Afton, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2700316, place: Afton city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 852 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 53 (6.22%)
Kindergarten: 31 (3.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 392 (46.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 230 (27%)
College or graduate school: 146 (17.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,921 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 34 (1.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 55 (2.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 355 (18.48%)
Some college, no degree: 391 (20.35%)
Associate degree: 114 (5.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 590 (30.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 382 (19.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 50.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,239 (100%)
Never married: 475 (21.21%)
Now married, except separated: 1,504 (67.17%)
Separated: 13 (0.58%)
Total Widowed: 84 (3.75%)
Widowed Female: 67 (2.99%)
Total Divorced: 163 (7.28%)
Divorced Female: 91 (4.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 36 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,075 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 238 (11.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 719 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (1.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,746 (100%)
--With a disability: 174 (9.97%)
----Percent employed: 69.5%
--No disability: 1,572 (90.03%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 232 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (31.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,697 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,979 (73.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 699 (25.92%)
--Same county: 327 (12.12%)
--Different county: 372 (13.79%)
----Same state: 276 (10.23%)
----Different state: 96 (3.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,837 (100%)
Native: 2,785 (98.17%)
--Born in United States: 2,765 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,044 (72.05%)
----Different state: 721 (25.41%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.7%)
Foreign born: 52 (1.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (1.16%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (0.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 52 (100%)
Europe: 26 (50%)
Asia: 9 (17.31%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (3.85%)
Northern America: 15 (28.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,697 (100%)
English only: 2,593 (96.14%)
Language other than English: 104 (3.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (1.63%)
--Spanish: 48 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (1.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,837 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,003% (141.1%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 67 (2.36%)
Danish: 117 (4.12%)
Dutch: 70 (2.47%)
English: 443 (15.62%)
French (except Basque): 186 (6.56%)
French Canadian: 79 (2.78%)
German: 1,056 (37.22%)
Greek: 15 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.67%)
Irish: 468 (16.5%)
Italian: 63 (2.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 342 (12.05%)
Polish: 103 (3.63%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (0.78%)
Scottish: 123 (4.34%)
Slovak: 6 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 324 (11.42%)
Swiss: 23 (0.81%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.14%)
United States or American: 109 (3.84%)
Welsh: 17 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 341 (12.02%)

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