General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4010250, place: Burns Flat town, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 576 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (6.94%)
Kindergarten: 36 (6.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 300 (52.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 136 (23.61%)
College or graduate school: 64 (11.11%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,023 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 47 (4.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 104 (10.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 383 (37.44%)
Some college, no degree: 269 (26.3%)
Associate degree: 62 (6.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 109 (10.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 49 (4.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,284 (100%)
Never married: 240 (18.69%)
Now married, except separated: 829 (64.56%)
Separated: 35 (2.73%)
Total Widowed: 57 (4.44%)
Widowed Female: 55 (4.28%)
Total Divorced: 123 (9.58%)
Divorced Female: 78 (6.07%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 45 (59.21%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,185 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 178 (15.02%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 522 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (6.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 965 (100%)
--With a disability: 179 (18.55%)
----Percent employed: 46.9%
--No disability: 786 (81.45%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 144 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (40.28%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,633 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 743 (45.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 869 (53.21%)
--Same county: 249 (15.25%)
--Different county: 620 (37.97%)
----Same state: 389 (23.82%)
----Different state: 231 (14.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (1.29%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,787 (100%)
Native: 1,763 (98.66%)
--Born in United States: 1,742 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,085 (60.72%)
----Different state: 657 (36.77%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (1.18%)
Foreign born: 24 (1.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.9%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 24 (100%)
Europe: 8 (33.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (50%)
Northern America: 4 (16.67%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,633 (100%)
English only: 1,569 (96.08%)
Language other than English: 64 (3.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.1%)
--Spanish: 51 (3.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,787 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,439% (80.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.22%)
Dutch: 39 (2.18%)
English: 181 (10.13%)
French (except Basque): 46 (2.57%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.06%)
German: 242 (13.54%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 241 (13.49%)
Italian: 20 (1.12%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.5%)
Polish: 18 (1.01%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (1.4%)
Scottish: 19 (1.06%)
Slovak: 1 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.11%)
Swedish: 6 (0.34%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 178 (9.96%)
Welsh: 20 (1.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 382 (21.38%)
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