Hennepin County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Hennepin county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school297,966100.0
Nursery school, preschool21,5147.2
Kindergarten15,8795.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)122,92941.3
High school (grades 9-12)59,02019.8
College or graduate school78,62426.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over740,444100.0
Less than 9th grade25,1393.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma44,1096.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)156,94721.2
Some college, no degree172,99923.4
Associate degree51,8457.0
Bachelor's degree199,74027.0
Graduate or professional degree89,66512.1
Percent high school graduate or higher90.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher39.1(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over891,076100.0
Never married297,10033.3
Now married, except separated448,36150.3
Separated12,0241.3
Widowed47,7705.4
Female
39,1164.4
Divorced85,8219.6
Female
50,1785.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years11,333100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren4,42939.1
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over848,463100.0
Civilian veterans95,97711.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years237,763100.0
With a disability17,1347.2
Population 21 to 64 years679,962100.0
With a disability89,94613.2
Percent employed
65.1(X)
No disability590,01686.8
Percent employed
84.5(X)
Population 65 years and over113,629100.0
With a disability40,21635.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over1,043,809100.0
Same house in 1995541,14851.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995463,58644.4
Same county
271,65826.0
Different county
191,92818.4
Same state
85,9308.2
Different state
105,99810.2
Elsewhere in 199539,0753.7
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population1,116,200100.0
Native1,005,70490.1
Born in United States
998,37189.4
State of residence
669,61060.0
Different state
328,76129.5
Born outside United States
7,3330.7
Foreign born110,4969.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000
66,8436.0
Naturalized citizen
36,5193.3
Not a citizen
73,9776.6
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)110,487100.0
Europe17,36315.7
Asia40,76236.9
Africa20,73518.8
Oceania5670.5
Latin America26,99424.4
Northern America4,0663.7
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over1,043,809100.0
English only909,79387.2
Language other than English134,01612.8
Speak English less than 'very well
64,1566.1
Spanish
42,5404.1
Speak English less than "very well"
22,8662.2
Other Indo-European languages
32,9743.2
Speak English less than "very well"
10,2591.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages
38,4013.7
Speak English less than "very well"
21,7532.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population1,116,200100.0

Total ancestries reported

1,408,240126.2
Arab4,8320.4
Czech119,2761.7
Danish18,6311.7
Dutch18,6251.7
English85,4887.7
French (except Basque)143,2833.9
French Canadian111,3981.0
German321,68128.8
Greek3,6820.3
Hungarian3,5170.3
Irish1131,23011.8
Italian26,8272.4
Lithuanian2,0140.2
Norwegian163,55414.7
Polish49,7414.5
Portuguese7470.1
Russian16,2921.5
Scotch-Irish12,6211.1
Scottish18,7121.7
Slovak2,5730.2
Subsaharan African25,6462.3
Swedish114,75910.3
Swiss5,5760.5
Ukrainian4,7260.4
United States or American26,6982.4
Welsh6,3350.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)1,9620.2
Other ancestries267,81424.0
(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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