General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4042700, place: Lexington city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 515 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (5.24%)
Kindergarten: 18 (3.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 290 (56.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 100 (19.42%)
College or graduate school: 80 (15.53%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,344 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 211 (15.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 258 (19.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 488 (36.31%)
Some college, no degree: 268 (19.94%)
Associate degree: 34 (2.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 58 (4.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 27 (2.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,605 (100%)
Never married: 279 (17.38%)
Now married, except separated: 949 (59.13%)
Separated: 32 (1.99%)
Total Widowed: 137 (8.54%)
Widowed Female: 113 (7.04%)
Total Divorced: 208 (12.96%)
Divorced Female: 119 (7.41%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (57.78%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,523 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 205 (13.46%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 475 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (6.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,062 (100%)
--With a disability: 262 (24.67%)
----Percent employed: 46.9%
--No disability: 800 (75.33%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 273 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (64.1%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,922 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 853 (44.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,043 (54.27%)
--Same county: 544 (28.3%)
--Different county: 499 (25.96%)
----Same state: 339 (17.64%)
----Different state: 160 (8.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (1.35%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,075 (100%)
Native: 1,999 (96.34%)
--Born in United States: 1,988 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,503 (72.43%)
----Different state: 485 (23.37%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 76 (3.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 43 (2.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.96%)
--Not a citizen: 56 (2.7%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 76 (100%)
Europe: 2 (2.63%)
Asia: 2 (2.63%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 72 (94.74%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,922 (100%)
English only: 1,786 (92.92%)
Language other than English: 136 (7.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (3.54%)
--Spanish: 111 (5.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (3.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,075 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,627% (78.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.34%)
Danish: 3 (0.14%)
Dutch: 49 (2.36%)
English: 113 (5.45%)
French (except Basque): 36 (1.73%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 266 (12.82%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 263 (12.67%)
Italian: 15 (0.72%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.29%)
Polish: 14 (0.67%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.24%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (0.96%)
Scottish: 28 (1.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.1%)
Swedish: 20 (0.96%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 221 (10.65%)
Welsh: 2 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.48%)
Other ancestries: 545 (26.27%)
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