Hamden Demographics
Hamden Demographics*
| Number of births/year |
> 629 |
| Number of children under 5 |
3038 |
| Number of children under 18 |
11833 |
| % children under 5 living in poverty |
7.2% |
| % children under 5 in single-parent homes |
14% |
| % first language not English |
13.6% |
| % unemployment |
3.6% |
| % cumulative dropout |
10.5% |
| % under high school |
11.5% |
| % high school or higher |
88.5% |
| % B.A. or higher |
36.5% |
| % late or no prenatal care 1999 |
9.1% |
| 1999 # of births to teens (15-19) |
23 |
| 1999 teen birth rate |
9.6 |
| 1999 % low birth weight |
8.9% |
| Infant Mortality Rate (1997, 1998, 1999 3yr. avg.) |
2.2% |
| # lead poisonings |
8 |
| Husky Total July 2003 |
2349 |
| # Substantiated abused children |
102 |
| Child abuse per 1000 |
86 |
| % Preschool attendance |
63.2% |
*Compiled by Connecticut Voices for Children
Sources include:
U. S. Census (2000)
Connecticut Policy and Economic Council
Connecticut State Department of Education (2001-2002)
Department of Public Health data (2001)
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