Douglas County, MN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Douglas county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,170	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	551	6.7
Kindergarten	408	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,615	44.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,248	27.5
College or graduate school	1,348	16.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,961	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,653	7.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,506	6.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,270	33.1
Some college, no degree	5,437	24.8
Associate degree	2,286	10.4
Bachelor's degree	2,644	12.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,165	5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	26,557	100.0
Never married	6,214	23.4
Now married, except separated	16,218	61.1
Separated	187	0.7
Widowed	1,907	7.2
Female	1,554	5.9
Divorced	2,031	7.6
Female	1,087	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	160	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	61	38.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,946	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,714	14.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,626	100.0
With a disability	650	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	17,421	100.0
With a disability	2,891	16.6
Percent employed	71.2	(X)
No disability	14,530	83.4
Percent employed	82.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,446	100.0
With a disability	2,067	38.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	30,999	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,804	60.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,102	39.0
Same county	5,989	19.3
Different county	6,113	19.7
Same state	4,680	15.1
Different state	1,433	4.6
Elsewhere in 1995	93	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	32,821	100.0
Native	32,519	99.1
Born in United States	32,410	98.7
State of residence	26,440	80.6
Different state	5,970	18.2
Born outside United States	109	0.3
Foreign born	302	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	107	0.3
Naturalized citizen	203	0.6
Not a citizen	99	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	302	100.0
Europe	86	28.5
Asia	64	21.2
Africa	11	3.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	74	24.5
Northern America	67	22.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	30,999	100.0
English only	30,002	96.8
Language other than English	997	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	348	1.1
Spanish	301	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	155	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	569	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	120	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	61	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	52	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	32,821	100.0
Total ancestries reported	42,127	128.4
Arab	6	0.0
Czech¹	1,063	3.2
Danish	684	2.1
Dutch	652	2.0
English	1,599	4.9
French (except Basque)¹	1,012	3.1
French Canadian¹	228	0.7
German	14,809	45.1
Greek	10	0.0
Hungarian	17	0.1
Irish¹	2,650	8.1
Italian	336	1.0
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	8,896	27.1
Polish	1,071	3.3
Portuguese	5	0.0
Russian	106	0.3
Scotch-Irish	289	0.9
Scottish	307	0.9
Slovak	24	0.1
Subsaharan African	17	0.1
Swedish	4,469	13.6
Swiss	109	0.3
Ukrainian	34	0.1
United States or American	1,269	3.9
Welsh	93	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	2,364	7.2

(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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