Ponca City, OK Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,230100.0
Nursery school, preschool4847.8
Kindergarten4196.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,10249.8
High school (grades 9-12)1,42122.8
College or graduate school80412.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over16,908100.0
Less than 9th grade6894.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,14912.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)5,45232.2
Some college, no degree3,81822.6
Associate degree1,1576.8
Bachelor's degree2,58115.3
Graduate or professional degree1,0626.3
Percent high school graduate or higher83.2(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher21.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over20,284100.0
Never married3,80618.8
Now married, except separated11,72557.8
Separated2371.2
Widowed1,9939.8
Female
1,7218.5
Divorced2,52312.4
Female
1,4347.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years441100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren30970.1
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over19,163100.0
Civilian veterans3,00215.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years5,731100.0
With a disability4357.6
Population 21 to 64 years13,555100.0
With a disability3,03722.4
Percent employed
56.7(X)
No disability10,51877.6
Percent employed
75.1(X)
Population 65 years and over4,423100.0
With a disability2,02245.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over24,000100.0
Same house in 199512,56552.4
Different house in the U.S. in 199511,16846.5
Same county
5,96524.9
Different county
5,20321.7
Same state
2,57810.7
Different state
2,62510.9
Elsewhere in 19952671.1
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population25,960100.0
Native25,33397.6
Born in United States
25,19397.0
State of residence
16,77264.6
Different state
8,42132.4
Born outside United States
1400.5
Foreign born6272.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000
3501.3
Naturalized citizen
2330.9
Not a citizen
3941.5
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)627100.0
Europe8012.8
Asia15224.2
Africa40.6
Oceania00.0
Latin America37059.0
Northern America213.3
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over24,000100.0
English only22,83795.2
Language other than English1,1634.8
Speak English less than 'very well
4962.1
Spanish
7973.3
Speak English less than "very well"
3791.6
Other Indo-European languages
1490.6
Speak English less than "very well"
370.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1330.6
Speak English less than "very well"
730.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population25,960100.0

Total ancestries reported

23,89992.1
Arab240.1
Czech11650.6
Danish720.3
Dutch5712.2
English3,06111.8
French (except Basque)18253.2
French Canadian11090.4
German4,26016.4
Greek370.1
Hungarian360.1
Irish12,77710.7
Italian4591.8
Lithuanian230.1
Norwegian1750.7
Polish2941.1
Portuguese380.1
Russian320.1
Scotch-Irish7272.8
Scottish5021.9
Slovak130.1
Subsaharan African220.1
Swedish3201.2
Swiss490.2
Ukrainian200.1
United States or American2,97311.5
Welsh1780.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)870.3
Other ancestries6,05023.3
(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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