Dewey, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4020550, place: Dewey city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 663 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (8.14%)
Kindergarten: 17 (2.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 329 (49.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 197 (29.71%)
College or graduate school: 66 (9.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,098 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 79 (3.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 354 (16.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 961 (45.81%)
Some college, no degree: 410 (19.54%)
Associate degree: 93 (4.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 150 (7.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 51 (2.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,467 (100%)
Never married: 444 (18%)
Now married, except separated: 1,417 (57.44%)
Separated: 66 (2.68%)
Total Widowed: 236 (9.57%)
Widowed Female: 211 (8.55%)
Total Divorced: 304 (12.32%)
Divorced Female: 191 (7.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 51 (89.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,335 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 410 (17.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 660 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (11.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,583 (100%)
--With a disability: 332 (20.97%)
----Percent employed: 56.6%
--No disability: 1,251 (79.03%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 539 (100%)
--With a disability: 299 (55.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,888 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,502 (52.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,339 (46.36%)
--Same county: 879 (30.44%)
--Different county: 460 (15.93%)
----Same state: 177 (6.13%)
----Different state: 283 (9.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 47 (1.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,077 (100%)
Native: 2,986 (97.04%)
--Born in United States: 2,974 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,962 (63.76%)
----Different state: 1,012 (32.89%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.39%)
Foreign born: 91 (2.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 46 (1.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (1.04%)
--Not a citizen: 59 (1.92%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 91 (100%)
Europe: 5 (5.49%)
Asia: 17 (18.68%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 69 (75.82%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,888 (100%)
English only: 2,726 (94.39%)
Language other than English: 162 (5.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (2.67%)
--Spanish: 78 (2.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (1.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 56 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,077 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,429% (78.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.1%)
Danish: 16 (0.52%)
Dutch: 83 (2.7%)
English: 187 (6.08%)
French (except Basque): 59 (1.92%)
French Canadian: 47 (1.53%)
German: 294 (9.55%)
Greek: 20 (0.65%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 282 (9.16%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 34 (1.1%)
Polish: 20 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.16%)
Russian: 4 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (0.91%)
Scottish: 11 (0.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (0.88%)
Swiss: 3 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 510 (16.57%)
Welsh: 15 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (1.17%)
Other ancestries: 745 (24.21%)

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