Meeker, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4047450, place: Meeker town, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 249 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (7.23%)
Kindergarten: 11 (4.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 136 (54.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 59 (23.69%)
College or graduate school: 25 (10.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 585 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 43 (7.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 115 (19.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 209 (35.73%)
Some college, no degree: 134 (22.91%)
Associate degree: 13 (2.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 52 (8.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 19 (3.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 722 (100%)
Never married: 138 (19.11%)
Now married, except separated: 396 (54.85%)
Separated: 9 (1.25%)
Total Widowed: 71 (9.83%)
Widowed Female: 67 (9.28%)
Total Divorced: 108 (14.96%)
Divorced Female: 66 (9.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (80.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 671 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 120 (17.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 261 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (10.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 465 (100%)
--With a disability: 113 (24.3%)
----Percent employed: 44.2%
--No disability: 352 (75.7%)
----Percent employed: 72.4%
Population 65 years and over: 161 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (52.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 887 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 449 (50.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 436 (49.15%)
--Same county: 196 (22.1%)
--Different county: 240 (27.06%)
----Same state: 157 (17.7%)
----Different state: 83 (9.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 951 (100%)
Native: 946 (99.47%)
--Born in United States: 938 (100%)
----State of residence: 733 (77.08%)
----Different state: 205 (21.56%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.84%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 887 (100%)
English only: 850 (95.83%)
Language other than English: 37 (4.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (2.25%)
--Spanish: 22 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 951 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 780% (82.02%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.21%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 19 (2%)
English: 43 (4.52%)
French (except Basque): 19 (2%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.53%)
German: 111 (11.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 129 (13.56%)
Italian: 10 (1.05%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.95%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.74%)
Scottish: 12 (1.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.53%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 207 (21.77%)
Welsh: 6 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 192 (20.19%)

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