Simsbury Center, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0969010, place: Simsbury Center CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,547 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 185 (11.96%)
Kindergarten: 115 (7.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 724 (46.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 294 (19%)
College or graduate school: 229 (14.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,901 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 78 (2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 161 (4.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 420 (10.77%)
Some college, no degree: 618 (15.84%)
Associate degree: 332 (8.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,363 (34.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 929 (23.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 58.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,315 (100%)
Never married: 760 (17.61%)
Now married, except separated: 2,756 (63.87%)
Separated: 31 (0.72%)
Total Widowed: 309 (7.16%)
Widowed Female: 263 (6.1%)
Total Divorced: 459 (10.64%)
Divorced Female: 313 (7.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (18.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,089 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 561 (13.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,238 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (6.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,130 (100%)
--With a disability: 298 (9.52%)
----Percent employed: 71.5%
--No disability: 2,832 (90.48%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 769 (100%)
--With a disability: 199 (25.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,216 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,186 (61.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,932 (37.04%)
--Same county: 1,117 (21.41%)
--Different county: 815 (15.63%)
----Same state: 209 (4.01%)
----Different state: 606 (11.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 98 (1.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,622 (100%)
Native: 5,267 (93.69%)
--Born in United States: 5,217 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,617 (46.55%)
----Different state: 2,600 (46.25%)
--Born outside United States: 50 (0.89%)
Foreign born: 355 (6.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 117 (2.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 240 (4.27%)
--Not a citizen: 115 (2.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 355 (100%)
Europe: 133 (37.46%)
Asia: 102 (28.73%)
Africa: 28 (7.89%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 46 (12.96%)
Northern America: 46 (12.96%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,216 (100%)
English only: 4,864 (93.25%)
Language other than English: 352 (6.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (1.78%)
--Spanish: 97 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 177 (3.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 54 (1.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 53 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,622 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,224% (128.5%)
Arab: 15 (0.27%)
Czech: 45 (0.8%)
Danish: 19 (0.34%)
Dutch: 116 (2.06%)
English: 1,148 (20.42%)
French (except Basque): 358 (6.37%)
French Canadian: 179 (3.18%)
German: 707 (12.58%)
Greek: 25 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 31 (0.55%)
Irish: 1,350 (24.01%)
Italian: 804 (14.3%)
Lithuanian: 72 (1.28%)
Norwegian: 70 (1.25%)
Polish: 490 (8.72%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.36%)
Russian: 198 (3.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (0.73%)
Scottish: 198 (3.52%)
Slovak: 70 (1.25%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.37%)
Swedish: 140 (2.49%)
Swiss: 35 (0.62%)
Ukrainian: 61 (1.09%)
United States or American: 267 (4.75%)
Welsh: 27 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 717 (12.75%)

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