Westport, CT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0983570, place: Westport CDP, Connecticut)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,199 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 895 (12.43%)
Kindergarten: 519 (7.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,561 (49.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,283 (17.82%)
College or graduate school: 941 (13.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,864 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 176 (0.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 462 (2.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,862 (10.42%)
Some college, no degree: 2,115 (11.84%)
Associate degree: 843 (4.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,550 (36.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,856 (32.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 69.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,480 (100%)
Never married: 3,160 (16.22%)
Now married, except separated: 13,463 (69.11%)
Separated: 129 (0.66%)
Total Widowed: 1,131 (5.81%)
Widowed Female: 899 (4.61%)
Total Divorced: 1,597 (8.2%)
Divorced Female: 1,033 (5.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 211 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (14.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,585 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,188 (11.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,635 (100%)
--With a disability: 341 (6.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,280 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,322 (9.26%)
----Percent employed: 75%
--No disability: 12,958 (90.74%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,751 (100%)
--With a disability: 831 (22.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,842 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,267 (64.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,673 (32.18%)
--Same county: 3,987 (16.72%)
--Different county: 3,686 (15.46%)
----Same state: 253 (1.06%)
----Different state: 3,433 (14.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 902 (3.78%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,749 (100%)
Native: 22,991 (89.29%)
--Born in United States: 22,652 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,217 (28.03%)
----Different state: 15,435 (59.94%)
--Born outside United States: 339 (1.32%)
Foreign born: 2,758 (10.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 835 (3.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,532 (5.95%)
--Not a citizen: 1,226 (4.76%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,758 (100%)
Europe: 1,489 (53.99%)
Asia: 560 (20.3%)
Africa: 201 (7.29%)
Oceania: 35 (1.27%)
Latin America: 286 (10.37%)
Northern America: 187 (6.78%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,842 (100%)
English only: 21,075 (88.39%)
Language other than English: 2,767 (11.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 657 (2.76%)
--Spanish: 555 (2.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 201 (0.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,789 (7.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 331 (1.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 312 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (0.51%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,749 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,071% (120.67%)
Arab: 89 (0.35%)
Czech: 202 (0.78%)
Danish: 201 (0.78%)
Dutch: 287 (1.11%)
English: 3,531 (13.71%)
French (except Basque): 858 (3.33%)
French Canadian: 148 (0.57%)
German: 3,341 (12.98%)
Greek: 521 (2.02%)
Hungarian: 473 (1.84%)
Irish: 4,054 (15.74%)
Italian: 3,789 (14.72%)
Lithuanian: 181 (0.7%)
Norwegian: 440 (1.71%)
Polish: 1,435 (5.57%)
Portuguese: 64 (0.25%)
Russian: 2,012 (7.81%)
Scotch-Irish: 365 (1.42%)
Scottish: 727 (2.82%)
Slovak: 191 (0.74%)
Subsaharan African: 80 (0.31%)
Swedish: 518 (2.01%)
Swiss: 251 (0.97%)
Ukrainian: 222 (0.86%)
United States or American: 1,768 (6.87%)
Welsh: 125 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 42 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 5,156 (20.02%)

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