Osceola, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0552580, place: Osceola city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,483 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 190 (7.65%)
Kindergarten: 200 (8.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,207 (48.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 722 (29.08%)
College or graduate school: 164 (6.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,043 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 797 (15.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,075 (21.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,559 (30.91%)
Some college, no degree: 915 (18.14%)
Associate degree: 160 (3.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 422 (8.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 115 (2.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,505 (100%)
Never married: 1,901 (29.22%)
Now married, except separated: 3,006 (46.21%)
Separated: 384 (5.9%)
Total Widowed: 507 (7.79%)
Widowed Female: 428 (6.58%)
Total Divorced: 707 (10.87%)
Divorced Female: 460 (7.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 445 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 334 (75.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,990 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 543 (9.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,406 (100%)
--With a disability: 213 (8.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,488 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,383 (30.82%)
----Percent employed: 47.2%
--No disability: 3,105 (69.18%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 848 (100%)
--With a disability: 492 (58.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,028 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,112 (51.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,835 (47.77%)
--Same county: 3,007 (37.46%)
--Different county: 828 (10.31%)
----Same state: 294 (3.66%)
----Different state: 534 (6.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 81 (1.01%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,836 (100%)
Native: 8,817 (99.78%)
--Born in United States: 8,817 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,620 (74.92%)
----Different state: 2,197 (24.86%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 19 (0.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (0.22%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 19 (100%)
Europe: 19 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,028 (100%)
English only: 7,918 (98.63%)
Language other than English: 110 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.25%)
--Spanish: 66 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 44 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,836 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,920% (78.32%)
Arab: 17 (0.19%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 7 (0.08%)
Dutch: 51 (0.58%)
English: 314 (3.55%)
French (except Basque): 78 (0.88%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.2%)
German: 277 (3.13%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 365 (4.13%)
Italian: 44 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.12%)
Polish: 10 (0.11%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (0.52%)
Scottish: 31 (0.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 58 (0.66%)
Swedish: 9 (0.1%)
Swiss: 28 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,292 (14.62%)
Welsh: 23 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,236 (47.94%)

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