Poteau, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4060350, place: Poteau city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,893 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 97 (5.12%)
Kindergarten: 184 (9.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 738 (38.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 375 (19.81%)
College or graduate school: 499 (26.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,964 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 682 (13.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 782 (15.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,505 (30.32%)
Some college, no degree: 915 (18.43%)
Associate degree: 268 (5.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 547 (11.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 265 (5.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,222 (100%)
Never married: 1,163 (18.69%)
Now married, except separated: 3,406 (54.74%)
Separated: 83 (1.33%)
Total Widowed: 608 (9.77%)
Widowed Female: 499 (8.02%)
Total Divorced: 962 (15.46%)
Divorced Female: 527 (8.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 189 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 117 (61.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,938 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 810 (13.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,806 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (9.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,025 (100%)
--With a disability: 816 (20.27%)
----Percent employed: 46.7%
--No disability: 3,209 (79.73%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,128 (100%)
--With a disability: 712 (63.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,219 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,416 (47.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,656 (50.64%)
--Same county: 2,326 (32.22%)
--Different county: 1,330 (18.42%)
----Same state: 648 (8.98%)
----Different state: 682 (9.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 147 (2.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,823 (100%)
Native: 7,529 (96.24%)
--Born in United States: 7,481 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,237 (54.16%)
----Different state: 3,244 (41.47%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 294 (3.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 203 (2.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.17%)
--Not a citizen: 281 (3.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 294 (100%)
Europe: 14 (4.76%)
Asia: 15 (5.1%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 265 (90.14%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,219 (100%)
English only: 6,616 (91.65%)
Language other than English: 603 (8.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 242 (3.35%)
--Spanish: 473 (6.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 212 (2.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 77 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,823 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,776% (73.83%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.13%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 152 (1.94%)
English: 395 (5.05%)
French (except Basque): 74 (0.95%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.18%)
German: 689 (8.81%)
Greek: 21 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 640 (8.18%)
Italian: 105 (1.34%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.08%)
Polish: 27 (0.35%)
Portuguese: 24 (0.31%)
Russian: 9 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 76 (0.97%)
Scottish: 96 (1.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (0.24%)
Swiss: 6 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,292 (16.52%)
Welsh: 23 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 2,089 (26.7%)

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