Torrington, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0976500, place: Torrington city, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,962 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 496 (6.23%)
Kindergarten: 478 (6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,797 (47.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,917 (24.08%)
College or graduate school: 1,274 (16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,916 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,962 (7.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,413 (13.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,334 (37.46%)
Some college, no degree: 4,422 (17.75%)
Associate degree: 1,883 (7.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,692 (10.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,210 (4.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 28,447 (100%)
Never married: 7,168 (25.2%)
Now married, except separated: 15,056 (52.93%)
Separated: 411 (1.44%)
Total Widowed: 2,649 (9.31%)
Widowed Female: 2,174 (7.64%)
Total Divorced: 3,163 (11.12%)
Divorced Female: 1,749 (6.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 380 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 91 (23.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 27,084 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,668 (13.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,951 (100%)
--With a disability: 636 (9.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,874 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,007 (20.16%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
--No disability: 15,867 (79.84%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 5,609 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,303 (41.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 33,109 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 20,185 (60.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,492 (37.73%)
--Same county: 9,545 (28.83%)
--Different county: 2,947 (8.9%)
----Same state: 1,441 (4.35%)
----Different state: 1,506 (4.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 432 (1.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 35,202 (100%)
Native: 33,127 (94.11%)
--Born in United States: 32,680 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,591 (72.7%)
----Different state: 7,089 (20.14%)
--Born outside United States: 447 (1.27%)
Foreign born: 2,075 (5.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 639 (1.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,206 (3.43%)
--Not a citizen: 869 (2.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,069 (100%)
Europe: 999 (48.28%)
Asia: 579 (27.98%)
Africa: 9 (0.43%)
Oceania: 5 (0.24%)
Latin America: 394 (19.04%)
Northern America: 83 (4.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 33,109 (100%)
English only: 29,514 (89.14%)
Language other than English: 3,595 (10.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,399 (4.23%)
--Spanish: 1,025 (3.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 381 (1.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,973 (5.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 614 (1.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 485 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 390 (1.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 35,202 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 42,532% (120.82%)
Arab: 334 (0.95%)
Czech: 200 (0.57%)
Danish: 97 (0.28%)
Dutch: 170 (0.48%)
English: 3,447 (9.79%)
French (except Basque): 3,785 (10.75%)
French Canadian: 1,023 (2.91%)
German: 4,030 (11.45%)
Greek: 155 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 625 (1.78%)
Irish: 5,644 (16.03%)
Italian: 10,094 (28.67%)
Lithuanian: 452 (1.28%)
Norwegian: 165 (0.47%)
Polish: 3,027 (8.6%)
Portuguese: 161 (0.46%)
Russian: 369 (1.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 482 (1.37%)
Scottish: 665 (1.89%)
Slovak: 1,041 (2.96%)
Subsaharan African: 77 (0.22%)
Swedish: 599 (1.7%)
Swiss: 177 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 147 (0.42%)
United States or American: 1,158 (3.29%)
Welsh: 130 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 198 (0.56%)
Other ancestries: 4,080 (11.59%)

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