Wabasha County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wabasha county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,671	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	366	6.5
Kindergarten	308	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,815	49.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,528	26.9
College or graduate school	654	11.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,189	100.0
Less than 9th grade	952	6.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,086	7.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,317	37.5
Some college, no degree	3,337	23.5
Associate degree	1,092	7.7
Bachelor's degree	1,757	12.4
Graduate or professional degree	648	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,920	100.0
Never married	3,719	22.0
Now married, except separated	10,680	63.1
Separated	180	1.1
Widowed	1,038	6.1
Female	794	4.7
Divorced	1,303	7.7
Female	701	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	161	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	51	31.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,746	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,230	14.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,378	100.0
With a disability	389	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	11,742	100.0
With a disability	1,591	13.5
Percent employed	69.0	(X)
No disability	10,151	86.5
Percent employed	85.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,975	100.0
With a disability	965	32.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,378	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,953	63.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,174	35.2
Same county	3,434	16.9
Different county	3,740	18.4
Same state	2,552	12.5
Different state	1,188	5.8
Elsewhere in 1995	251	1.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,610	100.0
Native	21,169	98.0
Born in United States	21,113	97.7
State of residence	17,214	79.7
Different state	3,899	18.0
Born outside United States	56	0.3
Foreign born	441	2.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	287	1.3
Naturalized citizen	150	0.7
Not a citizen	291	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	441	100.0
Europe	164	37.2
Asia	91	20.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	174	39.5
Northern America	12	2.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,378	100.0
English only	19,598	96.2
Language other than English	780	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	334	1.6
Spanish	439	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	175	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	271	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	105	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	55	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	51	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,610	100.0
Total ancestries reported	25,367	117.4
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	279	1.3
Danish	337	1.6
Dutch	304	1.4
English	1,181	5.5
French (except Basque)¹	644	3.0
French Canadian¹	111	0.5
German	11,380	52.7
Greek	73	0.3
Hungarian	48	0.2
Irish¹	2,872	13.3
Italian	269	1.2
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	2,942	13.6
Polish	594	2.7
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	45	0.2
Scotch-Irish	134	0.6
Scottish	183	0.8
Slovak	15	0.1
Subsaharan African	5	0.0
Swedish	1,071	5.0
Swiss	210	1.0
Ukrainian	43	0.2
United States or American	895	4.1
Welsh	89	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	4	0.0
Other ancestries	1,627	7.5

(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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