Perry, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4058250, place: Perry city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,179 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 72 (6.11%)
Kindergarten: 63 (5.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 623 (52.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 261 (22.14%)
College or graduate school: 160 (13.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,489 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 168 (4.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 473 (13.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,399 (40.1%)
Some college, no degree: 805 (23.07%)
Associate degree: 142 (4.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 378 (10.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 124 (3.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,116 (100%)
Never married: 682 (16.57%)
Now married, except separated: 2,358 (57.29%)
Separated: 58 (1.41%)
Total Widowed: 475 (11.54%)
Widowed Female: 405 (9.84%)
Total Divorced: 543 (13.19%)
Divorced Female: 302 (7.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 119 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 59 (49.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,934 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 548 (13.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,119 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (7.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,760 (100%)
--With a disability: 526 (19.06%)
----Percent employed: 56.7%
--No disability: 2,234 (80.94%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 855 (100%)
--With a disability: 441 (51.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,878 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,613 (53.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,265 (46.43%)
--Same county: 1,384 (28.37%)
--Different county: 881 (18.06%)
----Same state: 694 (14.23%)
----Different state: 187 (3.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,185 (100%)
Native: 5,155 (99.42%)
--Born in United States: 5,129 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,917 (75.54%)
----Different state: 1,212 (23.38%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 30 (0.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 18 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 10 (33.33%)
Asia: 15 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (16.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,878 (100%)
English only: 4,748 (97.33%)
Language other than English: 130 (2.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.45%)
--Spanish: 76 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,185 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,058% (97.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 102 (1.97%)
Danish: 22 (0.42%)
Dutch: 303 (5.84%)
English: 383 (7.39%)
French (except Basque): 249 (4.8%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.6%)
German: 1,108 (21.37%)
Greek: 8 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.23%)
Irish: 557 (10.74%)
Italian: 68 (1.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.39%)
Polish: 50 (0.96%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 121 (2.33%)
Scottish: 66 (1.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 24 (0.46%)
Swiss: 30 (0.58%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 997 (19.23%)
Welsh: 41 (0.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 860 (16.59%)

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