Norwalk, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0955990, place: Norwalk city, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 19,339 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,733 (8.96%)
Kindergarten: 1,089 (5.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,342 (43.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,718 (19.23%)
College or graduate school: 4,457 (23.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 58,885 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,533 (6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,617 (11.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 14,768 (25.08%)
Some college, no degree: 9,901 (16.81%)
Associate degree: 3,922 (6.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 12,402 (21.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,742 (13.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 67,068 (100%)
Never married: 20,450 (30.49%)
Now married, except separated: 34,957 (52.12%)
Separated: 1,240 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 4,391 (6.55%)
Widowed Female: 3,564 (5.31%)
Total Divorced: 6,030 (8.99%)
Divorced Female: 3,816 (5.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,896 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 578 (30.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 64,731 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,206 (9.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,801 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,039 (7.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 51,959 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,735 (16.81%)
----Percent employed: 68.7%
--No disability: 43,224 (83.19%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 10,153 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,511 (34.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 77,456 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 43,917 (56.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 29,397 (37.95%)
--Same county: 21,072 (27.21%)
--Different county: 8,325 (10.75%)
----Same state: 1,206 (1.56%)
----Different state: 7,119 (9.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,142 (5.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 82,951 (100%)
Native: 66,151 (79.75%)
--Born in United States: 64,185 (100%)
----State of residence: 38,919 (46.92%)
----Different state: 25,266 (30.46%)
--Born outside United States: 1,966 (2.37%)
Foreign born: 16,800 (20.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7,234 (8.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,227 (8.71%)
--Not a citizen: 9,573 (11.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16,800 (100%)
Europe: 4,183 (24.9%)
Asia: 2,270 (13.51%)
Africa: 176 (1.05%)
Oceania: 51 (0.3%)
Latin America: 9,799 (58.33%)
Northern America: 321 (1.91%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 77,456 (100%)
English only: 56,687 (73.19%)
Language other than English: 20,769 (26.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9,775 (12.62%)
--Spanish: 11,449 (14.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,454 (8.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,588 (9.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,699 (3.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,306 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 481 (0.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 82,951 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 93,781% (113.06%)
Arab: 247 (0.3%)
Czech: 466 (0.56%)
Danish: 230 (0.28%)
Dutch: 613 (0.74%)
English: 6,374 (7.68%)
French (except Basque): 1,614 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 954 (1.15%)
German: 6,739 (8.12%)
Greek: 1,691 (2.04%)
Hungarian: 2,259 (2.72%)
Irish: 12,257 (14.78%)
Italian: 16,397 (19.77%)
Lithuanian: 359 (0.43%)
Norwegian: 688 (0.83%)
Polish: 4,102 (4.95%)
Portuguese: 194 (0.23%)
Russian: 1,620 (1.95%)
Scotch-Irish: 752 (0.91%)
Scottish: 1,261 (1.52%)
Slovak: 331 (0.4%)
Subsaharan African: 583 (0.7%)
Swedish: 914 (1.1%)
Swiss: 125 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 470 (0.57%)
United States or American: 2,531 (3.05%)
Welsh: 267 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3,070 (3.7%)
Other ancestries: 26,673 (32.16%)

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