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Ridgefield, Connecticut QuickFacts

	Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
Total population	7,212	281,421,906
State	Connecticut
City	ridgefield

Ridgefield, Connecticut Population

	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
Male	3,405	47.21%	49.06%
Female	3,807	52.79%	50.94%
Median age (years)	40.6		35.3

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	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
18 years and over	5,272	73.1%	74.31%
21 years and over	5,141	71.28%	69.97%
62 years and over	1,147	15.9%	14.66%
65 years and over	970	13.45%	12.43%

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	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
White	6,889	95.52%	75.14%
Black or African American	39	0.54%	12.32%
Asian	176	2.44%	3.64%
Some other race	46	0.64%	5.46%
Two or more races	62	0.86%	2.43%

Ridgefield, Connecticut Housing

	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
Total households	2,933		105,480,101
Family households (families)	1,995	68.02%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	938	31.98%	31.94%

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	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
Total housing units	3,070		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	145	4.72%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	2,933	95.54%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	2,160	70.36%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	773	25.18%	30.77%

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	Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	13	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	0	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	24	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	25	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	251	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	806	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	585	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	108	0.57%
Median (dollars)	429,500	119,600

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	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	491	16.74%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	829	28.26%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	557	18.99%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	444	15.14%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	253	8.63%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	344	11.73%	9.65%

Ridgefield, Connecticut Education

	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,946		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	204	10.48%	6.47%
Kindergarten	99	5.09%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	916	47.07%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	481	24.72%	21.38%
College or graduate school	246	12.64%	22.81%

Ridgefield, Connecticut Economy

	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
Population 16 years and over	5,481		217,168,077
In labor force	3,675	67.05%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	3,675	67.05%	63.39%
- - Employed	3,579	65.3%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	96	1.75%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	2.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	1,806	32.95%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,996	54.66%	51.66%
In labor force	1,694	30.91%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,694	30.91%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,660	30.29%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	624	11.38%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	280		12,787,501

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	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,966		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	161	5.43%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	122	4.11%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	189	6.37%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	252	8.5%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	295	9.95%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	400	13.49%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	254	8.56%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	467	15.75%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	304	10.25%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	522	17.6%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	81,179		41,994

	Ridgefield, Connecticut	%, Ridgefield, Connecticut	United States
With earnings	2,446	44.63%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	116,782		56,604
With Social Security income	661	12.06%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	13,155		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	48	0.88%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	12,044		6,320
With public assistance income	16	0.29%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,206		3,032
With retirement income	409	7.46%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	22,251		17,376

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