Oxford, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0552880, place: Oxford city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 200 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (4%)
Kindergarten: 24 (12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 106 (53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 39 (19.5%)
College or graduate school: 23 (11.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 444 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 37 (8.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 88 (19.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 199 (44.82%)
Some college, no degree: 74 (16.67%)
Associate degree: 10 (2.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (4.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (3.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 515 (100%)
Never married: 60 (11.65%)
Now married, except separated: 361 (70.1%)
Separated: 9 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 41 (7.96%)
Widowed Female: 38 (7.38%)
Total Divorced: 44 (8.54%)
Divorced Female: 20 (3.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 487 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 69 (14.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 194 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (13.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 349 (100%)
--With a disability: 108 (30.95%)
----Percent employed: 39.8%
--No disability: 241 (69.05%)
----Percent employed: 68%
Population 65 years and over: 112 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (58.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 655 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 344 (52.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 308 (47.02%)
--Same county: 155 (23.66%)
--Different county: 153 (23.36%)
----Same state: 64 (9.77%)
----Different state: 89 (13.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 685 (100%)
Native: 684 (99.85%)
--Born in United States: 684 (100%)
----State of residence: 388 (56.64%)
----Different state: 296 (43.21%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 1 (0.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 655 (100%)
English only: 646 (98.63%)
Language other than English: 9 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.92%)
--Spanish: 9 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 685 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 524% (76.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 27 (3.94%)
English: 42 (6.13%)
French (except Basque): 8 (1.17%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 86 (12.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 57 (8.32%)
Italian: 6 (0.88%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.15%)
Polish: 2 (0.29%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.88%)
Scottish: 5 (0.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 183 (26.72%)
Welsh: 1 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 99 (14.45%)

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