Garfield County, OK Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Garfield county oklahoma dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,040	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,010	7.2
Kindergarten	708	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,680	47.6
High school (grades 9-12)	3,563	25.4
College or graduate school	2,079	14.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	38,067	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,054	5.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,718	12.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,552	35.6
Some college, no degree	8,449	22.2
Associate degree	1,851	4.9
Bachelor's degree	4,930	13.0
Graduate or professional degree	2,513	6.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	46,026	100.0
Never married	9,183	20.0
Now married, except separated	27,513	59.8
Separated	777	1.7
Widowed	3,649	7.9
Female	2,949	6.4
Divorced	4,904	10.7
Female	2,785	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	899	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	519	57.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	42,193	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,620	15.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,727	100.0
With a disability	1,228	9.6

Population 21 to 64 years	30,557	100.0
With a disability	6,424	21.0
Percent employed	53.7	(X)
No disability	24,133	79.0
Percent employed	79.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,291	100.0
With a disability	3,486	42.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	53,944	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,891	51.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	25,300	46.9
Same county	14,916	27.7
Different county	10,384	19.2
Same state	4,363	8.1
Different state	6,021	11.2
Elsewhere in 1995	753	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	57,813	100.0
Native	56,269	97.3
Born in United States	55,743	96.4
State of residence	37,464	64.8
Different state	18,279	31.6
Born outside United States	526	0.9
Foreign born	1,544	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	679	1.2
Naturalized citizen	640	1.1
Not a citizen	904	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,544	100.0
Europe	244	15.8
Asia	400	25.9
Africa	5	0.3
Oceania	142	9.2
Latin America	734	47.5
Northern America	19	1.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	53,944	100.0
English only	50,863	94.3
Language other than English	3,081	5.7
Speak English less than 'very well	1,166	2.2
Spanish	1,744	3.2
Speak English less than "very well"	724	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	601	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	110	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	653	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	299	0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	57,813	100.0
Total ancestries reported	51,086	88.4
Arab	122	0.2
Czech¹	961	1.7
Danish	113	0.2
Dutch	1,718	3.0
English	5,292	9.2
French (except Basque)¹	1,543	2.7
French Canadian¹	175	0.3
German	11,804	20.4
Greek	70	0.1
Hungarian	84	0.1
Irish¹	6,264	10.8
Italian	759	1.3
Lithuanian	19	0.0
Norwegian	640	1.1
Polish	502	0.9
Portuguese	69	0.1
Russian	186	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,209	2.1
Scottish	820	1.4
Slovak	20	0.0
Subsaharan African	49	0.1
Swedish	493	0.9
Swiss	174	0.3
Ukrainian	21	0.0
United States or American	6,304	10.9
Welsh	558	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	83	0.1
Other ancestries	11,034	19.1

(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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