Blackwell, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4006600, place: Blackwell city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,833 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 90 (4.91%)
Kindergarten: 95 (5.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 952 (51.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 510 (27.82%)
College or graduate school: 186 (10.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,904 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 420 (8.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 867 (17.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,803 (36.77%)
Some college, no degree: 980 (19.98%)
Associate degree: 319 (6.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 347 (7.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 168 (3.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,990 (100%)
Never married: 1,120 (18.7%)
Now married, except separated: 3,535 (59.02%)
Separated: 90 (1.5%)
Total Widowed: 557 (9.3%)
Widowed Female: 453 (7.56%)
Total Divorced: 688 (11.49%)
Divorced Female: 368 (6.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 150 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 81 (54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,609 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 833 (14.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,812 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (8.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,855 (100%)
--With a disability: 908 (23.55%)
----Percent employed: 47.7%
--No disability: 2,947 (76.45%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,316 (100%)
--With a disability: 663 (50.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,096 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,983 (56.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,055 (43.05%)
--Same county: 1,988 (28.02%)
--Different county: 1,067 (15.04%)
----Same state: 486 (6.85%)
----Different state: 581 (8.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 58 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,660 (100%)
Native: 7,439 (97.11%)
--Born in United States: 7,404 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,401 (70.51%)
----Different state: 2,003 (26.15%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 221 (2.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 117 (1.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 62 (0.81%)
--Not a citizen: 159 (2.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 221 (100%)
Europe: 12 (5.43%)
Asia: 33 (14.93%)
Africa: 1 (0.45%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 175 (79.19%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,096 (100%)
English only: 6,690 (94.28%)
Language other than English: 406 (5.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 197 (2.78%)
--Spanish: 345 (4.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 176 (2.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 31 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,660 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,697% (87.43%)
Arab: 4 (0.05%)
Czech: 51 (0.67%)
Danish: 10 (0.13%)
Dutch: 288 (3.76%)
English: 823 (10.74%)
French (except Basque): 232 (3.03%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.26%)
German: 1,166 (15.22%)
Greek: 9 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 812 (10.6%)
Italian: 67 (0.87%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 27 (0.35%)
Polish: 47 (0.61%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.09%)
Russian: 9 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 131 (1.71%)
Scottish: 89 (1.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.07%)
Swedish: 48 (0.63%)
Swiss: 16 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,010 (13.19%)
Welsh: 30 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 1,785 (23.3%)

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