Purcell, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4061150, place: Purcell city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,387 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 96 (6.92%)
Kindergarten: 103 (7.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 637 (45.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 321 (23.14%)
College or graduate school: 230 (16.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,612 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 402 (11.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 447 (12.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,277 (35.35%)
Some college, no degree: 776 (21.48%)
Associate degree: 143 (3.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 442 (12.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 125 (3.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,433 (100%)
Never married: 824 (18.59%)
Now married, except separated: 2,748 (61.99%)
Separated: 53 (1.2%)
Total Widowed: 348 (7.85%)
Widowed Female: 292 (6.59%)
Total Divorced: 460 (10.38%)
Divorced Female: 247 (5.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 131 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 80 (61.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,170 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 551 (13.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,297 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (13.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,963 (100%)
--With a disability: 761 (25.68%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 2,202 (74.32%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 760 (100%)
--With a disability: 379 (49.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,187 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,313 (44.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,747 (52.96%)
--Same county: 1,214 (23.4%)
--Different county: 1,533 (29.55%)
----Same state: 1,217 (23.46%)
----Different state: 316 (6.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 127 (2.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,563 (100%)
Native: 5,238 (94.16%)
--Born in United States: 5,205 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,861 (69.4%)
----Different state: 1,344 (24.16%)
--Born outside United States: 33 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 325 (5.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 185 (3.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 106 (1.91%)
--Not a citizen: 219 (3.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 325 (100%)
Europe: 14 (4.31%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 304 (93.54%)
Northern America: 7 (2.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,187 (100%)
English only: 4,673 (90.09%)
Language other than English: 514 (9.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 336 (6.48%)
--Spanish: 469 (9.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 328 (6.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,563 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,144% (74.49%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 9 (0.16%)
Dutch: 103 (1.85%)
English: 328 (5.9%)
French (except Basque): 118 (2.12%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.27%)
German: 459 (8.25%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.11%)
Irish: 589 (10.59%)
Italian: 32 (0.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 83 (1.49%)
Polish: 49 (0.88%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.13%)
Russian: 6 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 43 (0.77%)
Scottish: 63 (1.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (0.34%)
Swiss: 10 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.14%)
United States or American: 689 (12.39%)
Welsh: 31 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.65%)
Other ancestries: 1,441 (25.9%)

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