Atwater, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2702692, place: Atwater city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 233 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (7.3%)
Kindergarten: 13 (5.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 107 (45.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 76 (32.62%)
College or graduate school: 20 (8.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 729 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64 (8.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 53 (7.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 270 (37.04%)
Some college, no degree: 174 (23.87%)
Associate degree: 69 (9.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 86 (11.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (1.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 890 (100%)
Never married: 224 (25.17%)
Now married, except separated: 482 (54.16%)
Separated: 7 (0.79%)
Total Widowed: 100 (11.24%)
Widowed Female: 87 (9.78%)
Total Divorced: 77 (8.65%)
Divorced Female: 45 (5.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (27.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 830 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 112 (13.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 223 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (6.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 595 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (13.45%)
----Percent employed: 68.8%
--No disability: 515 (86.55%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 198 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (40.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,016 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 644 (63.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 369 (36.32%)
--Same county: 227 (22.34%)
--Different county: 142 (13.98%)
----Same state: 121 (11.91%)
----Different state: 21 (2.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,084 (100%)
Native: 1,082 (99.82%)
--Born in United States: 1,080 (100%)
----State of residence: 949 (87.55%)
----Different state: 131 (12.08%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,016 (100%)
English only: 994 (97.83%)
Language other than English: 22 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (1.57%)
--Spanish: 13 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,084 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,434% (132.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (1.66%)
Danish: 44 (4.06%)
Dutch: 30 (2.77%)
English: 54 (4.98%)
French (except Basque): 23 (2.12%)
French Canadian: 23 (2.12%)
German: 500 (46.13%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 85 (7.84%)
Italian: 6 (0.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 279 (25.74%)
Polish: 25 (2.31%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (1.11%)
Scottish: 11 (1.01%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 238 (21.96%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 22 (2.03%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 64 (5.9%)

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