General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4075000, place: Tulsa city, Oklahoma)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 102,802 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7,601 (7.39%)
Kindergarten: 5,820 (5.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 43,939 (42.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 19,554 (19.02%)
College or graduate school: 25,888 (25.18%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 253,054 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 12,036 (4.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 27,351 (10.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 64,070 (25.32%)
Some college, no degree: 61,925 (24.47%)
Associate degree: 16,104 (6.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 48,316 (19.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 23,252 (9.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 311,318 (100%)
Never married: 84,576 (27.17%)
Now married, except separated: 156,841 (50.38%)
Separated: 6,430 (2.07%)
Total Widowed: 20,871 (6.7%)
Widowed Female: 17,328 (5.57%)
Total Divorced: 42,600 (13.68%)
Divorced Female: 25,119 (8.07%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6,092 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3,482 (57.16%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 296,139 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 39,807 (13.44%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 86,228 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,183 (9.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 226,148 (100%)
--With a disability: 45,760 (20.23%)
----Percent employed: 58.9%
--No disability: 180,388 (79.77%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 47,714 (100%)
--With a disability: 19,896 (41.7%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 364,847 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 165,774 (45.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 188,185 (51.58%)
--Same county: 114,890 (31.49%)
--Different county: 73,295 (20.09%)
----Same state: 28,963 (7.94%)
----Different state: 44,332 (12.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10,888 (2.98%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 393,051 (100%)
Native: 367,386 (93.47%)
--Born in United States: 364,354 (100%)
----State of residence: 220,932 (56.21%)
----Different state: 143,422 (36.49%)
--Born outside United States: 3,032 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 25,665 (6.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15,336 (3.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,576 (1.93%)
--Not a citizen: 18,089 (4.6%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 25,665 (100%)
Europe: 2,756 (10.74%)
Asia: 6,499 (25.32%)
Africa: 769 (3%)
Oceania: 93 (0.36%)
Latin America: 14,888 (58.01%)
Northern America: 660 (2.57%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 364,847 (100%)
English only: 328,638 (90.08%)
Language other than English: 36,209 (9.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,918 (4.91%)
--Spanish: 24,089 (6.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13,333 (3.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,399 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,486 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,394 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,461 (0.67%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 393,051 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 374,261% (95.22%)
Arab: 1,991 (0.51%)
Czech: 1,466 (0.37%)
Danish: 1,164 (0.3%)
Dutch: 7,616 (1.94%)
English: 39,603 (10.08%)
French (except Basque): 10,748 (2.73%)
French Canadian: 1,329 (0.34%)
German: 51,994 (13.23%)
Greek: 793 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 543 (0.14%)
Irish: 40,904 (10.41%)
Italian: 7,074 (1.8%)
Lithuanian: 221 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 3,259 (0.83%)
Polish: 3,745 (0.95%)
Portuguese: 259 (0.07%)
Russian: 1,365 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 8,601 (2.19%)
Scottish: 8,035 (2.04%)
Slovak: 296 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 2,513 (0.64%)
Swedish: 4,032 (1.03%)
Swiss: 920 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 531 (0.14%)
United States or American: 31,397 (7.99%)
Welsh: 2,705 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,487 (0.38%)
Other ancestries: 139,670 (35.53%)
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