TABLE P23


2000 POPULATION BY PERCENT ANCESTRY
Ancestry Region Bethel Bridge-
water		 Brook-
field		 Danb. New
Fairf.		 New
Mil.		 Newt. Redd. Ridge-
field		 Sher-
man		 State USA
Total Reported* 127.1 123.8 128.3 132.8 113.2 135.1 126.9 132.3 127.7 126.3 124.5 117.6 102.1
Irish 22.9 21.5 23.5 24.3 15.3 31.9 23.0 23.4 18.1 24.7 23.6 16.6 10.9
Italian 20.3 20.8 15.4 25.7 15.9 25.9 18.7 20.8 19.4 21.9 18.2 18.6 5.6
German 17.2 14.4 17.1 17.5 10.7 21.2 17.9 18.2 15.8 17.9 21.0 9.9 15.2
Other Ancestries 15.0 15.7 10.0 14.4 33.4 11.8 12.9 13.1 14.1 13.8 10.3 22.8 32.6
English 13.6 10.5 22.3 13.4 6.6 10.3 15.1 14.5 18.1 13.5 11.2 10.3 8.7
Polish 6.0 8.2 3.5 7.2 4.2 6.9 7.3 7.0 5.6 5.2 4.8 8.3 3.2
U. S. or American 4.4 5.9 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.4 6.1 4.1 3.4 3.9 5.3 3.2 7.3
French (Except Basque) 3.4 3.4 3.9 3.8 2.4 3.2 3.9 3.8 3.4 2.7 3.5 6.3 3.0
Scottish 2.7 2.4 3.1 2.1 1.2 1.1 2.1 3.4 4.3 3.0 4.4 2.0 1.7
Swedish 2.6 2.6 4.4 1.6 1.3 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.2 4.3 1.9 1.4
Russian 2.4 2.4 1.3 2.9 1.2 2.1 2.0 2.6 3.7 3.9 1.9 2.0 0.9
Hungarian 2.0 1.7 2.7 1.5 1.2 1.9 1.9 3.4 3.2 1.4 1.1 1.2 0.5
Scotch-Irish 1.8 1.9 3.3 1.6 0.9 1.0 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.2 1.5
French Canadian 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.2 2.9 1.9 1.8 1.2 1.3 3.2 0.9
Dutch 1.4 0.9 2.6 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.8 0.8 1.6
Portuguese 1.4 1.5 0.8 1.9 5.4 1.3 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.5 1.3 0.4
Czech 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.6 0.9 2.5 0.6 0.6
Norwegian 1.2 1.3 1.6 0.9 0.5 1.7 1.0 0.6 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.6 1.6
Greek 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.4
Welsh 0.9 0.2 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.6
Slovak 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.3 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.5 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.3
Danish 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.5
Lithuanian 0.7 1.1 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.2
Ukrainian 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.3
Arab 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 1.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.4
Swiss 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3
West Indian (Incl. Hisp.) 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.6 0.7
Subsaharan African 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.6

Source: Census data summarized by HVCEO. *Totals are higher than 100% to reflect the fact that some persons have legitimately reported more than one ancestry. In addition, totals may not add due to rounding.