Table 6

         Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Elderly Disabled and Elderly Poor by Towns

                                                            Connecticut 2000

 

Grandparent

Household

Grandparent raising

Grandchildren

     65+

 Disabled

  % 65+

  Disabled

  65+ in

 Poverty

   % 65+ in

    Poverty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bridgeport

4,485

1,757

7,277

47.9%

2,001

13.2%

Darien

86

10

608

26.0

61

2.6

Easton

83

6

330

34.2

10

1.0

Fairfield

436

93

2,752

32.9

301

3.6

Greenwich

661

152

2,338

25.5

298

3.2

Monroe

282

41

713

36.0

109

5.5

New Canaan

135

31

655

26.1

55

2.2

Norwalk

1,896

578

3,511

34.6

639

6.3

Stamford

2,441

724

6,012

38.8

1,507

9.7

Stratford

1,055

318

3,646

39.2

544

5.8

Trumbull

478

127

1,735

32.0

196

3.6

Weston

33

0

174

18.3

14

1.5

Westport

211

30

831

22.2

77

2.1

Wilton

143

13

412

21.7

126

6.6