Meeker County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Meeker county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school5,764100.0
Nursery school, preschool4327.5
Kindergarten3285.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,77248.1
High school (grades 9-12)1,66228.8
College or graduate school5709.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over14,841100.0
Less than 9th grade1,3629.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma1,3809.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)5,68238.3
Some college, no degree3,31022.3
Associate degree1,0487.1
Bachelor's degree1,55510.5
Graduate or professional degree5043.4
Percent high school graduate or higher81.5(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher13.9(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over17,750100.0
Never married4,00122.5
Now married, except separated11,07462.4
Separated1040.6
Widowed1,3027.3
Female
1,0776.1
Divorced1,2697.1
Female
6193.5
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years130100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren6348.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over16,508100.0
Civilian veterans2,34414.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years5,489100.0
With a disability3716.8
Population 21 to 64 years11,937100.0
With a disability1,80015.1
Percent employed
61.3(X)
No disability10,13784.9
Percent employed
84.6(X)
Population 65 years and over3,285100.0
With a disability1,29439.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over21,189100.0
Same house in 199513,57564.1
Different house in the U.S. in 19957,54335.6
Same county
3,48216.4
Different county
4,06119.2
Same state
3,39716.0
Different state
6643.1
Elsewhere in 1995710.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population22,644100.0
Native22,45899.2
Born in United States
22,40999.0
State of residence
19,46085.9
Different state
2,94913.0
Born outside United States
490.2
Foreign born1860.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000
670.3
Naturalized citizen
770.3
Not a citizen
1090.5
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)186100.0
Europe6233.3
Asia5228.0
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America6534.9
Northern America73.8
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over21,189100.0
English only20,36696.1
Language other than English8233.9
Speak English less than 'very well
2121.0
Spanish
3631.7
Speak English less than "very well"
1000.5
Other Indo-European languages
3601.7
Speak English less than "very well"
650.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
430.2
Speak English less than "very well"
210.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population22,644100.0

Total ancestries reported

27,661122.2
Arab110.0
Czech13961.7
Danish5472.4
Dutch3411.5
English1,0694.7
French (except Basque)16803.0
French Canadian11510.7
German10,69347.2
Greek430.2
Hungarian350.2
Irish11,9528.6
Italian1300.6
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian3,25514.4
Polish5932.6
Portuguese60.0
Russian770.3
Scotch-Irish2371.0
Scottish1540.7
Slovak130.1
Subsaharan African10.0
Swedish3,89817.2
Swiss420.2
Ukrainian160.1
United States or American6903.0
Welsh430.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries2,58811.4
(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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