General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4059850, place: Ponca City city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,230 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 484 (7.77%)
Kindergarten: 419 (6.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,102 (49.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,421 (22.81%)
College or graduate school: 804 (12.91%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 16,908 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 689 (4.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,149 (12.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,452 (32.25%)
Some college, no degree: 3,818 (22.58%)
Associate degree: 1,157 (6.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,581 (15.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,062 (6.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 20,284 (100%)
Never married: 3,806 (18.76%)
Now married, except separated: 11,725 (57.8%)
Separated: 237 (1.17%)
Total Widowed: 1,993 (9.83%)
Widowed Female: 1,721 (8.48%)
Total Divorced: 2,523 (12.44%)
Divorced Female: 1,434 (7.07%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 441 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 309 (70.07%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 19,163 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,002 (15.67%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 5,731 (100%)
--With a disability: 435 (7.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,555 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,037 (22.41%)
----Percent employed: 56.7%
--No disability: 10,518 (77.59%)
----Percent employed: 75.1%
Population 65 years and over: 4,423 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,022 (45.72%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 24,000 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,565 (52.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,168 (46.53%)
--Same county: 5,965 (24.85%)
--Different county: 5,203 (21.68%)
----Same state: 2,578 (10.74%)
----Different state: 2,625 (10.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 267 (1.11%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 25,960 (100%)
Native: 25,333 (97.58%)
--Born in United States: 25,193 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,772 (64.61%)
----Different state: 8,421 (32.44%)
--Born outside United States: 140 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 627 (2.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 350 (1.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 233 (0.9%)
--Not a citizen: 394 (1.52%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 627 (100%)
Europe: 80 (12.76%)
Asia: 152 (24.24%)
Africa: 4 (0.64%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 370 (59.01%)
Northern America: 21 (3.35%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 24,000 (100%)
English only: 22,837 (95.15%)
Language other than English: 1,163 (4.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 496 (2.07%)
--Spanish: 797 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 379 (1.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 149 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 133 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (0.3%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 25,960 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,899% (92.06%)
Arab: 24 (0.09%)
Czech: 165 (0.64%)
Danish: 72 (0.28%)
Dutch: 571 (2.2%)
English: 3,061 (11.79%)
French (except Basque): 825 (3.18%)
French Canadian: 109 (0.42%)
German: 4,260 (16.41%)
Greek: 37 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.14%)
Irish: 2,777 (10.7%)
Italian: 459 (1.77%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 175 (0.67%)
Polish: 294 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 38 (0.15%)
Russian: 32 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 727 (2.8%)
Scottish: 502 (1.93%)
Slovak: 13 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.08%)
Swedish: 320 (1.23%)
Swiss: 49 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.08%)
United States or American: 2,973 (11.45%)
Welsh: 178 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 87 (0.34%)
Other ancestries: 6,050 (23.31%)
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