Ardmore, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4002600, place: Ardmore city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,472 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 396 (7.24%)
Kindergarten: 414 (7.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,621 (47.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,359 (24.84%)
College or graduate school: 682 (12.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,793 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,016 (6.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,568 (16.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,176 (32.77%)
Some college, no degree: 3,558 (22.53%)
Associate degree: 596 (3.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,912 (12.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 967 (6.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,629 (100%)
Never married: 3,382 (18.15%)
Now married, except separated: 10,437 (56.03%)
Separated: 428 (2.3%)
Total Widowed: 1,778 (9.54%)
Widowed Female: 1,519 (8.15%)
Total Divorced: 2,604 (13.98%)
Divorced Female: 1,561 (8.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 524 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 267 (50.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,602 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,828 (16.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,938 (100%)
--With a disability: 568 (11.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,179 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,178 (26.09%)
----Percent employed: 51.4%
--No disability: 9,001 (73.91%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,894 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,701 (43.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,900 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,419 (52.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,310 (47.08%)
--Same county: 6,375 (29.11%)
--Different county: 3,935 (17.97%)
----Same state: 2,096 (9.57%)
----Different state: 1,839 (8.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 171 (0.78%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,515 (100%)
Native: 23,057 (98.05%)
--Born in United States: 22,921 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,961 (67.88%)
----Different state: 6,960 (29.6%)
--Born outside United States: 136 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 458 (1.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 254 (1.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 213 (0.91%)
--Not a citizen: 245 (1.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 458 (100%)
Europe: 100 (21.83%)
Asia: 90 (19.65%)
Africa: 26 (5.68%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 215 (46.94%)
Northern America: 27 (5.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,900 (100%)
English only: 20,745 (94.73%)
Language other than English: 1,155 (5.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 432 (1.97%)
--Spanish: 671 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 282 (1.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 221 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 20 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,515 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,008% (80.83%)
Arab: 33 (0.14%)
Czech: 37 (0.16%)
Danish: 68 (0.29%)
Dutch: 437 (1.86%)
English: 2,168 (9.22%)
French (except Basque): 446 (1.9%)
French Canadian: 79 (0.34%)
German: 1,996 (8.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.03%)
Irish: 2,264 (9.63%)
Italian: 256 (1.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 118 (0.5%)
Polish: 76 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.06%)
Russian: 18 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 349 (1.48%)
Scottish: 269 (1.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 94 (0.4%)
Swedish: 88 (0.37%)
Swiss: 61 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,547 (10.83%)
Welsh: 61 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 233 (0.99%)
Other ancestries: 7,288 (30.99%)

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