New Milford, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0952560, place: New Milford CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,629 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 164 (10.07%)
Kindergarten: 89 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 778 (47.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 296 (18.17%)
College or graduate school: 302 (18.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,434 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 152 (3.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 457 (10.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,648 (37.17%)
Some college, no degree: 940 (21.2%)
Associate degree: 273 (6.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 685 (15.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 279 (6.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,293 (100%)
Never married: 1,605 (30.32%)
Now married, except separated: 2,586 (48.86%)
Separated: 100 (1.89%)
Total Widowed: 329 (6.22%)
Widowed Female: 274 (5.18%)
Total Divorced: 673 (12.71%)
Divorced Female: 395 (7.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 123 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (21.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,047 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 621 (12.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,396 (100%)
--With a disability: 127 (9.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,075 (100%)
--With a disability: 763 (18.72%)
----Percent employed: 76%
--No disability: 3,312 (81.28%)
----Percent employed: 86.9%
Population 65 years and over: 704 (100%)
--With a disability: 215 (30.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,226 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,729 (43.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,308 (53.13%)
--Same county: 1,436 (23.06%)
--Different county: 1,872 (30.07%)
----Same state: 1,035 (16.62%)
----Different state: 837 (13.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 189 (3.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,633 (100%)
Native: 6,049 (91.2%)
--Born in United States: 6,014 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,589 (54.11%)
----Different state: 2,425 (36.56%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 584 (8.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 341 (5.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 219 (3.3%)
--Not a citizen: 365 (5.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 584 (100%)
Europe: 120 (20.55%)
Asia: 146 (25%)
Africa: 32 (5.48%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 267 (45.72%)
Northern America: 19 (3.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,226 (100%)
English only: 5,593 (89.83%)
Language other than English: 633 (10.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 249 (4%)
--Spanish: 190 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (1.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 210 (3.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 123 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (1.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,633 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,015% (120.84%)
Arab: 93 (1.4%)
Czech: 60 (0.9%)
Danish: 32 (0.48%)
Dutch: 43 (0.65%)
English: 877 (13.22%)
French (except Basque): 177 (2.67%)
French Canadian: 174 (2.62%)
German: 1,027 (15.48%)
Greek: 30 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 154 (2.32%)
Irish: 1,350 (20.35%)
Italian: 1,161 (17.5%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 112 (1.69%)
Polish: 426 (6.42%)
Portuguese: 59 (0.89%)
Russian: 91 (1.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 174 (2.62%)
Scottish: 119 (1.79%)
Slovak: 29 (0.44%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 175 (2.64%)
Swiss: 19 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.35%)
United States or American: 357 (5.38%)
Welsh: 29 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 46 (0.69%)
Other ancestries: 1,160 (17.49%)

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