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 Oklahoma City, OK MSA
Data followed by an * indicates a Significant Difference at the 90 percent level between that data and the data from the most current year.  Data followed by a "c" indicates the estimate for that year and the current year are both controlled; a statistical test is not appropriate.
TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
286,157
282,274
289,866
283,764
Nursery school, preschool
5.04%
6.79%
5.39%
6.00%
Kindergarten
5.13%
5.73%
4.74%
6.83%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
43.02%
40.33% *
43.76%
40.61% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
20.94%
20.28%
20.10%
21.73%
College or graduate school
25.88%
26.87%
26.01%
24.84%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
697,032
689,800 *
670,446 *
662,150 *
Less than 9th grade
4.35%
4.01%
4.64%
4.61%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
9.16%
12.27% *
10.63%
12.68% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.41%
25.76% *
27.92%
27.21%
Some college, no degree
24.59%
26.36%
26.91%
25.57%
Associate degree
5.79%
5.81%
5.47%
5.68%
Bachelor's degree
17.99%
16.92%
15.86% *
16.26%
Graduate or professional degree
9.72%
8.87%
8.57%
7.99% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.5
83.7 *
84.7
82.7 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
27.7
25.8
24.4 *
24.2 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
412,919
404,379 *
400,555 *
395,843 *
Never married
28.30%
27.46%
28.18%
26.58%
Now married, except separated
56.21%
58.28%
58.04%
57.67%
Separated
2.03%
1.62%
1.51%
1.32%
Widowed
2.42%
2.03%
2.36%
2.83%
Divorced
11.04%
10.62%
9.92%
11.60%
 
Females 15 years and over
442,630
440,788
432,188 *
428,098 *
Never married
21.85%
22.32%
21.60%
21.74%
Now married, except separated
52.47%
53.78%
52.37%
51.16%
Separated
2.46%
2.13%
2.29%
2.17%
Widowed
9.27%
9.20%
8.44%
10.23%
Divorced
13.96%
12.58%
15.30%
14.71%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
16,499
23,109 *
17,868
16,668
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
31.55%
36.80%
27.23%
24.30%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
40
63
37
31
As a percent of all women with a birth
31.5
36.8
27.2
24.3
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
56
80 *
62
59
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
19
43
11
27
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
105
161 *
126
126
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
20
15
22
10
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
18,669
21,362
17,550
19,058
Responsible for grandchildren
56.92%
49.75%
60.88%
51.22%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
12.92%
21.26%
19.19%
20.77%
1 or 2 years
23.68%
10.61%
31.57%
30.72%
3 or 4 years
20.33%
16.29%
1.48% *
20.23%
5 or more years
43.07%
51.83%
47.77%
28.27%
 
Percent who are female
66.6
57.0
63.3
67.5
Percent who are married
65.8
79.2
69.1
68.8
Percent who are in labor force
56.0
76.4 *
65.1
57.7
Percent who are in poverty
26.2
5.8 *
17.3
33.4
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
800,717
794,097 *
779,944 *
766,378 *
Civilian veterans
13.36%
14.05%
14.90% *
14.58%
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,072,069
1,054,648 *
1,043,996 *
1,034,868 *
Same house
80.61%
79.52%
78.20%
82.74%
Different house in the U.S.
18.58%
19.89%
21.29%
16.66%
Same county
11.69%
13.06%
13.91%
9.95%
Different county
6.89%
6.83%
7.39%
6.71%
Same state
3.79%
3.71%
4.32%
4.55%
Different state
3.10%
3.11%
3.07%
2.16%
Abroad
0.80%
0.59%
0.51%
0.60%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,085,072
1,074,188 c
1,058,129 c
1,049,138 c
Native
92.71%
93.99% *
93.65%
94.39% *
Born in United States
91.71%
93.03% *
92.79%
93.36% *
State of residence
59.82%
61.24%
63.04% *
63.61% *
Different state
31.88%
31.79%
29.74%
29.74%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.00%
0.96%
0.86%
1.03%
Foreign born
7.29%
6.01% *
6.35%
5.61% *
Naturalized citizen
31.08%
40.76% *
30.12%
38.01%
Not a citizen
68.92%
59.24%
69.88%
61.99%
Entered 1990 or later
64.27%
52.86%
64.29%
57.99%
Entered before 1990
35.73%
47.14% *
35.71%
42.01%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
79,127
64,516 *
67,185
58,878 *
Europe
6.13%
9.64%
6.95%
11.00%
Asia
39.29%
34.84%
38.75%
43.77%
Africa
4.09%
5.91%
1.53%
2.06%
Oceania
0.27%
0.00%
0.75%
0.32%
Latin America
49.31%
49.22%
50.32%
42.85%
Northern America
0.91%
0.39%
1.70%
0.00%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,005,575
994,721 *
985,018 *
973,591 *
English only
89.66%
90.14%
90.16%
91.35% *
Language other than English
10.34%
9.86%
9.84%
8.65% *
Speak English less than "very well"
5.59%
4.01% *
3.98% *
3.98% *
Spanish
6.09%
5.71%
6.42%
4.46% *
Speak English less than "very well"
3.53%
2.59% *
2.84%
2.41% *
Other Indo-European languages
0.91%
1.37%
1.23%
1.28%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.13%
0.28%
0.45% *
0.31%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
2.60%
2.11% *
1.88% *
2.08% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.63%
0.99% *
0.70% *
1.13%
Other languages
0.74%
0.68%
0.31%
0.82%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.30%
0.15%
0.00% *
0.14%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,085,072
1,074,188 c
1,058,129 c
1,049,138 c
Arab
0.49%
0.39%
0.34%
0.24%
Czech
0.77%
0.55%
0.58%
0.42% *
Danish
0.19%
0.20%
0.21%
0.51% *
Dutch
2.06%
2.38%
1.87%
2.42%
English
10.37%
10.03%
10.96%
11.53%
French (except Basque)
2.95%
3.79%
3.34%
2.95%
French Canadian
0.29%
0.49%
0.33%
0.30%
German
16.39%
16.29%
17.31%
14.47% *
Greek
0.15%
0.11%
0.06%
0.23%
Hungarian
0.15%
0.06%
0.08%
0.16%
Irish
12.07%
11.34%
12.96%
13.42%
Italian
2.17%
1.69%
1.92%
2.14%
Lithuanian
0.02%
0.02%
0.05%
0.04%
Norwegian
0.66%
0.54%
0.46%
1.19%
Polish
1.42%
0.76% *
1.29%
0.93%
Portuguese
0.14%
0.15%
0.24%
0.13%
Russian
0.27%
0.13%
0.29%
0.19%
Scotch-Irish
1.93%
2.43%
2.12%
2.14%
Scottish
2.21%
2.57%
2.37%
1.69%
Slovak
0.00%
0.07%
0.05%
0.10%
Subsaharan African
0.19%
0.74%
0.28%
0.18%
Swedish
0.60%
1.01%
1.22% *
0.99%
Swiss
0.31%
0.10%
0.30%
0.17%
Ukrainian
0.13%
0.00% *
0.18%
0.08%
United States or American
8.07%
9.03%
10.40% *
11.46% *
Welsh
0.60%
0.60%
0.70%
0.60%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.70%
0.31% *
0.59%
0.96%
 
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Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

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