Mcalester, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4044800, place: McAlester city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,921 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 267 (6.81%)
Kindergarten: 176 (4.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,996 (50.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 951 (24.25%)
College or graduate school: 531 (13.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,300 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,076 (8.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,589 (12.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,279 (34.79%)
Some college, no degree: 2,610 (21.22%)
Associate degree: 935 (7.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,137 (9.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 674 (5.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,489 (100%)
Never married: 2,266 (15.64%)
Now married, except separated: 8,619 (59.49%)
Separated: 351 (2.42%)
Total Widowed: 1,415 (9.77%)
Widowed Female: 1,201 (8.29%)
Total Divorced: 1,838 (12.69%)
Divorced Female: 1,041 (7.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 466 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 317 (68.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,832 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,215 (16.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,435 (100%)
--With a disability: 490 (14.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,856 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,171 (27.63%)
----Percent employed: 54.9%
--No disability: 5,685 (72.37%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,860 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,408 (49.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,743 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,112 (48.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,500 (50.77%)
--Same county: 4,150 (24.79%)
--Different county: 4,350 (25.98%)
----Same state: 2,779 (16.6%)
----Different state: 1,571 (9.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 131 (0.78%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,815 (100%)
Native: 17,534 (98.42%)
--Born in United States: 17,435 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,298 (63.42%)
----Different state: 6,137 (34.45%)
--Born outside United States: 99 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 281 (1.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 153 (0.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 106 (0.6%)
--Not a citizen: 175 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 281 (100%)
Europe: 53 (18.86%)
Asia: 82 (29.18%)
Africa: 30 (10.68%)
Oceania: 5 (1.78%)
Latin America: 95 (33.81%)
Northern America: 16 (5.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,743 (100%)
English only: 15,865 (94.76%)
Language other than English: 878 (5.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 238 (1.42%)
--Spanish: 468 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 196 (1.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 217 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 56 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,815 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,088% (73.47%)
Arab: 9 (0.05%)
Czech: 23 (0.13%)
Danish: 18 (0.1%)
Dutch: 268 (1.5%)
English: 1,301 (7.3%)
French (except Basque): 233 (1.31%)
French Canadian: 29 (0.16%)
German: 1,623 (9.11%)
Greek: 2 (0.01%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.08%)
Irish: 1,658 (9.31%)
Italian: 620 (3.48%)
Lithuanian: 1 (0.01%)
Norwegian: 89 (0.5%)
Polish: 152 (0.85%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 47 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 231 (1.3%)
Scottish: 149 (0.84%)
Slovak: 2 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 45 (0.25%)
Swedish: 138 (0.77%)
Swiss: 6 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.04%)
United States or American: 1,486 (8.34%)
Welsh: 56 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 110 (0.62%)
Other ancestries: 4,769 (26.77%)

Return to Mcalester,OK.