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General Demographics

Homeless Demographics

Indicators Connecticut Bridgeport Hartford New Haven  Populations Total population 3,502,309[1] 130,973[2] 117,249[3] 123,475[4] Families 419,896[5] 14,772[6] 13,857[7] 13,127[8] Children 1,041,668[9] 41,767[10] 36,323[11] 28,768[12]  Households Average family size 3.14[13] 3.50[14] 3.34[15] 3.04[16]  Family Composition One parent (female) 22.40%[17] 46.95%[18] 65.95%[19] 46.00%[20] One parent (male) 5.76%[21] 7.60%[22] 7.35%[23] 4.98%[24] Two-parent 71.84%[25] 45.45%[26] 26.70%[27] 49.01%[28]  Income Median family income $81,421[29] $47,830[30] $29,329[31] $48,312[32] Mean family income $110,072[33] $57,929[34] $47,159[35] $62,954[36] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $1,098[37] $1,171[38] $985[39] $1,142[40] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $43,911[41] $46,840[42] $39,400[43] $45,680[44]  Employment Unemployed 6.03%[45] 9.10%[46] 13.73%[47] 8.82%[48]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 9.17%[49] 22.51%[50] 38.58%[51] 22.39%[52] Children under 5 12.61%[53] 28.47%[54] 53.90%[55] 27.25%[56] Children 5-17 9.96%[57] 28.41%[58] 43.83%[59] 28.45%[60]  Education No high school diploma 11.97%[61] 26.97%[62] 32.41%[63] 18.08%[64] High school and above 88.03%[65] 73.03%[66] 67.59%[67] 81.92%[68] Bachelor’s degree and above 34.66%[69] 13.77%[70] 12.95%[71] 29.91%[72] High school dropout rate 2.00%[73] n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 6.81%[74] n/a n/a n/a Birth rate ranking 6[75]