Canton, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4011600, place: Canton town, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 145 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (8.28%)
Kindergarten: 7 (4.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 54 (37.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (42.07%)
College or graduate school: 11 (7.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 411 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 22 (5.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 58 (14.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 189 (45.99%)
Some college, no degree: 89 (21.65%)
Associate degree: 4 (0.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 31 (7.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (4.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 499 (100%)
Never married: 107 (21.44%)
Now married, except separated: 262 (52.51%)
Separated: 10 (2%)
Total Widowed: 79 (15.83%)
Widowed Female: 73 (14.63%)
Total Divorced: 41 (8.22%)
Divorced Female: 21 (4.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (55.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 459 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 57 (12.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 138 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (10.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 300 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (33.67%)
----Percent employed: 68.3%
--No disability: 199 (66.33%)
----Percent employed: 72.4%
Population 65 years and over: 128 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (54.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 566 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 355 (62.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 211 (37.28%)
--Same county: 124 (21.91%)
--Different county: 87 (15.37%)
----Same state: 59 (10.42%)
----Different state: 28 (4.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 602 (100%)
Native: 593 (98.5%)
--Born in United States: 593 (100%)
----State of residence: 484 (80.4%)
----Different state: 109 (18.11%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 9 (1.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.83%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 566 (100%)
English only: 530 (93.64%)
Language other than English: 36 (6.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.77%)
--Spanish: 28 (4.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 602 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 543% (90.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (1.83%)
English: 36 (5.98%)
French (except Basque): 13 (2.16%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 145 (24.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.17%)
Irish: 80 (13.29%)
Italian: 4 (0.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (1.83%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (1.99%)
Scottish: 4 (0.66%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (1.16%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 59 (9.8%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.5%)
Other ancestries: 157 (26.08%)

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