West Haven, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0982800, place: West Haven city, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,895 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 863 (6.21%)
Kindergarten: 830 (5.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,665 (40.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,670 (19.22%)
College or graduate school: 3,867 (27.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 35,341 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,145 (6.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,587 (12.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 12,968 (36.69%)
Some college, no degree: 7,013 (19.84%)
Associate degree: 1,889 (5.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,226 (11.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,513 (7.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 42,205 (100%)
Never married: 13,339 (31.61%)
Now married, except separated: 19,916 (47.19%)
Separated: 552 (1.31%)
Total Widowed: 3,767 (8.93%)
Widowed Female: 2,952 (6.99%)
Total Divorced: 4,631 (10.97%)
Divorced Female: 2,790 (6.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,245 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 414 (33.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 40,309 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,839 (12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,788 (100%)
--With a disability: 847 (7.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 30,743 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,042 (19.65%)
----Percent employed: 64.9%
--No disability: 24,701 (80.35%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 7,169 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,988 (41.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 49,163 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,165 (57.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,081 (38.81%)
--Same county: 14,459 (29.41%)
--Different county: 4,622 (9.4%)
----Same state: 1,738 (3.54%)
----Different state: 2,884 (5.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,917 (3.9%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 52,360 (100%)
Native: 46,407 (88.63%)
--Born in United States: 45,133 (100%)
----State of residence: 36,204 (69.14%)
----Different state: 8,929 (17.05%)
--Born outside United States: 1,274 (2.43%)
Foreign born: 5,953 (11.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,759 (5.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,644 (5.05%)
--Not a citizen: 3,309 (6.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,953 (100%)
Europe: 1,654 (27.78%)
Asia: 1,614 (27.11%)
Africa: 526 (8.84%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,053 (34.49%)
Northern America: 106 (1.78%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 49,163 (100%)
English only: 40,243 (81.86%)
Language other than English: 8,920 (18.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,610 (7.34%)
--Spanish: 4,118 (8.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,789 (3.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,119 (6.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,180 (2.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 997 (2.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 443 (0.9%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 52,360 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 60,632% (115.8%)
Arab: 561 (1.07%)
Czech: 203 (0.39%)
Danish: 78 (0.15%)
Dutch: 312 (0.6%)
English: 3,664 (7%)
French (except Basque): 2,091 (3.99%)
French Canadian: 880 (1.68%)
German: 4,022 (7.68%)
Greek: 529 (1.01%)
Hungarian: 449 (0.86%)
Irish: 9,359 (17.87%)
Italian: 14,395 (27.49%)
Lithuanian: 242 (0.46%)
Norwegian: 139 (0.27%)
Polish: 2,824 (5.39%)
Portuguese: 797 (1.52%)
Russian: 628 (1.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 506 (0.97%)
Scottish: 486 (0.93%)
Slovak: 221 (0.42%)
Subsaharan African: 678 (1.29%)
Swedish: 515 (0.98%)
Swiss: 48 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 230 (0.44%)
United States or American: 1,320 (2.52%)
Welsh: 148 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 856 (1.63%)
Other ancestries: 14,451 (27.6%)

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