Litchfield County, CT Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Connecticut



Litchfield County, Connecticut

People QuickFactsLitchfield CountyConnecticut
Population, 2005 estimate 190,0713,510,297
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.3%3.1%
Population, 2000 182,1933,405,565
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.0%6.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 22.5%23.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 14.4%13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2005 51.1%51.4%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)96.0%84.9%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.4%10.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.4%3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.9%1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)3.2%10.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 93.2%75.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 63.7%58.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.4%10.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 8.2%18.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.9%84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 27.5%31.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 27,596546,813
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 26.224.4
Housing units, 2005 82,3751,423,343
Homeownership rate, 2000 75.2%66.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 22.8%35.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $156,600$166,900
Households, 2000 71,5511,301,670
Persons per household, 2000 2.512.53
Median household income, 2003 $57,691$56,409
Per capita money income, 1999 $28,408$28,766
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 5.5%8.0%
Business QuickFactsLitchfield CountyConnecticut
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 5,21293,0111
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 56,4001,537,4611
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -4.3%-0.6%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 16,941245,915
Total number of firms, 2002 20,313301,571
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA3.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.0%2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.0%3.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 28.3%27.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 2,712,12645,053,345
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D86,932,049
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,090,27641,952,682
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,213$12,129
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 187,0496,681,803
Building permits, 2005 67811,885
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 864,93130,303,9841
Geography QuickFactsLitchfield CountyConnecticut
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 9194,844
Persons per square mile, 2000 198.0702.9
FIPS Code 00509
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Torrington, CT Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:03:56 EST
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