Aurora, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2702872, place: Aurora city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 379 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (3.69%)
Kindergarten: 27 (7.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 175 (46.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 89 (23.48%)
College or graduate school: 74 (19.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,341 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 108 (8.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 149 (11.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 401 (29.9%)
Some college, no degree: 338 (25.21%)
Associate degree: 98 (7.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 192 (14.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 55 (4.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,536 (100%)
Never married: 286 (18.62%)
Now married, except separated: 917 (59.7%)
Separated: 14 (0.91%)
Total Widowed: 157 (10.22%)
Widowed Female: 138 (8.98%)
Total Divorced: 162 (10.55%)
Divorced Female: 76 (4.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (44.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,481 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 235 (15.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 354 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (14.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 961 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (18.31%)
----Percent employed: 34.1%
--No disability: 785 (81.69%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 386 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (34.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,754 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,181 (67.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 569 (32.44%)
--Same county: 428 (24.4%)
--Different county: 141 (8.04%)
----Same state: 68 (3.88%)
----Different state: 73 (4.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,850 (100%)
Native: 1,824 (98.59%)
--Born in United States: 1,817 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,493 (80.7%)
----Different state: 324 (17.51%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 26 (1.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22 (1.19%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26 (100%)
Europe: 15 (57.69%)
Asia: 4 (15.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (15.38%)
Northern America: 3 (11.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,754 (100%)
English only: 1,604 (91.45%)
Language other than English: 150 (8.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (2.45%)
--Spanish: 44 (2.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.97%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 54 (3.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,850 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,308% (124.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (1.08%)
Danish: 8 (0.43%)
Dutch: 22 (1.19%)
English: 133 (7.19%)
French (except Basque): 95 (5.14%)
French Canadian: 40 (2.16%)
German: 345 (18.65%)
Greek: 4 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.27%)
Irish: 145 (7.84%)
Italian: 127 (6.86%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 251 (13.57%)
Polish: 64 (3.46%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.59%)
Russian: 20 (1.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.49%)
Scottish: 17 (0.92%)
Slovak: 25 (1.35%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 220 (11.89%)
Swiss: 4 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 27 (1.46%)
Welsh: 3 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 706 (38.16%)

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