Chickasha, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4013950, place: Chickasha city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,278 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 388 (9.07%)
Kindergarten: 217 (5.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,729 (40.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 877 (20.5%)
College or graduate school: 1,067 (24.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,135 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 739 (7.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,561 (15.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,768 (37.18%)
Some college, no degree: 2,116 (20.88%)
Associate degree: 185 (1.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,105 (10.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 661 (6.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,660 (100%)
Never married: 3,047 (24.07%)
Now married, except separated: 6,519 (51.49%)
Separated: 254 (2.01%)
Total Widowed: 1,208 (9.54%)
Widowed Female: 1,021 (8.06%)
Total Divorced: 1,632 (12.89%)
Divorced Female: 1,047 (8.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 301 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 178 (59.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,974 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,497 (12.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,663 (100%)
--With a disability: 345 (9.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,345 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,230 (26.72%)
----Percent employed: 49.8%
--No disability: 6,115 (73.28%)
----Percent employed: 75.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,363 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,243 (52.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,812 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,346 (49.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,397 (49.94%)
--Same county: 4,502 (30.39%)
--Different county: 2,895 (19.54%)
----Same state: 2,001 (13.51%)
----Different state: 894 (6.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 69 (0.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,877 (100%)
Native: 15,703 (98.9%)
--Born in United States: 15,613 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,776 (74.17%)
----Different state: 3,837 (24.17%)
--Born outside United States: 90 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 174 (1.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 65 (0.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 91 (0.57%)
--Not a citizen: 83 (0.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 174 (100%)
Europe: 43 (24.71%)
Asia: 63 (36.21%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 60 (34.48%)
Northern America: 8 (4.6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,812 (100%)
English only: 14,253 (96.23%)
Language other than English: 559 (3.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 206 (1.39%)
--Spanish: 351 (2.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (0.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 119 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 41 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,877 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,142% (82.77%)
Arab: 16 (0.1%)
Czech: 47 (0.3%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 292 (1.84%)
English: 1,182 (7.44%)
French (except Basque): 229 (1.44%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.12%)
German: 1,559 (9.82%)
Greek: 18 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,461 (9.2%)
Italian: 307 (1.93%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 93 (0.59%)
Polish: 32 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.12%)
Russian: 19 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 216 (1.36%)
Scottish: 169 (1.06%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.06%)
Swedish: 119 (0.75%)
Swiss: 6 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.05%)
United States or American: 2,677 (16.86%)
Welsh: 108 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 67 (0.42%)
Other ancestries: 4,463 (28.11%)

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