Woodward County, OK Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Woodward county oklahoma dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,392	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	271	6.2
Kindergarten	238	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,217	50.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,269	28.9
College or graduate school	397	9.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,992	100.0
Less than 9th grade	723	6.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,685	14.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,575	38.2
Some college, no degree	2,706	22.6
Associate degree	477	4.0
Bachelor's degree	1,364	11.4
Graduate or professional degree	462	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,662	100.0
Never married	2,633	18.0
Now married, except separated	9,258	63.1
Separated	222	1.5
Widowed	1,013	6.9
Female	804	5.5
Divorced	1,536	10.5
Female	913	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	262	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	219	83.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,688	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,845	13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,270	100.0
With a disability	252	5.9

Population 21 to 64 years	9,773	100.0
With a disability	1,910	19.5
Percent employed	59.8	(X)
No disability	7,863	80.5
Percent employed	78.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,481	100.0
With a disability	999	40.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,265	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,495	55.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,671	44.4
Same county	3,921	22.7
Different county	3,750	21.7
Same state	2,453	14.2
Different state	1,297	7.5
Elsewhere in 1995	99	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,486	100.0
Native	18,020	97.5
Born in United States	17,928	97.0
State of residence	12,586	68.1
Different state	5,342	28.9
Born outside United States	92	0.5
Foreign born	466	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	135	0.7
Naturalized citizen	171	0.9
Not a citizen	295	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	466	100.0
Europe	54	11.6
Asia	35	7.5
Africa	3	0.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	361	77.5
Northern America	13	2.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,265	100.0
English only	16,439	95.2
Language other than English	826	4.8
Speak English less than 'very well	325	1.9
Spanish	713	4.1
Speak English less than "very well"	287	1.7
Other Indo-European languages	62	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	36	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,486	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,135	81.9
Arab	32	0.2
Czech¹	92	0.5
Danish	70	0.4
Dutch	545	2.9
English	1,530	8.3
French (except Basque)¹	424	2.3
French Canadian¹	45	0.2
German	3,123	16.9
Greek	4	0.0
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	1,827	9.9
Italian	222	1.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	114	0.6
Polish	87	0.5
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	46	0.2
Scotch-Irish	304	1.6
Scottish	312	1.7
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	43	0.2
Swedish	138	0.7
Swiss	56	0.3
Ukrainian	11	0.1
United States or American	2,720	14.7
Welsh	88	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	16	0.1
Other ancestries	3,276	17.7

(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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