Sequoyah County, OK Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sequoyah county oklahoma dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,537	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	656	6.9
Kindergarten	595	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,888	51.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,391	25.1
College or graduate school	1,007	10.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,980	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,664	10.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,778	19.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,721	34.9
Some college, no degree	4,867	19.5
Associate degree	1,225	4.9
Bachelor's degree	1,657	6.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,068	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,157	100.0
Never married	5,353	17.8
Now married, except separated	18,953	62.8
Separated	452	1.5
Widowed	2,067	6.9
Female	1,710	5.7
Divorced	3,332	11.0
Female	1,791	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,044	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	591	56.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,256	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,379	15.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,455	100.0
With a disability	879	9.3

Population 21 to 64 years	21,371	100.0
With a disability	5,944	27.8
Percent employed	45.0	(X)
No disability	15,427	72.2
Percent employed	73.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,977	100.0
With a disability	2,731	54.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,179	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,153	55.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,849	43.8
Same county	8,929	24.7
Different county	6,920	19.1
Same state	2,863	7.9
Different state	4,057	11.2
Elsewhere in 1995	177	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	38,972	100.0
Native	38,680	99.3
Born in United States	38,502	98.8
State of residence	19,002	48.8
Different state	19,500	50.0
Born outside United States	178	0.5
Foreign born	292	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	141	0.4
Naturalized citizen	100	0.3
Not a citizen	192	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	292	100.0
Europe	45	15.4
Asia	60	20.5
Africa	7	2.4
Oceania	2	0.7
Latin America	170	58.2
Northern America	8	2.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,179	100.0
English only	34,519	95.4
Language other than English	1,660	4.6
Speak English less than 'very well	498	1.4
Spanish	614	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	233	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	169	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	20	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	45	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	38,972	100.0
Total ancestries reported	28,611	73.4
Arab	15	0.0
Czech¹	40	0.1
Danish	23	0.1
Dutch	683	1.8
English	2,019	5.2
French (except Basque)¹	569	1.5
French Canadian¹	87	0.2
German	2,948	7.6
Greek	15	0.0
Hungarian	34	0.1
Irish¹	3,800	9.8
Italian	355	0.9
Lithuanian	12	0.0
Norwegian	124	0.3
Polish	221	0.6
Portuguese	36	0.1
Russian	18	0.0
Scotch-Irish	241	0.6
Scottish	302	0.8
Slovak	3	0.0
Subsaharan African	15	0.0
Swedish	120	0.3
Swiss	40	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,685	9.5
Welsh	56	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	253	0.6
Other ancestries	12,897	33.1

(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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