separated: 34,617 (35.69%)
Separated: 3,052 (3.15%)
Total Widowed: 6,286 (6.48%)
Widowed Female: 4,968 (5.12%)
Total Divorced: 9,411 (9.7%)
Divorced Female: 5,671 (5.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,988 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,641 (54.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 92,263 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,896 (7.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 31,655 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,315 (10.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 68,911 (100%)
--With a disability: 16,595 (24.08%)
----Percent employed: 47%
--No disability: 52,316 (75.92%)
----Percent employed: 68%
Population 65 years and over: 11,876 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,334 (44.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 115,106 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 50,785 (44.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 56,543 (49.12%)
--Same county: 36,982 (32.13%)
--Different county: 19,561 (16.99%)
----Same state: 3,523 (3.06%)
----Different state: 16,038 (13.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7,778 (6.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 123,626 (100%)
Native: 109,276 (88.39%)
--Born in United States: 99,164 (100%)
----State of residence: 62,712 (50.73%)
----Different state: 36,452 (29.49%)
--Born outside United States: 10,112 (8.18%)
Foreign born: 14,350 (11.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8,362 (6.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,727 (3.82%)
--Not a citizen: 9,623 (7.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14,350 (100%)
Europe: 3,270 (22.79%)
Asia: 3,394 (23.65%)
Africa: 520 (3.62%)
Oceania: 85 (0.59%)
Latin America: 6,810 (47.46%)
Northern America: 271 (1.89%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 115,106 (100%)
English only: 82,434 (71.62%)
Language other than English: 32,672 (28.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13,985 (12.15%)
--Spanish: 22,163 (19.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,285 (8.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,605 (5.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,072 (1.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3,091 (2.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,374 (1.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 123,626 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 116,751% (94.44%)
Arab: 220 (0.18%)
Czech: 223 (0.18%)
Danish: 195 (0.16%)
Dutch: 560 (0.45%)
English: 4,214 (3.41%)
French (except Basque): 1,578 (1.28%)
French Canadian: 663 (0.54%)
German: 5,056 (4.09%)
Greek: 458 (0.37%)
Hungarian: 496 (0.4%)
Irish: 7,639 (6.18%)
Italian: 13,038 (10.55%)
Lithuanian: 222 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 407 (0.33%)
Polish: 3,232 (2.61%)
Portuguese: 545 (0.44%)
Russian: 1,822 (1.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 608 (0.49%)
Scottish: 959 (0.78%)
Slovak: 75 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 1,730 (1.4%)
Swedish: 757 (0.61%)
Swiss: 211 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 513 (0.41%)
United States or American: 2,306 (1.87%)
Welsh: 307 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2,602 (2.1%)
Other ancestries: 66,115 (53.48%)

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