General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4041850, place: Lawton city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 26,492 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,020 (7.62%)
Kindergarten: 1,584 (5.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,711 (44.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,096 (19.24%)
College or graduate school: 6,081 (22.95%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 53,060 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,114 (3.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,650 (10.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 16,186 (30.51%)
Some college, no degree: 15,807 (29.79%)
Associate degree: 3,079 (5.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,011 (13.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,213 (6.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 71,172 (100%)
Never married: 19,465 (27.35%)
Now married, except separated: 37,332 (52.45%)
Separated: 1,823 (2.56%)
Total Widowed: 3,961 (5.57%)
Widowed Female: 3,208 (4.51%)
Total Divorced: 8,591 (12.07%)
Divorced Female: 4,610 (6.48%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,702 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,033 (60.69%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 55,188 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 13,232 (23.98%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 21,268 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,779 (8.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 40,775 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,184 (20.07%)
----Percent employed: 52.9%
--No disability: 32,591 (79.93%)
----Percent employed: 70.9%
Population 65 years and over: 8,020 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,632 (45.29%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 85,524 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 33,049 (38.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 48,618 (56.85%)
--Same county: 20,662 (24.16%)
--Different county: 27,956 (32.69%)
----Same state: 5,518 (6.45%)
----Different state: 22,438 (26.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,857 (4.51%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 93,030 (100%)
Native: 87,260 (93.8%)
--Born in United States: 82,379 (100%)
----State of residence: 35,004 (37.63%)
----Different state: 47,375 (50.92%)
--Born outside United States: 4,881 (5.25%)
Foreign born: 5,770 (6.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,514 (1.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,305 (3.55%)
--Not a citizen: 2,465 (2.65%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 5,770 (100%)
Europe: 2,072 (35.91%)
Asia: 1,799 (31.18%)
Africa: 148 (2.56%)
Oceania: 46 (0.8%)
Latin America: 1,554 (26.93%)
Northern America: 151 (2.62%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 85,524 (100%)
English only: 74,623 (87.25%)
Language other than English: 10,901 (12.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,415 (3.99%)
--Spanish: 5,477 (6.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,812 (2.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,964 (3.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 647 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,062 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 914 (1.07%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 93,030 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 88,233% (94.84%)
Arab: 159 (0.17%)
Czech: 338 (0.36%)
Danish: 202 (0.22%)
Dutch: 1,027 (1.1%)
English: 5,899 (6.34%)
French (except Basque): 2,123 (2.28%)
French Canadian: 376 (0.4%)
German: 12,229 (13.15%)
Greek: 85 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 205 (0.22%)
Irish: 7,924 (8.52%)
Italian: 2,006 (2.16%)
Lithuanian: 68 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 680 (0.73%)
Polish: 989 (1.06%)
Portuguese: 186 (0.2%)
Russian: 308 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,374 (1.48%)
Scottish: 1,276 (1.37%)
Slovak: 60 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 853 (0.92%)
Swedish: 607 (0.65%)
Swiss: 71 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 46 (0.05%)
United States or American: 8,122 (8.73%)
Welsh: 416 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 659 (0.71%)
Other ancestries: 39,945 (42.94%)
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