Sallisaw, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4065000, place: Sallisaw city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,924 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 105 (5.46%)
Kindergarten: 138 (7.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 955 (49.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 485 (25.21%)
College or graduate school: 241 (12.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,995 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 410 (8.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 981 (19.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,533 (30.69%)
Some college, no degree: 1,070 (21.42%)
Associate degree: 238 (4.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 411 (8.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 352 (7.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,125 (100%)
Never married: 1,197 (19.54%)
Now married, except separated: 3,499 (57.13%)
Separated: 112 (1.83%)
Total Widowed: 571 (9.32%)
Widowed Female: 508 (8.29%)
Total Divorced: 746 (12.18%)
Divorced Female: 452 (7.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 155 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 104 (67.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,787 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 916 (15.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,923 (100%)
--With a disability: 207 (10.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,987 (100%)
--With a disability: 930 (23.33%)
----Percent employed: 44.4%
--No disability: 3,057 (76.67%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,267 (100%)
--With a disability: 608 (47.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,304 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,482 (47.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,804 (52.08%)
--Same county: 2,333 (31.94%)
--Different county: 1,471 (20.14%)
----Same state: 573 (7.85%)
----Different state: 898 (12.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 18 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,932 (100%)
Native: 7,881 (99.36%)
--Born in United States: 7,863 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,303 (54.25%)
----Different state: 3,560 (44.88%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 51 (0.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 27 (0.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.2%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 51 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 26 (50.98%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 25 (49.02%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,304 (100%)
English only: 7,039 (96.37%)
Language other than English: 265 (3.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.82%)
--Spanish: 108 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 57 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,932 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,014% (75.82%)
Arab: 13 (0.16%)
Czech: 10 (0.13%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 242 (3.05%)
English: 433 (5.46%)
French (except Basque): 100 (1.26%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.2%)
German: 684 (8.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.15%)
Irish: 706 (8.9%)
Italian: 120 (1.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.26%)
Polish: 80 (1.01%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.15%)
Scottish: 121 (1.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 46 (0.58%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 700 (8.83%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 56 (0.71%)
Other ancestries: 2,634 (33.21%)

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