Steele County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Steele county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,991	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	578	6.4
Kindergarten	517	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,313	48.0
High school (grades 9-12)	2,399	26.7
College or graduate school	1,184	13.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,550	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,449	6.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,443	6.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,743	35.9
Some college, no degree	5,020	23.3
Associate degree	1,555	7.2
Bachelor's degree	3,309	15.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,031	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	26,090	100.0
Never married	6,040	23.2
Now married, except separated	16,044	61.5
Separated	223	0.9
Widowed	1,725	6.6
Female	1,410	5.4
Divorced	2,058	7.9
Female	1,210	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	240	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	84	35.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,314	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,166	13.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,278	100.0
With a disability	561	6.8

Population 21 to 64 years	18,595	100.0
With a disability	2,333	12.5
Percent employed	67.9	(X)
No disability	16,262	87.5
Percent employed	87.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,162	100.0
With a disability	1,426	34.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	31,356	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,016	57.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,780	40.8
Same county	7,015	22.4
Different county	5,765	18.4
Same state	3,810	12.2
Different state	1,955	6.2
Elsewhere in 1995	560	1.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	33,680	100.0
Native	32,492	96.5
Born in United States	32,289	95.9
State of residence	25,698	76.3
Different state	6,591	19.6
Born outside United States	203	0.6
Foreign born	1,188	3.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	787	2.3
Naturalized citizen	395	1.2
Not a citizen	793	2.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,188	100.0
Europe	209	17.6
Asia	200	16.8
Africa	376	31.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	386	32.5
Northern America	17	1.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	31,356	100.0
English only	29,150	93.0
Language other than English	2,206	7.0
Speak English less than 'very well	801	2.6
Spanish	1,087	3.5
Speak English less than "very well"	431	1.4
Other Indo-European languages	555	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	112	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	189	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	78	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	33,680	100.0
Total ancestries reported	41,551	123.4
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	2,804	8.3
Danish	1,172	3.5
Dutch	726	2.2
English	1,819	5.4
French (except Basque)¹	1,146	3.4
French Canadian¹	174	0.5
German	14,401	42.8
Greek	50	0.1
Hungarian	69	0.2
Irish¹	3,018	9.0
Italian	233	0.7
Lithuanian	9	0.0
Norwegian	7,297	21.7
Polish	1,143	3.4
Portuguese	11	0.0
Russian	53	0.2
Scotch-Irish	272	0.8
Scottish	347	1.0
Slovak	41	0.1
Subsaharan African	445	1.3
Swedish	1,541	4.6
Swiss	168	0.5
Ukrainian	55	0.2
United States or American	1,086	3.2
Welsh	155	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	3,314	9.8

(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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