Kay County, OK Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Kay county oklahoma dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,077	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	820	6.8
Kindergarten	744	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,877	48.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,862	23.7
College or graduate school	1,774	14.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,106	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,536	4.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,401	14.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,330	33.2
Some college, no degree	6,893	22.2
Associate degree	2,268	7.3
Bachelor's degree	4,086	13.1
Graduate or professional degree	1,592	5.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	37,675	100.0
Never married	7,021	18.6
Now married, except separated	22,605	60.0
Separated	494	1.3
Widowed	3,360	8.9
Female	2,838	7.5
Divorced	4,195	11.1
Female	2,247	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	901	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	592	65.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	35,394	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,422	15.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,326	100.0
With a disability	873	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	25,039	100.0
With a disability	5,463	21.8
Percent employed	55.3	(X)
No disability	19,576	78.2
Percent employed	75.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,777	100.0
With a disability	3,577	46.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	44,704	100.0
Same house in 1995	24,893	55.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,332	43.2
Same county	11,042	24.7
Different county	8,290	18.5
Same state	3,947	8.8
Different state	4,343	9.7
Elsewhere in 1995	479	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	48,080	100.0
Native	46,958	97.7
Born in United States	46,719	97.2
State of residence	31,950	66.5
Different state	14,769	30.7
Born outside United States	239	0.5
Foreign born	1,122	2.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	621	1.3
Naturalized citizen	391	0.8
Not a citizen	731	1.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,122	100.0
Europe	138	12.3
Asia	242	21.6
Africa	10	0.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	705	62.8
Northern America	27	2.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	44,704	100.0
English only	42,557	95.2
Language other than English	2,147	4.8
Speak English less than 'very well	915	2.0
Spanish	1,504	3.4
Speak English less than "very well"	723	1.6
Other Indo-European languages	271	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	72	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	190	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	92	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	48,080	100.0
Total ancestries reported	43,477	90.4
Arab	37	0.1
Czech¹	424	0.9
Danish	119	0.2
Dutch	1,237	2.6
English	5,320	11.1
French (except Basque)¹	1,453	3.0
French Canadian¹	157	0.3
German	7,946	16.5
Greek	48	0.1
Hungarian	43	0.1
Irish¹	4,977	10.4
Italian	684	1.4
Lithuanian	27	0.1
Norwegian	315	0.7
Polish	461	1.0
Portuguese	46	0.1
Russian	65	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,150	2.4
Scottish	806	1.7
Slovak	13	0.0
Subsaharan African	30	0.1
Swedish	497	1.0
Swiss	112	0.2
Ukrainian	22	0.0
United States or American	6,034	12.5
Welsh	266	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	108	0.2
Other ancestries	11,080	23.0

(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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