Wister, OK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4081750, place: Wister town, Oklahoma)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 223 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (6.73%)
Kindergarten: 14 (6.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 105 (47.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 50 (22.42%)
College or graduate school: 39 (17.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 654 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 72 (11.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 142 (21.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 228 (34.86%)
Some college, no degree: 127 (19.42%)
Associate degree: 33 (5.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 37 (5.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15 (2.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 780 (100%)
Never married: 135 (17.31%)
Now married, except separated: 422 (54.1%)
Separated: 23 (2.95%)
Total Widowed: 92 (11.79%)
Widowed Female: 76 (9.74%)
Total Divorced: 108 (13.85%)
Divorced Female: 56 (7.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (23.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 735 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 136 (18.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 204 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (7.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 483 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (35.2%)
----Percent employed: 33.5%
--No disability: 313 (64.8%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 215 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (45.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 906 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 420 (46.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 480 (52.98%)
--Same county: 314 (34.66%)
--Different county: 166 (18.32%)
----Same state: 92 (10.15%)
----Different state: 74 (8.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 999 (100%)
Native: 981 (98.2%)
--Born in United States: 979 (100%)
----State of residence: 594 (59.46%)
----Different state: 385 (38.54%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 18 (1.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.8%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 4 (22.22%)
Asia: 2 (11.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (50%)
Northern America: 3 (16.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 906 (100%)
English only: 865 (95.47%)
Language other than English: 41 (4.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.1%)
--Spanish: 32 (3.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 999 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 663% (66.37%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.2%)
Dutch: 11 (1.1%)
English: 62 (6.21%)
French (except Basque): 24 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.2%)
German: 77 (7.71%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 90 (9.01%)
Italian: 8 (0.8%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 9 (0.9%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.6%)
Scottish: 11 (1.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 108 (10.81%)
Welsh: 5 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.5%)
Other ancestries: 243 (24.32%)

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