General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4041700, place: Laverne town, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 212 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (5.19%)
Kindergarten: 12 (5.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 97 (45.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 68 (32.08%)
College or graduate school: 24 (11.32%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 758 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 55 (7.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 100 (13.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 270 (35.62%)
Some college, no degree: 175 (23.09%)
Associate degree: 19 (2.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 81 (10.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 58 (7.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 890 (100%)
Never married: 136 (15.28%)
Now married, except separated: 532 (59.78%)
Separated: 7 (0.79%)
Total Widowed: 145 (16.29%)
Widowed Female: 114 (12.81%)
Total Divorced: 70 (7.87%)
Divorced Female: 44 (4.94%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (83.33%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 835 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 120 (14.37%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 203 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (5.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 508 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (17.52%)
----Percent employed: 51.7%
--No disability: 419 (82.48%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 284 (100%)
--With a disability: 141 (49.65%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 995 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 584 (58.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 385 (38.69%)
--Same county: 165 (16.58%)
--Different county: 220 (22.11%)
----Same state: 118 (11.86%)
----Different state: 102 (10.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (2.61%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,057 (100%)
Native: 1,021 (96.59%)
--Born in United States: 1,019 (100%)
----State of residence: 677 (64.05%)
----Different state: 342 (32.36%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 36 (3.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (2.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (2.74%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.66%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 36 (100%)
Europe: 3 (8.33%)
Asia: 4 (11.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (80.56%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 995 (100%)
English only: 932 (93.67%)
Language other than English: 63 (6.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (3.02%)
--Spanish: 45 (4.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (2.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.4%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,057 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 982% (92.9%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 1 (0.09%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 44 (4.16%)
English: 133 (12.58%)
French (except Basque): 36 (3.41%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 227 (21.48%)
Greek: 1 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 188 (17.79%)
Italian: 7 (0.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.47%)
Polish: 9 (0.85%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 19 (1.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (1.51%)
Scottish: 6 (0.57%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (0.76%)
Swiss: 1 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 105 (9.93%)
Welsh: 4 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 170 (16.08%)
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