Watonga, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4078950, place: Watonga city, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,023 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 101 (9.87%)
Kindergarten: 24 (2.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 461 (45.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 335 (32.75%)
College or graduate school: 102 (9.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,209 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 340 (10.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 588 (18.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,276 (39.76%)
Some college, no degree: 577 (17.98%)
Associate degree: 87 (2.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 213 (6.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 128 (3.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,882 (100%)
Never married: 1,056 (27.2%)
Now married, except separated: 1,832 (47.19%)
Separated: 121 (3.12%)
Total Widowed: 294 (7.57%)
Widowed Female: 248 (6.39%)
Total Divorced: 579 (14.91%)
Divorced Female: 161 (4.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 113 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 79 (69.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,727 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 411 (11.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 870 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (11.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,613 (100%)
--With a disability: 329 (20.4%)
----Percent employed: 47.1%
--No disability: 1,284 (79.6%)
----Percent employed: 79.4%
Population 65 years and over: 513 (100%)
--With a disability: 224 (43.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,427 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,998 (45.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,321 (52.43%)
--Same county: 862 (19.47%)
--Different county: 1,459 (32.96%)
----Same state: 838 (18.93%)
----Different state: 621 (14.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 108 (2.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,674 (100%)
Native: 4,365 (93.39%)
--Born in United States: 4,313 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,969 (63.52%)
----Different state: 1,344 (28.75%)
--Born outside United States: 52 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 309 (6.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 171 (3.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 87 (1.86%)
--Not a citizen: 222 (4.75%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 309 (100%)
Europe: 22 (7.12%)
Asia: 41 (13.27%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 246 (79.61%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,427 (100%)
English only: 3,763 (85%)
Language other than English: 664 (15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 310 (7%)
--Spanish: 471 (10.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 248 (5.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 49 (1.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 97 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,674 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,714% (79.46%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (0.43%)
Danish: 7 (0.15%)
Dutch: 76 (1.63%)
English: 277 (5.93%)
French (except Basque): 51 (1.09%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.09%)
German: 530 (11.34%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 353 (7.55%)
Italian: 31 (0.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 31 (0.66%)
Polish: 31 (0.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 114 (2.44%)
Scottish: 72 (1.54%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.47%)
Swedish: 13 (0.28%)
Swiss: 9 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 334 (7.15%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 35 (0.75%)
Other ancestries: 1,694 (36.24%)

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