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DEMOGRAPHIC & LABOR FORCE DATA

Profile of Selected Social Characteristics

DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics:  2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data
Geographic Area: Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
 
Subject
Number
Percent
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
10,814
100
Nursery school, preschool
556
5.1
Kindergarten
578
5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
5,168
47.8
High school (grades 9-12)
2,884
26.7
College or graduate school
1,628
15.1
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
    Population 25 years and over
26,419
100
Less than 9th grade
2,448
9.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
1,924
7.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)
8,219
31.1
Some college, no degree
6,479
24.5
Associate degree
2,503
9.5
Bachelor's degree
3,468
13.1
Graduate or professional degree
1,378
5.2
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
83.5
(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
18.3
(X)
 
MARITAL STATUS
    Population 15 years and over
32,367
100
Never married
8,026
24.8
Now married, except separated
19,213
59.4
Separated
343
1.1
Widowed
2,284
7.1
Female
1,886
5.8
Divorced
2,501
7.7
Female
1,325
4.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
    Civilian population 18 years and over
30,216
100
Civilian veterans
3,711
12.3
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
    Population 5 to 20 years
10,278
100
With a disability
871
8.5
 
    Population 21 to 64 years
21,928
100
With a disability
3,576
16.3
Percent employed
68.3
(X)
No disability
18,352
83.7
Percent employed
85.2
(X)
 
    Population 65 years and over
5,691
100
With a disability
1,990
35
 
RESIDENCE IN 1995
    Population 5 years and over
38,620
100
Same house in 1995
23,338
60.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995
14,816
38.4
Same county
8,447
21.9
Different county
6,369
16.5
Same state
4,102
10.6
Different state
2,267
5.9
Elsewhere in 1995
466
1.2
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
    Total population
41,203
100
Native
39,656
96.2
Born in United States
39,465
95.8
State of residence
32,135
78
Different state
7,330
17.8
Born outside United States
191
0.5
Foreign born
1,547
3.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000
819
2
Naturalized citizen
511
1.2
Not a citizen
1,036
2.5
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
    Total (excluding born at sea)
1,547
100
Europe
117
7.6
Asia
97
6.3
Africa
132
8.5
Oceania
2
0.1
Latin America
1,124
72.7
Northern America
75
4.8
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Population 5 years and over
38,620
100
English only
34,798
90.1
Language other than English
3,822
9.9
Speak English less than "very well"
1,417
3.7
Spanish
2,781
7.2
Speak English less than "very well"
1,179
3.1
Other Indo-European languages
851
2.2
Speak English less than "very well"
137
0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages
47
0.1
Speak English less than "very well"
17
0
 
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3

 

 

 
   
 



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