General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4055000, place: Oklahoma City city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 133,101 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9,314 (7%)
Kindergarten: 7,906 (5.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 57,537 (43.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 27,298 (20.51%)
College or graduate school: 31,046 (23.33%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 323,219 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 20,046 (6.2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 40,235 (12.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 84,689 (26.2%)
Some college, no degree: 83,824 (25.93%)
Associate degree: 16,923 (5.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 51,434 (15.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 26,068 (8.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 398,343 (100%)
Never married: 105,166 (26.4%)
Now married, except separated: 204,042 (51.22%)
Separated: 9,412 (2.36%)
Total Widowed: 25,661 (6.44%)
Widowed Female: 21,177 (5.32%)
Total Divorced: 54,062 (13.57%)
Divorced Female: 30,774 (7.73%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10,136 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5,218 (51.48%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 373,699 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 52,359 (14.01%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 113,191 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,078 (8.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 288,388 (100%)
--With a disability: 63,558 (22.04%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
--No disability: 224,830 (77.96%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 55,651 (100%)
--With a disability: 24,873 (44.69%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 469,127 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 218,524 (46.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 236,569 (50.43%)
--Same county: 142,410 (30.36%)
--Different county: 94,159 (20.07%)
----Same state: 49,793 (10.61%)
----Different state: 44,366 (9.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14,034 (2.99%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 505,963 (100%)
Native: 463,078 (91.52%)
--Born in United States: 458,420 (100%)
----State of residence: 306,531 (60.58%)
----Different state: 151,889 (30.02%)
--Born outside United States: 4,658 (0.92%)
Foreign born: 42,885 (8.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 24,032 (4.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14,008 (2.77%)
--Not a citizen: 28,877 (5.71%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 42,885 (100%)
Europe: 2,454 (5.72%)
Asia: 14,919 (34.79%)
Africa: 1,530 (3.57%)
Oceania: 113 (0.26%)
Latin America: 23,271 (54.26%)
Northern America: 598 (1.39%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 469,127 (100%)
English only: 406,189 (86.58%)
Language other than English: 62,938 (13.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31,135 (6.64%)
--Spanish: 39,742 (8.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20,693 (4.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,582 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,717 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13,577 (2.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,019 (1.71%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 505,963 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 462,977% (91.5%)
Arab: 2,404 (0.48%)
Czech: 2,978 (0.59%)
Danish: 1,373 (0.27%)
Dutch: 8,567 (1.69%)
English: 43,049 (8.51%)
French (except Basque): 11,277 (2.23%)
French Canadian: 1,402 (0.28%)
German: 59,379 (11.74%)
Greek: 1,021 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 532 (0.11%)
Irish: 46,752 (9.24%)
Italian: 7,326 (1.45%)
Lithuanian: 185 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 3,169 (0.63%)
Polish: 4,180 (0.83%)
Portuguese: 326 (0.06%)
Russian: 1,252 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 8,918 (1.76%)
Scottish: 7,985 (1.58%)
Slovak: 160 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 3,584 (0.71%)
Swedish: 3,841 (0.76%)
Swiss: 783 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 325 (0.06%)
United States or American: 45,589 (9.01%)
Welsh: 2,463 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,483 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 192,674 (38.08%)
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