Niantic, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0953120, place: Niantic CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 635 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (8.19%)
Kindergarten: 72 (11.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 262 (41.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 141 (22.2%)
College or graduate school: 108 (17.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,381 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 53 (2.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 210 (8.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 746 (31.33%)
Some college, no degree: 469 (19.7%)
Associate degree: 185 (7.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 437 (18.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 281 (11.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,619 (100%)
Never married: 563 (21.5%)
Now married, except separated: 1,457 (55.63%)
Separated: 74 (2.83%)
Total Widowed: 184 (7.03%)
Widowed Female: 158 (6.03%)
Total Divorced: 341 (13.02%)
Divorced Female: 201 (7.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (67.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,480 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 434 (17.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 527 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (5.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,891 (100%)
--With a disability: 309 (16.34%)
----Percent employed: 87.1%
--No disability: 1,582 (83.66%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 553 (100%)
--With a disability: 182 (32.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,979 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,848 (62.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,102 (36.99%)
--Same county: 654 (21.95%)
--Different county: 448 (15.04%)
----Same state: 145 (4.87%)
----Different state: 303 (10.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,173 (100%)
Native: 3,071 (96.79%)
--Born in United States: 3,038 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,796 (56.6%)
----Different state: 1,242 (39.14%)
--Born outside United States: 33 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 102 (3.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 64 (2.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 38 (1.2%)
--Not a citizen: 64 (2.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 102 (100%)
Europe: 47 (46.08%)
Asia: 32 (31.37%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 12 (11.76%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 11 (10.78%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,979 (100%)
English only: 2,760 (92.65%)
Language other than English: 219 (7.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 92 (3.09%)
--Spanish: 22 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 179 (6.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (2.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,173 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,376% (137.91%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 43 (1.36%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 78 (2.46%)
English: 764 (24.08%)
French (except Basque): 260 (8.19%)
French Canadian: 117 (3.69%)
German: 431 (13.58%)
Greek: 58 (1.83%)
Hungarian: 18 (0.57%)
Irish: 639 (20.14%)
Italian: 599 (18.88%)
Lithuanian: 51 (1.61%)
Norwegian: 51 (1.61%)
Polish: 219 (6.9%)
Portuguese: 101 (3.18%)
Russian: 43 (1.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 92 (2.9%)
Scottish: 105 (3.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 117 (3.69%)
Swiss: 11 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.63%)
United States or American: 164 (5.17%)
Welsh: 41 (1.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 349 (11%)

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