Wadena County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wadena county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,538	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	177	5.0
Kindergarten	230	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,657	46.8
High school (grades 9-12)	905	25.6
College or graduate school	569	16.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,047	100.0
Less than 9th grade	946	10.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	906	10.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,340	36.9
Some college, no degree	2,024	22.4
Associate degree	619	6.8
Bachelor's degree	771	8.5
Graduate or professional degree	441	4.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,817	100.0
Never married	2,353	21.8
Now married, except separated	6,400	59.2
Separated	104	1.0
Widowed	998	9.2
Female	852	7.9
Divorced	962	8.9
Female	496	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	94	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	27	28.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,172	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,492	14.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,221	100.0
With a disability	265	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	6,885	100.0
With a disability	1,499	21.8
Percent employed	53.7	(X)
No disability	5,386	78.2
Percent employed	78.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,378	100.0
With a disability	903	38.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,844	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,982	62.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,846	37.7
Same county	2,164	16.8
Different county	2,682	20.9
Same state	2,093	16.3
Different state	589	4.6
Elsewhere in 1995	16	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,713	100.0
Native	13,580	99.0
Born in United States	13,533	98.7
State of residence	11,043	80.5
Different state	2,490	18.2
Born outside United States	47	0.3
Foreign born	133	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	21	0.2
Naturalized citizen	98	0.7
Not a citizen	35	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	133	100.0
Europe	38	28.6
Asia	50	37.6
Africa	2	1.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	30	22.6
Northern America	13	9.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,844	100.0
English only	12,132	94.5
Language other than English	712	5.5
Speak English less than 'very well	237	1.8
Spanish	111	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	211	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	33	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,713	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,499	113.0
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	151	1.1
Danish	252	1.8
Dutch	297	2.2
English	667	4.9
French (except Basque)¹	323	2.4
French Canadian¹	87	0.6
German	5,120	37.3
Greek	7	0.1
Hungarian	6	0.0
Irish¹	965	7.0
Italian	117	0.9
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	2,110	15.4
Polish	444	3.2
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	22	0.2
Scotch-Irish	116	0.8
Scottish	77	0.6
Slovak	10	0.1
Subsaharan African	13	0.1
Swedish	1,172	8.5
Swiss	38	0.3
Ukrainian	8	0.1
United States or American	994	7.2
Welsh	44	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	1	0.0
Other ancestries	2,448	17.9

(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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