Anoka, MN

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2701720, place: Anoka city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,349 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 291 (6.69%)
Kindergarten: 251 (5.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,986 (45.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 933 (21.45%)
College or graduate school: 888 (20.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,675 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 330 (2.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,077 (9.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,030 (34.52%)
Some college, no degree: 3,189 (27.31%)
Associate degree: 973 (8.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,510 (12.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 566 (4.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,314 (100%)
Never married: 4,136 (28.89%)
Now married, except separated: 7,194 (50.26%)
Separated: 223 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 965 (6.74%)
Widowed Female: 760 (5.31%)
Total Divorced: 1,796 (12.55%)
Divorced Female: 1,014 (7.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 206 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 95 (46.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,642 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,109 (15.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,895 (100%)
--With a disability: 346 (8.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,132 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,654 (16.32%)
----Percent employed: 71%
--No disability: 8,478 (83.68%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,067 (100%)
--With a disability: 956 (46.25%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,748 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,269 (49.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,193 (48.92%)
--Same county: 4,064 (24.27%)
--Different county: 4,129 (24.65%)
----Same state: 3,045 (18.18%)
----Different state: 1,084 (6.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 286 (1.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,076 (100%)
Native: 17,527 (96.96%)
--Born in United States: 17,442 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,555 (74.99%)
----Different state: 3,887 (21.5%)
--Born outside United States: 85 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 549 (3.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 279 (1.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 226 (1.25%)
--Not a citizen: 323 (1.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 549 (100%)
Europe: 148 (26.96%)
Asia: 182 (33.15%)
Africa: 30 (5.46%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 157 (28.6%)
Northern America: 32 (5.83%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,748 (100%)
English only: 15,819 (94.45%)
Language other than English: 929 (5.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 390 (2.33%)
--Spanish: 396 (2.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 167 (1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 364 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 112 (0.67%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 123 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 89 (0.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,076 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,227% (122.96%)
Arab: 31 (0.17%)
Czech: 308 (1.7%)
Danish: 274 (1.52%)
Dutch: 263 (1.45%)
English: 1,094 (6.05%)
French (except Basque): 860 (4.76%)
French Canadian: 251 (1.39%)
German: 5,958 (32.96%)
Greek: 46 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 68 (0.38%)
Irish: 2,041 (11.29%)
Italian: 427 (2.36%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3,084 (17.06%)
Polish: 1,045 (5.78%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.06%)
Russian: 145 (0.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 132 (0.73%)
Scottish: 251 (1.39%)
Slovak: 26 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 24 (0.13%)
Swedish: 2,307 (12.76%)
Swiss: 110 (0.61%)
Ukrainian: 88 (0.49%)
United States or American: 585 (3.24%)
Welsh: 77 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 2,714 (15.01%)

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