General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4066800, place: Shawnee city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,395 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 502 (5.98%)
Kindergarten: 498 (5.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,882 (34.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,439 (17.14%)
College or graduate school: 3,074 (36.62%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 17,292 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,125 (6.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,706 (15.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,534 (32%)
Some college, no degree: 3,932 (22.74%)
Associate degree: 804 (4.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,976 (11.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,215 (7.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 22,869 (100%)
Never married: 5,151 (22.52%)
Now married, except separated: 11,991 (52.43%)
Separated: 374 (1.64%)
Total Widowed: 2,068 (9.04%)
Widowed Female: 1,720 (7.52%)
Total Divorced: 3,285 (14.36%)
Divorced Female: 1,879 (8.22%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 697 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 453 (64.99%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 21,694 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,118 (14.37%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 7,121 (100%)
--With a disability: 649 (9.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,723 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,446 (23.41%)
----Percent employed: 54%
--No disability: 11,277 (76.59%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 4,399 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,146 (48.78%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 26,580 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,591 (47.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,695 (51.52%)
--Same county: 6,637 (24.97%)
--Different county: 7,058 (26.55%)
----Same state: 4,593 (17.28%)
----Different state: 2,465 (9.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 294 (1.11%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 28,687 (100%)
Native: 28,229 (98.4%)
--Born in United States: 28,012 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,233 (70.53%)
----Different state: 7,779 (27.12%)
--Born outside United States: 217 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 458 (1.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 295 (1.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 144 (0.5%)
--Not a citizen: 314 (1.09%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 458 (100%)
Europe: 56 (12.23%)
Asia: 166 (36.24%)
Africa: 60 (13.1%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 157 (34.28%)
Northern America: 19 (4.15%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 26,580 (100%)
English only: 25,166 (94.68%)
Language other than English: 1,414 (5.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 487 (1.83%)
--Spanish: 508 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 199 (0.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 223 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 230 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 107 (0.4%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 28,687 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,675% (82.53%)
Arab: 31 (0.11%)
Czech: 170 (0.59%)
Danish: 15 (0.05%)
Dutch: 545 (1.9%)
English: 2,319 (8.08%)
French (except Basque): 746 (2.6%)
French Canadian: 87 (0.3%)
German: 3,108 (10.83%)
Greek: 12 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.12%)
Irish: 3,034 (10.58%)
Italian: 393 (1.37%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 211 (0.74%)
Polish: 247 (0.86%)
Portuguese: 42 (0.15%)
Russian: 57 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 545 (1.9%)
Scottish: 463 (1.61%)
Slovak: 6 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 133 (0.46%)
Swedish: 215 (0.75%)
Swiss: 17 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.05%)
United States or American: 2,815 (9.81%)
Welsh: 100 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 145 (0.51%)
Other ancestries: 8,169 (28.48%)
Return to Shawnee,OK.