General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4027200, place: Fort Gibson town, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,234 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (4.54%)
Kindergarten: 86 (6.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 612 (49.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 298 (24.15%)
College or graduate school: 182 (14.75%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,397 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 175 (7.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 327 (13.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 739 (30.83%)
Some college, no degree: 615 (25.66%)
Associate degree: 193 (8.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 254 (10.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 94 (3.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 3,031 (100%)
Never married: 579 (19.1%)
Now married, except separated: 1,879 (61.99%)
Separated: 50 (1.65%)
Total Widowed: 163 (5.38%)
Widowed Female: 132 (4.35%)
Total Divorced: 360 (11.88%)
Divorced Female: 256 (8.45%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (52.73%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,811 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 372 (13.23%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,135 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (6.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,172 (100%)
--With a disability: 529 (24.36%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 1,643 (75.64%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 376 (100%)
--With a disability: 194 (51.6%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,748 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,826 (48.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,818 (48.51%)
--Same county: 1,132 (30.2%)
--Different county: 686 (18.3%)
----Same state: 394 (10.51%)
----Different state: 292 (7.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 104 (2.77%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 4,057 (100%)
Native: 3,934 (96.97%)
--Born in United States: 3,902 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,849 (70.22%)
----Different state: 1,053 (25.96%)
--Born outside United States: 32 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 123 (3.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 87 (2.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 40 (0.99%)
--Not a citizen: 83 (2.05%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 123 (100%)
Europe: 10 (8.13%)
Asia: 14 (11.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 92 (74.8%)
Northern America: 7 (5.69%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,748 (100%)
English only: 3,474 (92.69%)
Language other than English: 274 (7.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (2.51%)
--Spanish: 229 (6.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (1.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.29%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 4,057 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,232% (79.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 16 (0.39%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 71 (1.75%)
English: 265 (6.53%)
French (except Basque): 85 (2.1%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 422 (10.4%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 360 (8.87%)
Italian: 51 (1.26%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 30 (0.74%)
Polish: 3 (0.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 40 (0.99%)
Scottish: 7 (0.17%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.07%)
Swiss: 5 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 416 (10.25%)
Welsh: 4 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.59%)
Other ancestries: 1,416 (34.9%)
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