General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4005650, place: Bessie town, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 39 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (5.13%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 15 (38.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 22 (56.41%)
College or graduate school: 0 (0%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 149 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16 (10.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 29 (19.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 68 (45.64%)
Some college, no degree: 23 (15.44%)
Associate degree: 3 (2.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 8 (5.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (1.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 170 (100%)
Never married: 27 (15.88%)
Now married, except separated: 95 (55.88%)
Separated: 3 (1.76%)
Total Widowed: 27 (15.88%)
Widowed Female: 24 (14.12%)
Total Divorced: 18 (10.59%)
Divorced Female: 3 (1.76%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 155 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 27 (17.42%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 39 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (15.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 103 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (34.95%)
----Percent employed: 58.3%
--No disability: 67 (65.05%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 48 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (54.17%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 190 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 141 (74.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 49 (25.79%)
--Same county: 20 (10.53%)
--Different county: 29 (15.26%)
----Same state: 17 (8.95%)
----Different state: 12 (6.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 198 (100%)
Native: 194 (97.98%)
--Born in United States: 194 (100%)
----State of residence: 145 (73.23%)
----Different state: 49 (24.75%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 4 (2.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (2.02%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 3 (75%)
Asia: 1 (25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 190 (100%)
English only: 187 (98.42%)
Language other than English: 3 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (1.05%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (1.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 198 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 159% (80.3%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (1.52%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (1.52%)
English: 23 (11.62%)
French (except Basque): 2 (1.01%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 57 (28.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 15 (7.58%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (2.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (3.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (1.01%)
Scottish: 5 (2.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 8 (4.04%)
Welsh: 2 (1.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 29 (14.65%)
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