Murray County, OK Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Murray county oklahoma dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,765	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	167	6.0
Kindergarten	148	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,412	51.1
High school (grades 9-12)	713	25.8
College or graduate school	325	11.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,566	100.0
Less than 9th grade	659	7.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,544	18.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,068	35.8
Some college, no degree	1,660	19.4
Associate degree	359	4.2
Bachelor's degree	742	8.7
Graduate or professional degree	534	6.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,196	100.0
Never married	1,609	15.8
Now married, except separated	6,302	61.8
Separated	154	1.5
Widowed	1,021	10.0
Female	787	7.7
Divorced	1,110	10.9
Female	611	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	258	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	132	51.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,622	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,563	16.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,655	100.0
With a disability	266	10.0

Population 21 to 64 years	6,778	100.0
With a disability	1,687	24.9
Percent employed	53.1	(X)
No disability	5,091	75.1
Percent employed	77.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,073	100.0
With a disability	1,000	48.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,824	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,801	57.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,887	41.3
Same county	2,244	19.0
Different county	2,643	22.4
Same state	1,840	15.6
Different state	803	6.8
Elsewhere in 1995	136	1.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,623	100.0
Native	12,267	97.2
Born in United States	12,236	96.9
State of residence	9,498	75.2
Different state	2,738	21.7
Born outside United States	31	0.2
Foreign born	356	2.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	232	1.8
Naturalized citizen	66	0.5
Not a citizen	290	2.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	356	100.0
Europe	35	9.8
Asia	15	4.2
Africa	29	8.1
Oceania	24	6.7
Latin America	253	71.1
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,824	100.0
English only	11,188	94.6
Language other than English	636	5.4
Speak English less than 'very well	296	2.5
Spanish	402	3.4
Speak English less than "very well"	251	2.1
Other Indo-European languages	86	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	13	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	35	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	13	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,623	100.0
Total ancestries reported	9,075	71.9
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	12	0.1
Danish	28	0.2
Dutch	288	2.3
English	897	7.1
French (except Basque)¹	220	1.7
French Canadian¹	46	0.4
German	1,107	8.8
Greek	8	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,407	11.1
Italian	92	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	27	0.2
Polish	38	0.3
Portuguese	13	0.1
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	125	1.0
Scottish	90	0.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	37	0.3
Swedish	52	0.4
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,661	13.2
Welsh	51	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	160	1.3
Other ancestries	2,716	21.5

(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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