Shelton, Connecticut


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Shelton
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Population 2002:38,845
Population 2000:38,101
Population growth:+744 (+1.95%)
Elevation:130 feet
Land area:30.6 square miles
Foreign born:9.5% (5.5% Europe, 2.0% Asia, 1.5% Latin America)
County:Fairfield
Industries:Educational,health and social services (20.4%), Manufacturing (18.4%), Retail trade (12.6%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (10.7%).
Races
White Non-Hispanic:92.1%
Hispanic:3.5%
Two or more races:1.3%
Black:1.1%
Other race:0.9%
Asian Indian:0.8%
Marital Status
Now married:61.3%
Never married:22.9%
Widowed:8.4%
Divorced:7.0%
Separated:0.5%
Median
House value:$217,300
Household income:$67,292
Resident age:39.8 years
Shelton Compared to Connecticut State Average
House age:above
Median house value:above
Number of rooms per house:above
Hispanic race population percentage:much below
Length of stay since moving in:above
Black race population percentage:much below
Unemployed percentage:below
Foreign-born population percentage:below
Renting percentage:below
Median household income:above
Education
High school or higher:87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher:29.9%
Graduate or professional degree:11.4%
Unemployed:3.2%
Crime Statistics
2002 larceny counts:241 (622.5 per 100,000)
2002 burglaries:111 (286.7 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:74.3 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 auto thefts:65 (167.9 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:8 (20.7 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:7 (18.1 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:5 (12.9 per 100,000)
2002 murders:none
Ancestries
Italian:28.4%
Irish:17.7%
Polish:13.7%
German:11.2%
English:11.1%
Slovak:4.2%
 

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Shelton, Connecticut ZIP Codes: 06484