Rice County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Rice county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	18,631	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	988	5.3
Kindergarten	755	4.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,692	35.9
High school (grades 9-12)	3,837	20.6
College or graduate school	6,359	34.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	33,400	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,206	6.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,730	8.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,016	33.0
Some college, no degree	7,877	23.6
Associate degree	2,096	6.3
Bachelor's degree	4,764	14.3
Graduate or professional degree	2,711	8.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	45,082	100.0
Never married	13,813	30.6
Now married, except separated	24,715	54.8
Separated	529	1.2
Widowed	2,453	5.4
Female	2,048	4.5
Divorced	3,572	7.9
Female	1,741	3.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	471	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	158	33.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	42,350	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,874	11.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	15,366	100.0
With a disability	1,100	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	30,149	100.0
With a disability	4,167	13.8
Percent employed	68.8	(X)
No disability	25,982	86.2
Percent employed	83.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,701	100.0
With a disability	2,164	38.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	53,208	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,811	52.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	24,253	45.6
Same county	10,906	20.5
Different county	13,347	25.1
Same state	7,820	14.7
Different state	5,527	10.4
Elsewhere in 1995	1,144	2.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	56,665	100.0
Native	53,968	95.2
Born in United States	53,665	94.7
State of residence	40,511	71.5
Different state	13,154	23.2
Born outside United States	303	0.5
Foreign born	2,697	4.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,469	2.6
Naturalized citizen	688	1.2
Not a citizen	2,009	3.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,697	100.0
Europe	223	8.3
Asia	638	23.7
Africa	188	7.0
Oceania	14	0.5
Latin America	1,556	57.7
Northern America	78	2.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	53,208	100.0
English only	48,188	90.6
Language other than English	5,020	9.4
Speak English less than 'very well	2,368	4.5
Spanish	2,706	5.1
Speak English less than "very well"	1,613	3.0
Other Indo-European languages	1,315	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	223	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	705	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	341	0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	56,665	100.0
Total ancestries reported	70,165	123.8
Arab	83	0.1
Czech¹	4,410	7.8
Danish	1,221	2.2
Dutch	1,570	2.8
English	4,096	7.2
French (except Basque)¹	2,993	5.3
French Canadian¹	742	1.3
German	21,068	37.2
Greek	83	0.1
Hungarian	60	0.1
Irish¹	6,572	11.6
Italian	817	1.4
Lithuanian	51	0.1
Norwegian	9,641	17.0
Polish	1,521	2.7
Portuguese	77	0.1
Russian	225	0.4
Scotch-Irish	536	0.9
Scottish	778	1.4
Slovak	52	0.1
Subsaharan African	242	0.4
Swedish	3,628	6.4
Swiss	315	0.6
Ukrainian	62	0.1
United States or American	1,656	2.9
Welsh	281	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	45	0.1
Other ancestries	7,340	13.0

(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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