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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Minnesota
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
1,267,875
1,247,496
1,288,254
Nursery school, preschool
82,271
69,701
94,841
Kindergarten
70,167
63,752
76,582
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
575,292
561,442
589,142
High school grade (grades 9-12)
303,112
296,512
309,712
College or graduate school
237,033
219,408
254,658
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
3,086,128
3,080,252
3,092,004
Less than 9th grade
128,239
117,816
138,662
202,025
190,343
213,707
High school graduate (including equivalency)
952,522
927,264
977,780
Some college, no degree
720,482
691,031
749,933
Associate degree
226,601
213,386
239,816
Bachelor's degree
592,558
567,226
617,890
Graduate or professional degree
263,701
246,619
280,783
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.3
88.8
89.8
27.7
26.5
28.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
1,830,821
1,823,863
1,837,779
Never married
552,491
537,535
567,447
Now married, except separated
1,079,444
1,063,081
1,095,807
Separated
19,581
15,862
23,300
Widowed
36,189
31,920
40,458
Divorced
143,116
128,929
157,303
 
Females 15 years and over
1,900,033
1,893,372
1,906,694
Never married
461,659
449,177
474,141
Now married, except separated
1,074,955
1,055,858
1,094,052
Separated
27,694
21,934
33,454
Widowed
160,488
148,902
172,074
Divorced
175,237
163,824
186,650
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
69,396
64,096
74,696
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
13,649
10,595
16,703
Per 1,000 unmarried women
25
20
30
As a percent of all women with a birth
19.7
15.7
23.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
55
50
60
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
22
12
32
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
104
92
116
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
26
21
31
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
47,013
41,639
52,387
Responsible for grandchildren
18,474
14,186
22,762
less than 1 year
4,013
2,216
5,810
1 or 2 years
1,937
638
3,236
3 or 4 years
5,873
3,452
8,294
5 or more years
6,651
4,343
8,959
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
65.2
57.6
72.8
Percent who are married
64.7
53.6
75.8
Percent who are in labor force
54.6
43.5
65.7
Percent who are in poverty
17.3
8.1
26.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
3,499,867
3,495,707
3,504,027
Civilian veterans
439,815
419,312
460,318
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
1,133,356
1,118,897
1,147,815
With a disability
72,242
64,878
79,606
 
Population 21 to 64 years
2,776,382
2,763,905
2,788,859
With a disability
297,030
285,609
308,451
Percent employed
64.1
62.0
66.2
No disability
2,479,352
2,461,497
2,497,207
Percent employed
84.5
83.7
85.3
 
Population 65 years and over
546,853
543,246
550,460
With a disability
199,296
179,785
218,807
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
4,723,160
4,718,781
4,727,539
Same house
4,087,751
4,036,558
4,138,944
Different house in the U.S.
614,143
562,734
665,552
Same county
313,527
283,398
343,656
Different county
300,616
268,814
332,418
Same state
193,169
175,649
210,689
Different state
107,447
79,277
135,617
Abroad
21,266
14,727
27,805
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
4,783,596
*****
*****
Native
4,538,222
4,525,661
4,550,783
Born in United States
4,514,436
4,501,333
4,527,539
State of residence
3,348,431
3,298,192
3,398,670
Different state
1,166,005
1,113,703
1,218,307
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
23,786
19,437
28,135
Foreign born
245,374
232,813
257,935
Naturalized citizen
91,808
81,657
101,959
Not a citizen
153,566
140,803
166,329
Entered 1990 or later
141,966
127,184
156,748
Entered before 1990
103,408
91,188
115,628
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
245,374
232,813
257,935
Europe
44,668
36,514
52,822
Asia
107,160
100,124
114,196
Africa
27,935
21,639
34,231
Oceania
1,185
266
2,104
Latin America
52,774
46,243
59,305
Northern America
11,652
7,466
15,838
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
4,458,998
4,454,974
4,463,022
English only
4,094,952
4,059,536
4,130,368
364,046
326,220
401,872
Speak English less than "very well"
150,568
125,929
175,207
110,001
97,850
122,152
Speak English less than "very well"
45,149
37,074
53,224
Other Indo-European languages
117,634
83,451
151,817
Speak English less than "very well"
38,379
14,974
61,784
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
98,943
90,858
107,028
Speak English less than "very well"
52,807
44,423
61,191
Other languages
37,468
29,073
45,863
Speak English less than "very well"
14,233
9,846
18,620
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
4,783,596
*****
*****
Arab
10,388
6,141
14,635
Czech
88,346
65,495
111,197
Danish
97,159
81,289
113,029
Dutch
189,529
51,257
327,801
English
342,303
325,956
358,650
French (except Basque)
222,571
201,233
243,909
French Canadian
62,778
45,750
79,806
German
1,796,227
1,584,539
2,007,915
Greek
9,491
5,024
13,958
Hungarian
12,790
9,462
16,118
Irish
542,906
497,625
588,187
Italian
102,728
86,608
118,849
Lithuanian
5,054
3,015
7,093
Norwegian
808,499
704,734
912,264
Polish
222,111
186,200
258,022
Portuguese
2,354
631
4,077
Russian
38,346
31,739
44,953
Scotch-Irish
49,572
40,863
58,281
Scottish
69,514
61,233
77,795
Slovak
5,220
3,253
7,187
Subsaharan African
28,544
20,423
36,665
Swedish
459,972
398,287
521,657
Swiss
26,086
21,631
30,541
Ukrainian
13,009
7,891
18,127
United States or American
166,667
150,789
182,545
Welsh
21,521
17,406
25,636
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
3,010
1,266
4,754
 

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

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).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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