Scott County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Scott county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	25,390	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,988	7.8
Kindergarten	1,900	7.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,493	49.2
High school (grades 9-12)	5,509	21.7
College or graduate school	3,500	13.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	55,564	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,857	3.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,120	5.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	15,800	28.4
Some college, no degree	13,588	24.5
Associate degree	4,865	8.8
Bachelor's degree	12,817	23.1
Graduate or professional degree	3,517	6.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	29.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	65,471	100.0
Never married	14,784	22.6
Now married, except separated	42,874	65.5
Separated	593	0.9
Widowed	2,118	3.2
Female	1,800	2.7
Divorced	5,102	7.8
Female	2,645	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	803	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	235	29.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	61,527	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,050	11.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	22,490	100.0
With a disability	1,484	6.6

Population 21 to 64 years	52,887	100.0
With a disability	5,987	11.3
Percent employed	76.0	(X)
No disability	46,900	88.7
Percent employed	86.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,046	100.0
With a disability	1,714	34.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	81,314	100.0
Same house in 1995	42,916	52.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	37,472	46.1
Same county	11,796	14.5
Different county	25,676	31.6
Same state	18,990	23.4
Different state	6,686	8.2
Elsewhere in 1995	926	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	89,498	100.0
Native	85,878	96.0
Born in United States	85,495	95.5
State of residence	65,178	72.8
Different state	20,317	22.7
Born outside United States	383	0.4
Foreign born	3,620	4.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,767	2.0
Naturalized citizen	1,496	1.7
Not a citizen	2,124	2.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,620	100.0
Europe	531	14.7
Asia	1,452	40.1
Africa	125	3.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,258	34.8
Northern America	254	7.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	81,314	100.0
English only	75,736	93.1
Language other than English	5,578	6.9
Speak English less than 'very well	2,365	2.9
Spanish	2,435	3.0
Speak English less than "very well"	1,234	1.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,609	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	464	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,357	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	610	0.8

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	89,498	100.0
Total ancestries reported	115,290	128.8
Arab	182	0.2
Czech¹	4,681	5.2
Danish	1,456	1.6
Dutch	1,577	1.8
English	5,212	5.8
French (except Basque)¹	3,280	3.7
French Canadian¹	895	1.0
German	40,497	45.2
Greek	174	0.2
Hungarian	142	0.2
Irish¹	12,666	14.2
Italian	1,628	1.8
Lithuanian	42	0.0
Norwegian	13,862	15.5
Polish	3,402	3.8
Portuguese	84	0.1
Russian	520	0.6
Scotch-Irish	806	0.9
Scottish	1,337	1.5
Slovak	108	0.1
Subsaharan African	95	0.1
Swedish	7,495	8.4
Swiss	323	0.4
Ukrainian	139	0.2
United States or American	2,648	3.0
Welsh	359	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	15	0.0
Other ancestries	11,665	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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