General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1855800, place: Oaktown town, Indiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 120 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (2.5%)
Kindergarten: 5 (4.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 65 (54.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 23 (19.17%)
College or graduate school: 24 (20%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 438 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (6.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 69 (15.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 192 (43.84%)
Some college, no degree: 88 (20.09%)
Associate degree: 32 (7.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 15 (3.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (2.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 526 (100%)
Never married: 123 (23.38%)
Now married, except separated: 288 (54.75%)
Separated: 3 (0.57%)
Total Widowed: 47 (8.94%)
Widowed Female: 31 (5.89%)
Total Divorced: 65 (12.36%)
Divorced Female: 41 (7.79%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (85.71%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 499 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 85 (17.03%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 126 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (11.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 349 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (19.48%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
--No disability: 281 (80.52%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 88 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (48.86%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 603 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 303 (50.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 290 (48.09%)
--Same county: 152 (25.21%)
--Different county: 138 (22.89%)
----Same state: 80 (13.27%)
----Different state: 58 (9.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (1.66%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 640 (100%)
Native: 620 (96.88%)
--Born in United States: 620 (100%)
----State of residence: 494 (77.19%)
----Different state: 126 (19.69%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 20 (3.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (1.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (1.25%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (1.88%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 6 (30%)
Asia: 2 (10%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (60%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 603 (100%)
English only: 585 (97.01%)
Language other than English: 18 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 12 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (1%)
----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: 640 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 427% (66.72%)
Arab: 1 (0.16%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.47%)
English: 53 (8.28%)
French (except Basque): 14 (2.19%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 101 (15.78%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.63%)
Irish: 30 (4.69%)
Italian: 7 (1.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.94%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.94%)
Scottish: 2 (0.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.16%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 102 (15.94%)
Welsh: 2 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 95 (14.84%)
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