Oakley, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2051825, place: Oakley city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 549 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 39 (7.1%)
Kindergarten: 15 (2.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 264 (48.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 151 (27.5%)
College or graduate school: 80 (14.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,487 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 117 (7.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (5.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 567 (38.13%)
Some college, no degree: 371 (24.95%)
Associate degree: 74 (4.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 191 (12.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 84 (5.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,747 (100%)
Never married: 352 (20.15%)
Now married, except separated: 1,080 (61.82%)
Separated: 9 (0.52%)
Total Widowed: 180 (10.3%)
Widowed Female: 142 (8.13%)
Total Divorced: 126 (7.21%)
Divorced Female: 54 (3.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,633 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 270 (16.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 523 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (12.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,024 (100%)
--With a disability: 166 (16.21%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
--No disability: 858 (83.79%)
----Percent employed: 84.7%
Population 65 years and over: 456 (100%)
--With a disability: 139 (30.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,064 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,337 (64.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 709 (34.35%)
--Same county: 256 (12.4%)
--Different county: 453 (21.95%)
----Same state: 266 (12.89%)
----Different state: 187 (9.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 18 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,179 (100%)
Native: 2,165 (99.36%)
--Born in United States: 2,158 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,730 (79.39%)
----Different state: 428 (19.64%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 14 (0.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 3 (21.43%)
Asia: 11 (78.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,064 (100%)
English only: 2,030 (98.35%)
Language other than English: 34 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.92%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,179 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,162% (99.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 17 (0.78%)
Danish: 31 (1.42%)
Dutch: 24 (1.1%)
English: 176 (8.08%)
French (except Basque): 54 (2.48%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 939 (43.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 251 (11.52%)
Italian: 25 (1.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.55%)
Polish: 28 (1.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 31 (1.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (0.78%)
Scottish: 37 (1.7%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 78 (3.58%)
Swiss: 17 (0.78%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.14%)
United States or American: 231 (10.6%)
Welsh: 30 (1.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 161 (7.39%)

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