Goodhue County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Goodhue county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,305	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	784	6.9
Kindergarten	618	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,391	47.7
High school (grades 9-12)	3,210	28.4
College or graduate school	1,302	11.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,127	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,746	6.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,128	7.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,633	36.5
Some college, no degree	6,877	23.6
Associate degree	2,189	7.5
Bachelor's degree	4,004	13.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,550	5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	34,882	100.0
Never married	8,096	23.2
Now married, except separated	21,234	60.9
Separated	255	0.7
Widowed	2,383	6.8
Female	1,964	5.6
Divorced	2,914	8.4
Female	1,458	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	312	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	95	30.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	32,448	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,476	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,548	100.0
With a disability	625	5.9

Population 21 to 64 years	23,941	100.0
With a disability	3,335	13.9
Percent employed	74.8	(X)
No disability	20,606	86.1
Percent employed	85.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,960	100.0
With a disability	2,103	35.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	41,483	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,916	62.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,300	36.9
Same county	7,901	19.0
Different county	7,399	17.8
Same state	4,762	11.5
Different state	2,637	6.4
Elsewhere in 1995	267	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	44,127	100.0
Native	43,615	98.8
Born in United States	43,449	98.5
State of residence	34,409	78.0
Different state	9,040	20.5
Born outside United States	166	0.4
Foreign born	512	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	240	0.5
Naturalized citizen	240	0.5
Not a citizen	272	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	512	100.0
Europe	158	30.9
Asia	156	30.5
Africa	21	4.1
Oceania	7	1.4
Latin America	127	24.8
Northern America	43	8.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	41,483	100.0
English only	40,156	96.8
Language other than English	1,327	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	464	1.1
Spanish	585	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	233	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	536	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	122	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	91	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	55	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	44,127	100.0
Total ancestries reported	55,446	125.7
Arab	17	0.0
Czech¹	744	1.7
Danish	757	1.7
Dutch	771	1.7
English	2,585	5.9
French (except Basque)¹	1,156	2.6
French Canadian¹	370	0.8
German	19,745	44.7
Greek	24	0.1
Hungarian	91	0.2
Irish¹	4,881	11.1
Italian	410	0.9
Lithuanian	24	0.1
Norwegian	11,041	25.0
Polish	1,157	2.6
Portuguese	26	0.1
Russian	33	0.1
Scotch-Irish	256	0.6
Scottish	416	0.9
Slovak	41	0.1
Subsaharan African	16	0.0
Swedish	5,279	12.0
Swiss	531	1.2
Ukrainian	50	0.1
United States or American	1,436	3.3
Welsh	184	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	27	0.1
Other ancestries	3,378	7.7

(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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