General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0974655, place: Suffield Depot CDP, Connecticut)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 445 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (7.19%)
Kindergarten: 35 (7.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 252 (56.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 53 (11.91%)
College or graduate school: 73 (16.4%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 966 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 29 (3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 50 (5.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 199 (20.6%)
Some college, no degree: 193 (19.98%)
Associate degree: 60 (6.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 208 (21.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 227 (23.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 45%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,061 (100%)
Never married: 177 (16.68%)
Now married, except separated: 649 (61.17%)
Separated: 4 (0.38%)
Total Widowed: 95 (8.95%)
Widowed Female: 89 (8.39%)
Total Divorced: 136 (12.82%)
Divorced Female: 74 (6.97%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,034 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 124 (11.99%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 414 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (4.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 773 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (10.22%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
--No disability: 694 (89.78%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 202 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (39.6%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,389 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 704 (50.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 655 (47.16%)
--Same county: 354 (25.49%)
--Different county: 301 (21.67%)
----Same state: 43 (3.1%)
----Different state: 258 (18.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 30 (2.16%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,480 (100%)
Native: 1,427 (96.42%)
--Born in United States: 1,397 (100%)
----State of residence: 714 (48.24%)
----Different state: 683 (46.15%)
--Born outside United States: 30 (2.03%)
Foreign born: 53 (3.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 45 (3.04%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.54%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 53 (100%)
Europe: 45 (84.91%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 8 (15.09%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,389 (100%)
English only: 1,296 (93.3%)
Language other than English: 93 (6.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 34 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 59 (4.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,480 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,923% (129.93%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 22 (1.49%)
English: 193 (13.04%)
French (except Basque): 89 (6.01%)
French Canadian: 85 (5.74%)
German: 130 (8.78%)
Greek: 11 (0.74%)
Hungarian: 15 (1.01%)
Irish: 263 (17.77%)
Italian: 363 (24.53%)
Lithuanian: 49 (3.31%)
Norwegian: 23 (1.55%)
Polish: 264 (17.84%)
Portuguese: 36 (2.43%)
Russian: 22 (1.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.41%)
Scottish: 39 (2.64%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 77 (5.2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 9 (0.61%)
Welsh: 7 (0.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 220 (14.86%)
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