North Dakota Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school179,667100.0
Nursery school, preschool8,7254.9
Kindergarten8,6504.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)73,72541.0
High school (grades 9-12)41,56423.1
College or graduate school47,00326.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over408,585100.0
Less than 9th grade35,6588.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma30,2987.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)113,93127.9
Some college, no degree100,28824.5
Associate degree38,5679.4
Bachelor's degree67,55116.5
Graduate or professional degree22,2925.5
Percent high school graduate or higher83.9(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher22.0(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over512,281100.0
Never married141,30027.6
Now married, except separated290,83356.8
Separated3,6100.7
Widowed36,7027.2
Female
30,3465.9
Divorced39,8367.8
Female
21,2354.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years4,645100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren2,54754.8
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over474,210100.0
Civilian veterans61,36512.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years153,594100.0
With a disability11,0467.2
Population 21 to 64 years345,334100.0
With a disability53,17015.4
Percent employed
64.0(X)
No disability292,16484.6
Percent employed
82.7(X)
Population 65 years and over87,361100.0
With a disability33,60138.5
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over603,106100.0
Same house in 1995342,46056.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995253,43042.0
Same county
131,44621.8
Different county
121,98420.2
Same state
61,73210.2
Different state
60,25210.0
Elsewhere in 19957,2161.2
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population642,200100.0
Native630,08698.1
Born in United States
625,99897.5
State of residence
465,66772.5
Different state
160,33125.0
Born outside United States
4,0880.6
Foreign born12,1141.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000
6,3391.0
Naturalized citizen
5,1560.8
Not a citizen
6,9581.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)12,114100.0
Europe4,00833.1
Asia2,79323.1
Africa7936.5
Oceania1211.0
Latin America1,37311.3
Northern America3,02625.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over603,106100.0
English only565,13093.7
Language other than English37,9766.3
Speak English less than 'very well
11,0031.8
Spanish
8,2631.4
Speak English less than "very well"
2,7620.5
Other Indo-European languages
24,1914.0
Speak English less than "very well"
6,6701.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1,9330.3
Speak English less than "very well"
6960.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population642,200100.0

Total ancestries reported

813,468126.7
Arab1,0420.2
Czech114,2822.2
Danish9,1881.4
Dutch9,0951.4
English31,5604.9
French (except Basque)125,0903.9
French Canadian15,3980.8
German282,05843.9
Greek6050.1
Hungarian2,8020.4
Irish149,3877.7
Italian5,3280.8
Lithuanian2650.0
Norwegian193,15830.1
Polish17,7002.8
Portuguese3480.1
Russian22,5143.5
Scotch-Irish6,6741.0
Scottish8,0111.2
Slovak4990.1
Subsaharan African1,0510.2
Swedish31,9665.0
Swiss1,7490.3
Ukrainian3,8150.6
United States or American15,4952.4
Welsh1,6600.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)2370.0
Other ancestries72,49111.3
(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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