'''BANTAM'''
is a borough in
Litchfield County,
Connecticut,
United States. The population was 759 at the
2000 census.
While separated for census and historic reasons, Bantam is governed as an integral part of the town of
Litchfield. Bantam is the 2nd least populous
borough in Connecticut, only beaten by
Fenwick and is the 3rd least populous municipality in Connecticut only beaten by
Union and
Fenwick.
On July 10, 1989, many of the buildings in Bantam were heavily damaged by a tornado that ripped through Litchfield and New Haven Counties (the storm also causing considerable damage to parts of Thomaston, Waterbury, Hamden and North Haven.)
GEOGRAPHY
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of Interwiki: convert » 1.0|sqmi|1, all of it land.
DEMOGRAPHICS
As of the 2010 census Bantam had a population of 759. The racial composition of the population was 96.6% white, 1.2% black or African American, 0.3% from other races and 1.8% from two or more races. 3.3% of the population was Hisapnic or Latino of any race.
[2010 population by race and Hispanic or Latino by place chart for Connecticut from the US Census]
As of the
censusInterwiki: GR » 2 of 2000, there were 802 people, 364 households, and 202 families residing in the borough. The
population density was 793.4 people per square mile (306.6/km²). There were 376 housing units at an average density of 372.0/sq mi (143.7/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.01%
White, 0.37%
African American, 0.50%
Native American, 0.75%
Asian, 0.87% from
other races, and 1.50% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 2.00% of the population.
There were 364 households out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were
married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.5% were non-families. 40.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 25.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the borough the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 3.0% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 83.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $32,167, and the median income for a family was $50,938. Males had a median income of $42,000 versus $30,385 for females. The
per capita income for the borough was $18,442. About 3.1% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.
Common ancestries reported were: Irish (21.1%), Italian (14.5%), German (14.0%), English (13.1%), French Canadian (10.1%), French (9.7%).
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