Jackson County, MN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jackson county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,795	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	184	6.6
Kindergarten	143	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,330	47.6
High school (grades 9-12)	788	28.2
College or graduate school	350	12.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	7,768	100.0
Less than 9th grade	598	7.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	639	8.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,949	38.0
Some college, no degree	1,870	24.1
Associate degree	607	7.8
Bachelor's degree	895	11.5
Graduate or professional degree	210	2.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,071	100.0
Never married	1,907	21.0
Now married, except separated	5,717	63.0
Separated	64	0.7
Widowed	790	8.7
Female	654	7.2
Divorced	593	6.5
Female	244	2.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	49	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	23	46.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	8,493	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,179	13.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,598	100.0
With a disability	144	5.5

Population 21 to 64 years	5,769	100.0
With a disability	682	11.8
Percent employed	71.3	(X)
No disability	5,087	88.2
Percent employed	86.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,044	100.0
With a disability	737	36.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	10,682	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,292	68.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,354	31.4
Same county	1,664	15.6
Different county	1,690	15.8
Same state	981	9.2
Different state	709	6.6
Elsewhere in 1995	36	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	11,268	100.0
Native	11,104	98.5
Born in United States	11,076	98.3
State of residence	8,321	73.8
Different state	2,755	24.4
Born outside United States	28	0.2
Foreign born	164	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	61	0.5
Naturalized citizen	41	0.4
Not a citizen	123	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	164	100.0
Europe	17	10.4
Asia	100	61.0
Africa	10	6.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	36	22.0
Northern America	1	0.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	10,682	100.0
English only	10,272	96.2
Language other than English	410	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	133	1.2
Spanish	145	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	56	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	98	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	19	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	154	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	11,268	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,790	113.5
Arab	6	0.1
Czech¹	579	5.1
Danish	394	3.5
Dutch	347	3.1
English	649	5.8
French (except Basque)¹	166	1.5
French Canadian¹	18	0.2
German	5,784	51.3
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	3	0.0
Irish¹	742	6.6
Italian	36	0.3
Lithuanian	26	0.2
Norwegian	1,873	16.6
Polish	130	1.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	27	0.2
Scotch-Irish	71	0.6
Scottish	65	0.6
Slovak	68	0.6
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	508	4.5
Swiss	39	0.3
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	521	4.6
Welsh	41	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	695	6.2

(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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