General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4052900, place: Nowata city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 982 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 94 (9.57%)
Kindergarten: 46 (4.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 575 (58.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 175 (17.82%)
College or graduate school: 92 (9.37%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,757 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 286 (10.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 558 (20.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,067 (38.7%)
Some college, no degree: 422 (15.31%)
Associate degree: 159 (5.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 178 (6.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 87 (3.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 3,188 (100%)
Never married: 546 (17.13%)
Now married, except separated: 1,899 (59.57%)
Separated: 67 (2.1%)
Total Widowed: 318 (9.97%)
Widowed Female: 264 (8.28%)
Total Divorced: 358 (11.23%)
Divorced Female: 186 (5.83%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 74 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 74 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 3,028 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 472 (15.59%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 911 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (17.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,932 (100%)
--With a disability: 729 (37.73%)
----Percent employed: 55%
--No disability: 1,203 (62.27%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 775 (100%)
--With a disability: 371 (47.87%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,816 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,110 (55.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,688 (44.23%)
--Same county: 758 (19.86%)
--Different county: 930 (24.37%)
----Same state: 581 (15.23%)
----Different state: 349 (9.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 18 (0.47%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 4,077 (100%)
Native: 4,065 (99.71%)
--Born in United States: 4,050 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,823 (69.24%)
----Different state: 1,227 (30.1%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.29%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 12 (100%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,816 (100%)
English only: 3,724 (97.59%)
Language other than English: 92 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.86%)
--Spanish: 27 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 36 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 4,077 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,251% (79.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.22%)
Danish: 15 (0.37%)
Dutch: 148 (3.63%)
English: 205 (5.03%)
French (except Basque): 26 (0.64%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.29%)
German: 465 (11.41%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.1%)
Irish: 432 (10.6%)
Italian: 17 (0.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.69%)
Polish: 17 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (1.18%)
Scottish: 36 (0.88%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.07%)
Swedish: 7 (0.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 449 (11.01%)
Welsh: 8 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 1,310 (32.13%)
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