Oak Grove, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2953624, place: Oak Grove city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,524 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 120 (7.87%)
Kindergarten: 73 (4.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 798 (52.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 322 (21.13%)
College or graduate school: 211 (13.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,298 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 225 (6.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 394 (11.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,398 (42.39%)
Some college, no degree: 760 (23.04%)
Associate degree: 171 (5.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 275 (8.34%)
Graduate or professional degree: 75 (2.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,114 (100%)
Never married: 841 (20.44%)
Now married, except separated: 2,376 (57.75%)
Separated: 36 (0.88%)
Total Widowed: 265 (6.44%)
Widowed Female: 226 (5.49%)
Total Divorced: 596 (14.49%)
Divorced Female: 313 (7.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 104 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (67.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,847 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 477 (12.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,510 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (3.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,090 (100%)
--With a disability: 507 (16.41%)
----Percent employed: 55.8%
--No disability: 2,583 (83.59%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 446 (100%)
--With a disability: 200 (44.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,129 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,607 (50.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,449 (47.75%)
--Same county: 1,610 (31.39%)
--Different county: 839 (16.36%)
----Same state: 592 (11.54%)
----Different state: 247 (4.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 73 (1.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,622 (100%)
Native: 5,536 (98.47%)
--Born in United States: 5,531 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,057 (72.16%)
----Different state: 1,474 (26.22%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.09%)
Foreign born: 86 (1.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 65 (1.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.28%)
--Not a citizen: 70 (1.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 86 (100%)
Europe: 5 (5.81%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 65 (75.58%)
Northern America: 16 (18.6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,129 (100%)
English only: 5,001 (97.5%)
Language other than English: 128 (2.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 81 (1.58%)
--Spanish: 90 (1.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (1.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 38 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,622 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,610% (82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 67 (1.19%)
Danish: 40 (0.71%)
Dutch: 94 (1.67%)
English: 476 (8.47%)
French (except Basque): 179 (3.18%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.27%)
German: 1,027 (18.27%)
Greek: 50 (0.89%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 611 (10.87%)
Italian: 209 (3.72%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 58 (1.03%)
Polish: 52 (0.92%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 86 (1.53%)
Scottish: 161 (2.86%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 71 (1.26%)
Swiss: 13 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.12%)
United States or American: 659 (11.72%)
Welsh: 36 (0.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 691 (12.29%)

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