Cushing, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4018850, place: Cushing city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,965 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 178 (9.06%)
Kindergarten: 56 (2.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 926 (47.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 527 (26.82%)
College or graduate school: 278 (14.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,457 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 440 (8.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 955 (17.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,999 (36.63%)
Some college, no degree: 1,081 (19.81%)
Associate degree: 205 (3.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 501 (9.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 276 (5.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,803 (100%)
Never married: 1,593 (23.42%)
Now married, except separated: 3,539 (52.02%)
Separated: 220 (3.23%)
Total Widowed: 567 (8.33%)
Widowed Female: 448 (6.59%)
Total Divorced: 884 (12.99%)
Divorced Female: 438 (6.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 144 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 89 (61.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,412 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,037 (16.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,778 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (6.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,715 (100%)
--With a disability: 788 (21.21%)
----Percent employed: 47.2%
--No disability: 2,927 (78.79%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,296 (100%)
--With a disability: 650 (50.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,837 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,053 (51.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,727 (47.56%)
--Same county: 1,647 (21.02%)
--Different county: 2,080 (26.54%)
----Same state: 1,373 (17.52%)
----Different state: 707 (9.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 57 (0.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,344 (100%)
Native: 8,206 (98.35%)
--Born in United States: 8,138 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,465 (65.5%)
----Different state: 2,673 (32.03%)
--Born outside United States: 68 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 138 (1.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 63 (0.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 105 (1.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 138 (100%)
Europe: 18 (13.04%)
Asia: 13 (9.42%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 97 (70.29%)
Northern America: 10 (7.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,837 (100%)
English only: 7,525 (96.02%)
Language other than English: 312 (3.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 120 (1.53%)
--Spanish: 201 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (1.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 56 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,344 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,055% (84.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 189 (2.27%)
English: 747 (8.95%)
French (except Basque): 204 (2.44%)
French Canadian: 35 (0.42%)
German: 896 (10.74%)
Greek: 18 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 751 (9%)
Italian: 101 (1.21%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.38%)
Polish: 27 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.07%)
Russian: 2 (0.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 128 (1.53%)
Scottish: 113 (1.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 40 (0.48%)
Swedish: 50 (0.6%)
Swiss: 8 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,452 (17.4%)
Welsh: 32 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.24%)
Other ancestries: 2,194 (26.29%)

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