Stonington (borough), Connecticut
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Borough (Connecticut)
In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a borough is an incorporated section of a town. Borough governments are not autonomous and are subordinate to the government of the town to which they belong...
and the town center of the town
New England town
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of Stonington
Stonington, Connecticut
The Town of Stonington is located in New London County, Connecticut, in the state's southeastern corner. It includes the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, Wequetequock, the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic...
in New London County
New London County, Connecticut
New London County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of 2010 the population was 274,055. The total area of the county is , including inland and coastal waters....
, Connecticut
Connecticut
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, United States
United States
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. The population was 1,032 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
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Known as "The Borough" to locals, the densely-built Borough of Stonington occupies a point of land that projects into Little Narragansett Bay
Little Narragansett Bay
Little Narragansett Bay is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean and an estuary of the Pawcatuck River on the Rhode Island-Connecticut state line. It is sheltered by a curving peninsula, known as Napatree Point. At the base of Napatree Point is the site of the resort village of Watch Hill, Rhode Island....
. It has two main streets that link two squares: Cannon Square and Wadawanuck Square, named for the former Wadawanuck Hotel that brought wealthy visitors in the post-Civil War era. The lack of through traffic or modern industry, together with the Borough's role as a fashionable summer residence, have preserved its colonial, Federal, and outstanding Greek revival domestic architecture, while the activity of one of Connecticut's last remaining fishing
Fishing
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and lobstering
Lobster fishing
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fleets keep it from being simply a quaint, historic village. There is a large community of Portuguese
Portugal
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descent.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²), of which, 0.3 square miles (0.9 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km²) of it (50.72%) is water.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 1,032 people, 556 households, and 260 families residing in the borough. The population density
Population density
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was 3,071.2 people per square mile (1,171.9/km²). There were 723 housing units at an average density of 2,151.6/sq mi (821.0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.90% White, 0.58% Black or African American
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.29% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races
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, and 1.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.97% of the population.
There were 556 households out of which 13.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.1% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 53.1% were non-families. 46.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.82 and the average family size was 2.54.
In the borough the population was spread out with 12.8% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 33.1% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $53,000, and the median income for a family was $78,324. Males had a median income of $43,472 versus $34,375 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the borough was $45,444. About 3.3% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.