General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4001800, place: Alva city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,686 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 136 (8.07%)
Kindergarten: 50 (2.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 456 (27.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 218 (12.93%)
College or graduate school: 826 (48.99%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 3,184 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 213 (6.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 322 (10.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 945 (29.68%)
Some college, no degree: 786 (24.69%)
Associate degree: 56 (1.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 612 (19.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 250 (7.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 4,422 (100%)
Never married: 1,292 (29.22%)
Now married, except separated: 2,192 (49.57%)
Separated: 56 (1.27%)
Total Widowed: 482 (10.9%)
Widowed Female: 363 (8.21%)
Total Divorced: 400 (9.05%)
Divorced Female: 248 (5.61%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (78.95%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 4,243 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 483 (11.38%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,121 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (6.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,676 (100%)
--With a disability: 419 (15.66%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
--No disability: 2,257 (84.34%)
----Percent employed: 81.3%
Population 65 years and over: 856 (100%)
--With a disability: 386 (45.09%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 4,924 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,312 (46.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,595 (52.7%)
--Same county: 1,128 (22.91%)
--Different county: 1,467 (29.79%)
----Same state: 1,001 (20.33%)
----Different state: 466 (9.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.35%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 5,223 (100%)
Native: 5,175 (99.08%)
--Born in United States: 5,165 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,510 (67.2%)
----Different state: 1,655 (31.69%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 48 (0.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 31 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (0.33%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 48 (100%)
Europe: 9 (18.75%)
Asia: 11 (22.92%)
Africa: 10 (20.83%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (37.5%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 4,924 (100%)
English only: 4,800 (97.48%)
Language other than English: 124 (2.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.55%)
--Spanish: 81 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 5,223 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,537% (86.87%)
Arab: 7 (0.13%)
Czech: 44 (0.84%)
Danish: 30 (0.57%)
Dutch: 77 (1.47%)
English: 563 (10.78%)
French (except Basque): 85 (1.63%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,404 (26.88%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.17%)
Irish: 568 (10.87%)
Italian: 126 (2.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.19%)
Polish: 6 (0.11%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 110 (2.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 215 (4.12%)
Scottish: 70 (1.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.19%)
Swedish: 65 (1.24%)
Swiss: 39 (0.75%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 526 (10.07%)
Welsh: 63 (1.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 510 (9.76%)
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