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Bridgeport Connecticut Social and demographic information
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Bridgeport Connecticut Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Bridgeport city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
139,529 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
40,966 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
110,891 |
79.5 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
2,558 |
6.2 |
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Born in
United States |
95,800 |
68.7 |
| Kindergarten |
2,284 |
5.6 |
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State
of residence |
70,285 |
50.4 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
18,873 |
46.1 |
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Different state |
25,515 |
18.3 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
8,939 |
21.8 |
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Born
outside United States |
15,091 |
10.8 |
| College or
graduate school |
8,312 |
20.3 |
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Foreign born |
28,638 |
20.5 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
13,276 |
9.5 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
10,778 |
7.7 |
| Population
25 years and over |
84,458 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
17,860 |
12.8 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
12,583 |
14.9 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
17,000 |
20.1 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
26,406 |
31.3 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
28,638 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
14,198 |
16.8 |
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Europe |
6,549 |
22.9 |
| Associate
degree |
3,939 |
4.7 |
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Asia |
4,102 |
14.3 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
6,487 |
7.7 |
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Africa |
1,148 |
4.0 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
3,845 |
4.6 |
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Oceania |
14 |
0.0 |
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Latin America |
16,626 |
58.1 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
65.0 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
199 |
0.7 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
12.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
128,328 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
105,980 |
100.0 |
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English only |
72,469 |
56.5 |
| Never married |
41,875 |
39.5 |
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Language other
than English |
55,859 |
43.5 |
| Now married,
except separated |
41,631 |
39.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
27,082 |
21.1 |
| Separated |
3,527 |
3.3 |
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Spanish |
36,269 |
28.3 |
| Widowed |
8,178 |
7.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
16,659 |
13.0 |
| Female |
6,662 |
6.3 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
14,757 |
11.5 |
| Divorced |
10,769 |
10.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
7,656 |
6.0 |
| Female |
6,384 |
6.0 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
3,552 |
2.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,258 |
1.8 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
139,529 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
4,485 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
133,180 |
95.4 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
1,757 |
39.2 |
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Arab |
588 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
375 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
142 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
100,132 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
428 |
0.3 |
| Civilian
veterans |
8,147 |
8.1 |
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English |
2,942 |
2.1 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
1,610 |
1.2 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
958 |
0.7 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
3,362 |
2.4 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
34,534 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
577 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
3,597 |
10.4 |
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Hungarian |
2,176 |
1.6 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
76,648 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
7,157 |
5.1 |
| With a
disability |
21,503 |
28.1 |
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Italian |
12,051 |
8.6 |
| Percent
employed |
54.7 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
265 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
55,145 |
71.9 |
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Norwegian |
131 |
0.1 |
| Percent
employed |
71.2 |
(X) |
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Polish |
3,858 |
2.8 |
| Population
65 years and over |
15,202 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
4,107 |
2.9 |
| With a
disability |
7,277 |
47.9 |
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Russian |
1,112 |
0.8 |
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Scotch-Irish |
372 |
0.3 |
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Scottish |
510 |
0.4 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
1,569 |
1.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
128,328 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
2,118 |
1.5 |
| Same house in
1995 |
64,404 |
50.2 |
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Swedish |
533 |
0.4 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
54,665 |
42.6 |
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Swiss |
79 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
44,211 |
34.5 |
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Ukrainian |
401 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
10,454 |
8.1 |
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United States
or American |
2,995 |
2.1 |
| Same state |
2,417 |
1.9 |
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Welsh |
189 |
0.1 |
| Different
state |
8,037 |
6.3 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
8,665 |
6.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
9,259 |
7.2 |
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Other
ancestries |
73,910 |
53.0 |
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| Date: December
29, 2004 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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