Swift County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Swift county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,722	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	163	6.0
Kindergarten	123	4.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,282	47.1
High school (grades 9-12)	807	29.6
College or graduate school	347	12.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,336	100.0
Less than 9th grade	750	9.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	885	10.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,929	35.1
Some college, no degree	1,935	23.2
Associate degree	668	8.0
Bachelor's degree	959	11.5
Graduate or professional degree	210	2.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,770	100.0
Never married	2,498	25.6
Now married, except separated	5,447	55.8
Separated	100	1.0
Widowed	944	9.7
Female	789	8.1
Divorced	781	8.0
Female	272	2.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	26	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	9	34.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,202	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,252	13.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,410	100.0
With a disability	178	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	5,341	100.0
With a disability	762	14.3
Percent employed	69.6	(X)
No disability	4,579	85.7
Percent employed	86.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,067	100.0
With a disability	846	40.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,311	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,940	61.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,220	37.3
Same county	1,785	15.8
Different county	2,435	21.5
Same state	1,043	9.2
Different state	1,392	12.3
Elsewhere in 1995	151	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	11,956	100.0
Native	11,810	98.8
Born in United States	11,735	98.2
State of residence	9,166	76.7
Different state	2,569	21.5
Born outside United States	75	0.6
Foreign born	146	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	44	0.4
Naturalized citizen	53	0.4
Not a citizen	93	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	146	100.0
Europe	29	19.9
Asia	45	30.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	7	4.8
Latin America	54	37.0
Northern America	11	7.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,311	100.0
English only	10,567	93.4
Language other than English	744	6.6
Speak English less than 'very well	259	2.3
Spanish	261	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	88	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	290	2.6
Speak English less than "very well"	65	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	182	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	106	0.9

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	11,956	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,435	129.1
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	84	0.7
Danish	239	2.0
Dutch	291	2.4
English	552	4.6
French (except Basque)¹	504	4.2
French Canadian¹	65	0.5
German	5,011	41.9
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	18	0.2
Irish¹	1,137	9.5
Italian	109	0.9
Lithuanian	3	0.0
Norwegian	3,992	33.4
Polish	409	3.4
Portuguese	33	0.3
Russian	19	0.2
Scotch-Irish	107	0.9
Scottish	90	0.8
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	32	0.3
Swedish	1,062	8.9
Swiss	68	0.6
Ukrainian	3	0.0
United States or American	256	2.1
Welsh	2	0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	5	0.0
Other ancestries	1,342	11.2

(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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