General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4023500, place: Elk City city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,689 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 212 (7.88%)
Kindergarten: 272 (10.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,225 (45.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 701 (26.07%)
College or graduate school: 279 (10.38%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 6,749 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 524 (7.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,073 (15.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,319 (34.36%)
Some college, no degree: 1,355 (20.08%)
Associate degree: 186 (2.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 762 (11.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 530 (7.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 8,224 (100%)
Never married: 1,673 (20.34%)
Now married, except separated: 4,745 (57.7%)
Separated: 121 (1.47%)
Total Widowed: 642 (7.81%)
Widowed Female: 536 (6.52%)
Total Divorced: 1,043 (12.68%)
Divorced Female: 574 (6.98%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 179 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 100 (55.87%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 7,710 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 990 (12.84%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 2,429 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (6.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,659 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,463 (25.85%)
----Percent employed: 59.9%
--No disability: 4,196 (74.15%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,492 (100%)
--With a disability: 587 (39.34%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 9,808 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,864 (49.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,866 (49.61%)
--Same county: 2,797 (28.52%)
--Different county: 2,069 (21.1%)
----Same state: 1,322 (13.48%)
----Different state: 747 (7.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 78 (0.8%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 10,595 (100%)
Native: 10,369 (97.87%)
--Born in United States: 10,342 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,283 (68.74%)
----Different state: 3,059 (28.87%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 226 (2.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 116 (1.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (0.37%)
--Not a citizen: 187 (1.76%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 226 (100%)
Europe: 46 (20.35%)
Asia: 30 (13.27%)
Africa: 11 (4.87%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 139 (61.5%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 9,808 (100%)
English only: 9,120 (92.99%)
Language other than English: 688 (7.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (1.5%)
--Spanish: 511 (5.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 118 (1.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 115 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.15%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 10,595 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,848% (83.51%)
Arab: 77 (0.73%)
Czech: 30 (0.28%)
Danish: 29 (0.27%)
Dutch: 228 (2.15%)
English: 998 (9.42%)
French (except Basque): 341 (3.22%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.18%)
German: 1,679 (15.85%)
Greek: 3 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.08%)
Irish: 1,263 (11.92%)
Italian: 79 (0.75%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.16%)
Polish: 65 (0.61%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.09%)
Russian: 18 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 157 (1.48%)
Scottish: 92 (0.87%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 32 (0.3%)
Swedish: 63 (0.59%)
Swiss: 14 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,495 (14.11%)
Welsh: 14 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 29 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 2,088 (19.71%)
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