Beckham County, OK Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Beckham county oklahoma dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,648	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	316	6.8
Kindergarten	377	8.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,105	45.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,284	27.6
College or graduate school	566	12.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,968	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,071	8.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,054	15.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,506	34.7
Some college, no degree	2,758	21.3
Associate degree	571	4.4
Bachelor's degree	1,229	9.5
Graduate or professional degree	779	6.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,898	100.0
Never married	3,473	21.8
Now married, except separated	9,009	56.7
Separated	320	2.0
Widowed	1,155	7.3
Female	957	6.0
Divorced	1,941	12.2
Female	876	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	304	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	199	65.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,980	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,963	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,170	100.0
With a disability	261	6.3

Population 21 to 64 years	9,731	100.0
With a disability	2,416	24.8
Percent employed	56.5	(X)
No disability	7,315	75.2
Percent employed	74.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,759	100.0
With a disability	1,264	45.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,534	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,186	49.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,182	49.5
Same county	4,843	26.1
Different county	4,339	23.4
Same state	2,044	11.0
Different state	2,295	12.4
Elsewhere in 1995	166	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,799	100.0
Native	19,475	98.4
Born in United States	19,370	97.8
State of residence	12,726	64.3
Different state	6,644	33.6
Born outside United States	105	0.5
Foreign born	324	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	156	0.8
Naturalized citizen	87	0.4
Not a citizen	237	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	324	100.0
Europe	80	24.7
Asia	40	12.3
Africa	11	3.4
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	188	58.0
Northern America	5	1.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,534	100.0
English only	17,319	93.4
Language other than English	1,215	6.6
Speak English less than 'very well	225	1.2
Spanish	917	4.9
Speak English less than "very well"	191	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	209	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	19	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	19	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	15	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,799	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,924	80.4
Arab	77	0.4
Czech¹	71	0.4
Danish	33	0.2
Dutch	433	2.2
English	1,786	9.0
French (except Basque)¹	551	2.8
French Canadian¹	85	0.4
German	2,612	13.2
Greek	9	0.0
Hungarian	10	0.1
Irish¹	2,136	10.8
Italian	195	1.0
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	75	0.4
Polish	106	0.5
Portuguese	10	0.1
Russian	18	0.1
Scotch-Irish	297	1.5
Scottish	169	0.9
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	137	0.7
Swedish	112	0.6
Swiss	35	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,638	13.3
Welsh	54	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	55	0.3
Other ancestries	4,214	21.3

(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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