Windham County (Connecticut)
Windham County is a county located in the state of Connecticut with a population of 109 091. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Windham.
Geography
The county has an area of 1351 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Worcester County ( Massachusetts), Providence County and Kent County (Rhode Iceland ), and New London County and Tolland County.
History
Windham County was formed in 1726 from parts of Hartford County and New London County.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 109 091 people in the county. There were 41,142 households, and 28,223 families. The population density was 82 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 91.27 percent White, 1.87 percent African American, 0.48 percent Native American, 0.83 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.59 percent from other races groups; 7.09 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 41,142 households out of which 33.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.3 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers. 31.4 percent were non-families. 24.3 percent of all households and 9.6 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.04.
Based on the county the population was spread from 25.1 percent population under 18 years, 9.6 percent between 18 and 24 years, 30.3 percent between 25 and 44 years, 22.7 percent between 45 and 64 years and 12.3 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males.
The median income for a household was $ 45,115, and the median income for a family was $ 52,490. Males have a median income of $ 38,319, women $ 26,745. The per capita income was $ 20,443. 8.5 percent of the population and 5.7 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 10.3 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 7.1 percent of the population aged 65 and over.
Places in Windham County
- Abington
- Almyville
- Ashford
- Attawaugan
- Ballouville
- Bedlam Corner
- Brooklyn
- Canterbury
- Central Village
- Chaplin
- Clarks Corner
- Danielson
- Dayville
- East Brooklyn
- East Killingly
- East Putnam
- East Thompson
- East Woodstock
- Eastford
- Ekonk
- Elliotts
- Elmville
- Fabyan
- Grosvenor Dale
- Hampton
- Harrisville
- Kenyon Ville
- Killingly
- Killingly Center
- Mechanicsville
- Moosup
- Mount Hope
- North Ashford
- North Grosvenor Dale
- North Windham
- North Woodstock
- Oneco
- Phoenixville
- Pineville
- Plainfield
- Pomfret
- Pomfret Center
- Pomfret Landing
- Putnam
- Putnam Heights
- Quad Dick
- Quebec
- Quinebaug
- Rawson
- Rogers
- Roseland Park
- Scotland
- Sherman Corner
- South Chaplin
- South Killingly
- South Windham
- South Woodstock
- Sterling
- Stetson Corner
- Thompson
- Warrenville
- Wauregan
- West Ashford
- West Thompson
- West Wauregan
- West Woodstock
- Westford
- Westminster
- Willimantic
- Wilsonville
- Windham
- Woodstock
- Woodstock Valley