Pittsburg County, OK Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pittsburg county oklahoma dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,214	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	617	6.0
Kindergarten	540	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,090	49.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,666	26.1
College or graduate school	1,301	12.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	30,162	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,693	8.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,472	14.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,017	36.5
Some college, no degree	6,020	20.0
Associate degree	2,068	6.9
Bachelor's degree	2,550	8.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,342	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	35,516	100.0
Never married	5,566	15.7
Now married, except separated	22,004	62.0
Separated	662	1.9
Widowed	3,078	8.7
Female	2,540	7.2
Divorced	4,206	11.8
Female	2,262	6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,223	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	887	72.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,594	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,837	17.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,307	100.0
With a disability	1,233	13.2

Population 21 to 64 years	22,320	100.0
With a disability	6,016	27.0
Percent employed	48.7	(X)
No disability	16,304	73.0
Percent employed	71.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,061	100.0
With a disability	3,602	51.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	41,512	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,003	55.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	18,266	44.0
Same county	9,434	22.7
Different county	8,832	21.3
Same state	5,449	13.1
Different state	3,383	8.1
Elsewhere in 1995	243	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	43,953	100.0
Native	43,478	98.9
Born in United States	43,257	98.4
State of residence	30,135	68.6
Different state	13,122	29.9
Born outside United States	221	0.5
Foreign born	475	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	214	0.5
Naturalized citizen	200	0.5
Not a citizen	275	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	475	100.0
Europe	109	22.9
Asia	165	34.7
Africa	30	6.3
Oceania	9	1.9
Latin America	135	28.4
Northern America	27	5.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	41,512	100.0
English only	40,015	96.4
Language other than English	1,497	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	418	1.0
Spanish	727	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	286	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	406	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	52	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	126	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	43,953	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,881	77.1
Arab	13	0.0
Czech¹	90	0.2
Danish	53	0.1
Dutch	847	1.9
English	2,974	6.8
French (except Basque)¹	682	1.6
French Canadian¹	65	0.1
German	3,865	8.8
Greek	30	0.1
Hungarian	30	0.1
Irish¹	4,680	10.6
Italian	1,733	3.9
Lithuanian	106	0.2
Norwegian	200	0.5
Polish	293	0.7
Portuguese	15	0.0
Russian	85	0.2
Scotch-Irish	512	1.2
Scottish	433	1.0
Slovak	17	0.0
Subsaharan African	50	0.1
Swedish	234	0.5
Swiss	28	0.1
Ukrainian	19	0.0
United States or American	4,523	10.3
Welsh	145	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	261	0.6
Other ancestries	11,898	27.1

(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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