General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4050050, place: Muskogee city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,199 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 666 (7.24%)
Kindergarten: 547 (5.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,513 (49.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,996 (21.7%)
College or graduate school: 1,477 (16.06%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 24,820 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,686 (6.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,450 (17.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,410 (29.85%)
Some college, no degree: 5,374 (21.65%)
Associate degree: 1,548 (6.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,868 (11.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,484 (5.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 30,051 (100%)
Never married: 6,547 (21.79%)
Now married, except separated: 15,412 (51.29%)
Separated: 665 (2.21%)
Total Widowed: 3,181 (10.59%)
Widowed Female: 2,750 (9.15%)
Total Divorced: 4,246 (14.13%)
Divorced Female: 2,532 (8.43%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 941 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 442 (46.97%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 28,448 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,629 (16.27%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 8,387 (100%)
--With a disability: 965 (11.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,836 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,380 (27.12%)
----Percent employed: 48.3%
--No disability: 14,456 (72.88%)
----Percent employed: 72.5%
Population 65 years and over: 6,337 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,414 (53.87%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 35,509 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,087 (50.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 17,139 (48.27%)
--Same county: 11,085 (31.22%)
--Different county: 6,054 (17.05%)
----Same state: 3,492 (9.83%)
----Different state: 2,562 (7.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 283 (0.8%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 38,317 (100%)
Native: 37,404 (97.62%)
--Born in United States: 37,225 (100%)
----State of residence: 27,027 (70.54%)
----Different state: 10,198 (26.61%)
--Born outside United States: 179 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 913 (2.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 524 (1.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 267 (0.7%)
--Not a citizen: 646 (1.69%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 913 (100%)
Europe: 114 (12.49%)
Asia: 222 (24.32%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 536 (58.71%)
Northern America: 41 (4.49%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 35,509 (100%)
English only: 33,674 (94.83%)
Language other than English: 1,835 (5.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 645 (1.82%)
--Spanish: 1,014 (2.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 448 (1.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 281 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 81 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 223 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.2%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 38,317 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,575% (82.4%)
Arab: 6 (0.02%)
Czech: 32 (0.08%)
Danish: 13 (0.03%)
Dutch: 480 (1.25%)
English: 2,306 (6.02%)
French (except Basque): 857 (2.24%)
French Canadian: 97 (0.25%)
German: 3,209 (8.37%)
Greek: 9 (0.02%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.05%)
Irish: 3,234 (8.44%)
Italian: 398 (1.04%)
Lithuanian: 21 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 124 (0.32%)
Polish: 121 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.05%)
Russian: 40 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 424 (1.11%)
Scottish: 346 (0.9%)
Slovak: 6 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 150 (0.39%)
Swedish: 125 (0.33%)
Swiss: 16 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,986 (7.79%)
Welsh: 163 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 144 (0.38%)
Other ancestries: 16,227 (42.35%)
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