Norwalk, CT Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school19,339100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,7339.0
Kindergarten1,0895.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)8,34243.1
High school (grades 9-12)3,71819.2
College or graduate school4,45723.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over58,885100.0
Less than 9th grade3,5336.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma6,61711.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)14,76825.1
Some college, no degree9,90116.8
Associate degree3,9226.7
Bachelor's degree12,40221.1
Graduate or professional degree7,74213.1
Percent high school graduate or higher82.8(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher34.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over67,068100.0
Never married20,45030.5
Now married, except separated34,95752.1
Separated1,2401.8
Widowed4,3916.5
Female
3,5645.3
Divorced6,0309.0
Female
3,8165.7
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,896100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren57830.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over64,731100.0
Civilian veterans6,2069.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years14,801100.0
With a disability1,0397.0
Population 21 to 64 years51,959100.0
With a disability8,73516.8
Percent employed
68.7(X)
No disability43,22483.2
Percent employed
80.4(X)
Population 65 years and over10,153100.0
With a disability3,51134.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over77,456100.0
Same house in 199543,91756.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199529,39738.0
Same county
21,07227.2
Different county
8,32510.7
Same state
1,2061.6
Different state
7,1199.2
Elsewhere in 19954,1425.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population82,951100.0
Native66,15179.7
Born in United States
64,18577.4
State of residence
38,91946.9
Different state
25,26630.5
Born outside United States
1,9662.4
Foreign born16,80020.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
7,2348.7
Naturalized citizen
7,2278.7
Not a citizen
9,57311.5
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)16,800100.0
Europe4,18324.9
Asia2,27013.5
Africa1761.0
Oceania510.3
Latin America9,79958.3
Northern America3211.9
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over77,456100.0
English only56,68773.2
Language other than English20,76926.8
Speak English less than 'very well
9,77512.6
Spanish
11,44914.8
Speak English less than "very well"
6,4548.3
Other Indo-European languages
7,5889.8
Speak English less than "very well"
2,6993.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1,3061.7
Speak English less than "very well"
4810.6
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population82,951100.0

Total ancestries reported

93,781113.1
Arab2470.3
Czech14660.6
Danish2300.3
Dutch6130.7
English6,3747.7
French (except Basque)11,6141.9
French Canadian19541.2
German6,7398.1
Greek1,6912.0
Hungarian2,2592.7
Irish112,25714.8
Italian16,39719.8
Lithuanian3590.4
Norwegian6880.8
Polish4,1024.9
Portuguese1940.2
Russian1,6202.0
Scotch-Irish7520.9
Scottish1,2611.5
Slovak3310.4
Subsaharan African5830.7
Swedish9141.1
Swiss1250.2
Ukrainian4700.6
United States or American2,5313.1
Welsh2670.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)3,0703.7
Other ancestries26,67332.2
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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