Meeker County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Meeker county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,764	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	432	7.5
Kindergarten	328	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,772	48.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,662	28.8
College or graduate school	570	9.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,841	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,362	9.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,380	9.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,682	38.3
Some college, no degree	3,310	22.3
Associate degree	1,048	7.1
Bachelor's degree	1,555	10.5
Graduate or professional degree	504	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,750	100.0
Never married	4,001	22.5
Now married, except separated	11,074	62.4
Separated	104	0.6
Widowed	1,302	7.3
Female	1,077	6.1
Divorced	1,269	7.1
Female	619	3.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	130	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	63	48.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,508	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,344	14.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,489	100.0
With a disability	371	6.8

Population 21 to 64 years	11,937	100.0
With a disability	1,800	15.1
Percent employed	61.3	(X)
No disability	10,137	84.9
Percent employed	84.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,285	100.0
With a disability	1,294	39.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,189	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,575	64.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,543	35.6
Same county	3,482	16.4
Different county	4,061	19.2
Same state	3,397	16.0
Different state	664	3.1
Elsewhere in 1995	71	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,644	100.0
Native	22,458	99.2
Born in United States	22,409	99.0
State of residence	19,460	85.9
Different state	2,949	13.0
Born outside United States	49	0.2
Foreign born	186	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	67	0.3
Naturalized citizen	77	0.3
Not a citizen	109	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	186	100.0
Europe	62	33.3
Asia	52	28.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	65	34.9
Northern America	7	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,189	100.0
English only	20,366	96.1
Language other than English	823	3.9
Speak English less than 'very well	212	1.0
Spanish	363	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	100	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	360	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	65	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	43	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,644	100.0
Total ancestries reported	27,661	122.2
Arab	11	0.0
Czech¹	396	1.7
Danish	547	2.4
Dutch	341	1.5
English	1,069	4.7
French (except Basque)¹	680	3.0
French Canadian¹	151	0.7
German	10,693	47.2
Greek	43	0.2
Hungarian	35	0.2
Irish¹	1,952	8.6
Italian	130	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	3,255	14.4
Polish	593	2.6
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	77	0.3
Scotch-Irish	237	1.0
Scottish	154	0.7
Slovak	13	0.1
Subsaharan African	1	0.0
Swedish	3,898	17.2
Swiss	42	0.2
Ukrainian	16	0.1
United States or American	690	3.0
Welsh	43	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,588	11.4

(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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