General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4013750, place: Cherokee city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 415 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (10.36%)
Kindergarten: 32 (7.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 177 (42.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 125 (30.12%)
College or graduate school: 38 (9.16%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,104 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 47 (4.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 113 (10.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 435 (39.4%)
Some college, no degree: 283 (25.63%)
Associate degree: 31 (2.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 143 (12.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 52 (4.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,305 (100%)
Never married: 222 (17.01%)
Now married, except separated: 789 (60.46%)
Separated: 13 (1%)
Total Widowed: 167 (12.8%)
Widowed Female: 136 (10.42%)
Total Divorced: 114 (8.74%)
Divorced Female: 72 (5.52%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (84.62%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,203 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 177 (14.71%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 358 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (3.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 800 (100%)
--With a disability: 142 (17.75%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
--No disability: 658 (82.25%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 341 (100%)
--With a disability: 144 (42.23%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,531 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 926 (60.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 601 (39.26%)
--Same county: 330 (21.55%)
--Different county: 271 (17.7%)
----Same state: 141 (9.21%)
----Different state: 130 (8.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.26%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,641 (100%)
Native: 1,635 (99.63%)
--Born in United States: 1,629 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,197 (72.94%)
----Different state: 432 (26.33%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.12%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.24%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 2 (33.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,531 (100%)
English only: 1,487 (97.13%)
Language other than English: 44 (2.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (1.31%)
--Spanish: 26 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,641 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,365% (83.18%)
Arab: 9 (0.55%)
Czech: 11 (0.67%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 27 (1.65%)
English: 113 (6.89%)
French (except Basque): 31 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.3%)
German: 279 (17%)
Greek: 2 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.24%)
Irish: 152 (9.26%)
Italian: 18 (1.1%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.85%)
Polish: 12 (0.73%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.12%)
Russian: 5 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (1.28%)
Scottish: 8 (0.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.12%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 6 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 470 (28.64%)
Welsh: 4 (0.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 165 (10.05%)
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