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Social Statistics

Ponca City, Oklahoma

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,230	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	484	7.8
Kindergarten	419	6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,102	49.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,421	22.8
College or graduate school	804	12.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,908	100.0
Less than 9th grade	689	4.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,149	12.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,452	32.2
Some college, no degree	3,818	22.6
Associate degree	1,157	6.8
Bachelor's degree	2,581	15.3
Graduate or professional degree	1,062	6.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	20,284	100.0
Never married	3,806	18.8
Now married, except separated	11,725	57.8
Separated	237	1.2
Widowed	1,993	9.8
Female	1,721	8.5
Divorced	2,523	12.4
Female	1,434	7.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	441	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	309	70.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	19,163	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,002	15.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,731	100.0
With a disability	435	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	13,555	100.0
With a disability	3,037	22.4
Percent employed	56.7	(X)
No disability	10,518	77.6
Percent employed	75.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,423	100.0
With a disability	2,022	45.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	24,000	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,565	52.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,168	46.5
Same county	5,965	24.9
Different county	5,203	21.7
Same state	2,578	10.7
Different state	2,625	10.9
Elsewhere in 1995	267	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	25,960	100.0
Native	25,333	97.6
Born in United States	25,193	97.0
State of residence	16,772	64.6
Different state	8,421	32.4
Born outside United States	140	0.5
Foreign born	627	2.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	350	1.3
Naturalized citizen	233	0.9
Not a citizen	394	1.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	627	100.0
Europe	80	12.8
Asia	152	24.2
Africa	4	0.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	370	59.0
Northern America	21	3.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	24,000	100.0
English only	22,837	95.2
Language other than English	1,163	4.8
Speak English less than 'very well	496	2.1
Spanish	797	3.3
Speak English less than "very well"	379	1.6
Other Indo-European languages	149	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	133	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	73	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	25,960	100.0
Total ancestries reported	23,899	92.1
Arab	24	0.1
Czech¹	165	0.6
Danish	72	0.3
Dutch	571	2.2
English	3,061	11.8
French (except Basque)¹	825	3.2
French Canadian¹	109	0.4
German	4,260	16.4
Greek	37	0.1
Hungarian	36	0.1
Irish¹	2,777	10.7
Italian	459	1.8
Lithuanian	23	0.1
Norwegian	175	0.7
Polish	294	1.1
Portuguese	38	0.1
Russian	32	0.1
Scotch-Irish	727	2.8
Scottish	502	1.9
Slovak	13	0.1
Subsaharan African	22	0.1
Swedish	320	1.2
Swiss	49	0.2
Ukrainian	20	0.1
United States or American	2,973	11.5
Welsh	178	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	87	0.3
Other ancestries	6,050	23.3

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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