General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4009050, place: Broken Arrow city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 23,684 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,071 (8.74%)
Kindergarten: 1,309 (5.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 10,719 (45.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,284 (22.31%)
College or graduate school: 4,301 (18.16%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 45,896 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 798 (1.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,010 (6.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,127 (24.24%)
Some college, no degree: 12,437 (27.1%)
Associate degree: 4,330 (9.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 10,434 (22.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,760 (8.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 55,787 (100%)
Never married: 10,739 (19.25%)
Now married, except separated: 37,664 (67.51%)
Separated: 665 (1.19%)
Total Widowed: 2,035 (3.65%)
Widowed Female: 1,699 (3.05%)
Total Divorced: 4,684 (8.4%)
Divorced Female: 2,912 (5.22%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,083 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 554 (51.15%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 51,756 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,132 (13.78%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 19,967 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,490 (7.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 43,318 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,925 (13.68%)
----Percent employed: 67.8%
--No disability: 37,393 (86.32%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 5,141 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,041 (39.7%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 68,954 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 33,566 (48.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 34,315 (49.77%)
--Same county: 17,463 (25.33%)
--Different county: 16,852 (24.44%)
----Same state: 6,600 (9.57%)
----Different state: 10,252 (14.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,073 (1.56%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 74,956 (100%)
Native: 71,857 (95.87%)
--Born in United States: 70,967 (100%)
----State of residence: 38,085 (50.81%)
----Different state: 32,882 (43.87%)
--Born outside United States: 890 (1.19%)
Foreign born: 3,099 (4.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,440 (1.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,311 (1.75%)
--Not a citizen: 1,788 (2.39%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 3,099 (100%)
Europe: 723 (23.33%)
Asia: 1,083 (34.95%)
Africa: 215 (6.94%)
Oceania: 15 (0.48%)
Latin America: 796 (25.69%)
Northern America: 267 (8.62%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 68,954 (100%)
English only: 64,529 (93.58%)
Language other than English: 4,425 (6.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,458 (2.11%)
--Spanish: 1,976 (2.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 692 (1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,338 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 338 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 798 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 368 (0.53%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 74,956 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 72,464% (96.68%)
Arab: 243 (0.32%)
Czech: 322 (0.43%)
Danish: 195 (0.26%)
Dutch: 1,864 (2.49%)
English: 8,671 (11.57%)
French (except Basque): 2,021 (2.7%)
French Canadian: 291 (0.39%)
German: 13,719 (18.3%)
Greek: 169 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 270 (0.36%)
Irish: 9,262 (12.36%)
Italian: 1,813 (2.42%)
Lithuanian: 90 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 1,225 (1.63%)
Polish: 1,193 (1.59%)
Portuguese: 104 (0.14%)
Russian: 271 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,779 (2.37%)
Scottish: 1,426 (1.9%)
Slovak: 34 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 298 (0.4%)
Swedish: 859 (1.15%)
Swiss: 207 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 80 (0.11%)
United States or American: 7,742 (10.33%)
Welsh: 469 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 375 (0.5%)
Other ancestries: 17,472 (23.31%)
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