Choctaw, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4014200, place: Choctaw city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,572 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 148 (5.75%)
Kindergarten: 79 (3.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,185 (46.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 604 (23.48%)
College or graduate school: 556 (21.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,328 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 256 (4.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 707 (11.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,817 (28.71%)
Some college, no degree: 1,934 (30.56%)
Associate degree: 411 (6.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 821 (12.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 382 (6.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,473 (100%)
Never married: 1,382 (18.49%)
Now married, except separated: 4,899 (65.56%)
Separated: 90 (1.2%)
Total Widowed: 414 (5.54%)
Widowed Female: 355 (4.75%)
Total Divorced: 688 (9.21%)
Divorced Female: 413 (5.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 194 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 113 (58.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,906 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,299 (18.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,162 (100%)
--With a disability: 217 (10.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,517 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,144 (20.74%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 4,373 (79.26%)
----Percent employed: 82.3%
Population 65 years and over: 967 (100%)
--With a disability: 539 (55.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,835 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,477 (61.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,310 (37.46%)
--Same county: 2,096 (23.72%)
--Different county: 1,214 (13.74%)
----Same state: 550 (6.23%)
----Different state: 664 (7.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 48 (0.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,378 (100%)
Native: 9,282 (98.98%)
--Born in United States: 9,220 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,290 (67.07%)
----Different state: 2,930 (31.24%)
--Born outside United States: 62 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 96 (1.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 60 (0.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 40 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 56 (0.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 96 (100%)
Europe: 33 (34.38%)
Asia: 17 (17.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (7.29%)
Latin America: 17 (17.71%)
Northern America: 22 (22.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,835 (100%)
English only: 8,507 (96.29%)
Language other than English: 328 (3.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (0.96%)
--Spanish: 157 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 140 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 25 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,378 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,080% (86.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 78 (0.83%)
Danish: 19 (0.2%)
Dutch: 158 (1.68%)
English: 861 (9.18%)
French (except Basque): 222 (2.37%)
French Canadian: 49 (0.52%)
German: 1,447 (15.43%)
Greek: 39 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.14%)
Irish: 1,084 (11.56%)
Italian: 172 (1.83%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 53 (0.57%)
Polish: 103 (1.1%)
Portuguese: 36 (0.38%)
Russian: 17 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 203 (2.16%)
Scottish: 131 (1.4%)
Slovak: 7 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 82 (0.87%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.42%)
United States or American: 1,331 (14.19%)
Welsh: 52 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 33 (0.35%)
Other ancestries: 1,851 (19.74%)

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