Storrs, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0973980, place: Storrs CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,434 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 65 (0.69%)
Kindergarten: 28 (0.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 217 (2.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 115 (1.22%)
College or graduate school: 9,009 (95.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,251 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 71 (3.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 98 (4.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 243 (10.8%)
Some college, no degree: 212 (9.42%)
Associate degree: 93 (4.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 444 (19.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,090 (48.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 68.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,810 (100%)
Never married: 7,578 (70.1%)
Now married, except separated: 2,672 (24.72%)
Separated: 38 (0.35%)
Total Widowed: 302 (2.79%)
Widowed Female: 205 (1.9%)
Total Divorced: 220 (2.04%)
Divorced Female: 161 (1.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (35.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,676 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 349 (3.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,117 (100%)
--With a disability: 476 (7.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,282 (100%)
--With a disability: 313 (7.31%)
----Percent employed: 55.9%
--No disability: 3,969 (92.69%)
----Percent employed: 63.4%
Population 65 years and over: 647 (100%)
--With a disability: 222 (34.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,059 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,974 (26.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,179 (64.92%)
--Same county: 705 (6.37%)
--Different county: 6,474 (58.54%)
----Same state: 4,689 (42.4%)
----Different state: 1,785 (16.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 906 (8.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,175 (100%)
Native: 9,552 (85.48%)
--Born in United States: 9,397 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,578 (49.91%)
----Different state: 3,819 (34.17%)
--Born outside United States: 155 (1.39%)
Foreign born: 1,623 (14.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,162 (10.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 402 (3.6%)
--Not a citizen: 1,221 (10.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,623 (100%)
Europe: 339 (20.89%)
Asia: 938 (57.79%)
Africa: 122 (7.52%)
Oceania: 20 (1.23%)
Latin America: 187 (11.52%)
Northern America: 17 (1.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,059 (100%)
English only: 8,664 (78.34%)
Language other than English: 2,395 (21.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 633 (5.72%)
--Spanish: 435 (3.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 120 (1.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,115 (10.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (1.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 746 (6.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 372 (3.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,175 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,569% (121.42%)
Arab: 60 (0.54%)
Czech: 125 (1.12%)
Danish: 39 (0.35%)
Dutch: 71 (0.64%)
English: 1,083 (9.69%)
French (except Basque): 537 (4.81%)
French Canadian: 492 (4.4%)
German: 1,198 (10.72%)
Greek: 121 (1.08%)
Hungarian: 89 (0.8%)
Irish: 1,847 (16.53%)
Italian: 2,134 (19.1%)
Lithuanian: 96 (0.86%)
Norwegian: 113 (1.01%)
Polish: 1,048 (9.38%)
Portuguese: 204 (1.83%)
Russian: 267 (2.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 137 (1.23%)
Scottish: 259 (2.32%)
Slovak: 62 (0.55%)
Subsaharan African: 126 (1.13%)
Swedish: 174 (1.56%)
Swiss: 19 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 76 (0.68%)
United States or American: 188 (1.68%)
Welsh: 66 (0.59%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 200 (1.79%)
Other ancestries: 2,738 (24.5%)

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