Benton County, MN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Benton county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school9,595100.0
Nursery school, preschool5005.2
Kindergarten4965.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,19343.7
High school (grades 9-12)2,33824.4
College or graduate school2,06821.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over20,789100.0
Less than 9th grade1,5777.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma1,5607.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,23134.8
Some college, no degree5,26325.3
Associate degree1,5857.6
Bachelor's degree2,62912.6
Graduate or professional degree9444.5
Percent high school graduate or higher84.9(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher17.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over26,635100.0
Never married8,06530.3
Now married, except separated14,56854.7
Separated2701.0
Widowed1,6126.1
Female
1,3745.2
Divorced2,1208.0
Female
1,1274.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years233100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren4720.2
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over24,950100.0
Civilian veterans3,19212.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years8,307100.0
With a disability6748.1
Population 21 to 64 years19,531100.0
With a disability2,74014.0
Percent employed
66.8(X)
No disability16,79186.0
Percent employed
87.7(X)
Population 65 years and over3,377100.0
With a disability1,48043.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over31,756100.0
Same house in 199517,69955.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199513,80443.5
Same county
4,78015.1
Different county
9,02428.4
Same state
7,78224.5
Different state
1,2423.9
Elsewhere in 19952530.8
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population34,226100.0
Native33,49497.9
Born in United States
33,39697.6
State of residence
28,85884.3
Different state
4,53813.3
Born outside United States
980.3
Foreign born7322.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000
3751.1
Naturalized citizen
2720.8
Not a citizen
4601.3
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)732100.0
Europe13518.4
Asia39153.4
Africa344.6
Oceania00.0
Latin America12817.5
Northern America446.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over31,756100.0
English only30,16895.0
Language other than English1,5885.0
Speak English less than 'very well
6282.0
Spanish
6141.9
Speak English less than "very well"
2750.9
Other Indo-European languages
6011.9
Speak English less than "very well"
2060.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages
3221.0
Speak English less than "very well"
1380.4
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population34,226100.0

Total ancestries reported

42,954125.5
Arab130.0
Czech14991.5
Danish4311.3
Dutch5391.6
English1,4224.2
French (except Basque)11,4964.4
French Canadian14041.2
German18,08852.8
Greek810.2
Hungarian620.2
Irish12,8858.4
Italian3070.9
Lithuanian140.0
Norwegian3,74811.0
Polish5,76116.8
Portuguese40.0
Russian810.2
Scotch-Irish1910.6
Scottish2630.8
Slovak690.2
Subsaharan African580.2
Swedish2,3536.9
Swiss1550.5
Ukrainian550.2
United States or American1,1853.5
Welsh550.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)160.0
Other ancestries2,7197.9
(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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