Sterling, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4070150, place: Sterling town, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 197 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (10.66%)
Kindergarten: 13 (6.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 84 (42.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 42 (21.32%)
College or graduate school: 37 (18.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 466 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 18 (3.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 101 (21.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 178 (38.2%)
Some college, no degree: 103 (22.1%)
Associate degree: 12 (2.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 35 (7.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 19 (4.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 578 (100%)
Never married: 95 (16.44%)
Now married, except separated: 330 (57.09%)
Separated: 18 (3.11%)
Total Widowed: 72 (12.46%)
Widowed Female: 57 (9.86%)
Total Divorced: 63 (10.9%)
Divorced Female: 41 (7.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 542 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 74 (13.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 179 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (6.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 399 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (23.06%)
----Percent employed: 55.4%
--No disability: 307 (76.94%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
Population 65 years and over: 111 (100%)
--With a disability: 73 (65.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 691 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 382 (55.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 300 (43.42%)
--Same county: 192 (27.79%)
--Different county: 108 (15.63%)
----Same state: 60 (8.68%)
----Different state: 48 (6.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (1.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 742 (100%)
Native: 732 (98.65%)
--Born in United States: 727 (100%)
----State of residence: 517 (69.68%)
----Different state: 210 (28.3%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 10 (1.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (1.08%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10 (100%)
Europe: 8 (80%)
Asia: 2 (20%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 691 (100%)
English only: 679 (98.26%)
Language other than English: 12 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 742 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 491% (66.17%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.27%)
Danish: 4 (0.54%)
Dutch: 2 (0.27%)
English: 35 (4.72%)
French (except Basque): 11 (1.48%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.13%)
German: 93 (12.53%)
Greek: 4 (0.54%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 100 (13.48%)
Italian: 8 (1.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (0.54%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (1.08%)
Scottish: 14 (1.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (1.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 64 (8.63%)
Welsh: 1 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (1.21%)
Other ancestries: 119 (16.04%)

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