Austin, MN

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2702908, place: Austin city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,013 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 360 (7.18%)
Kindergarten: 363 (7.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,340 (46.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,178 (23.5%)
College or graduate school: 772 (15.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,917 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,380 (8.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,655 (10.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,208 (32.72%)
Some college, no degree: 3,577 (22.47%)
Associate degree: 1,406 (8.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,923 (12.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 768 (4.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,880 (100%)
Never married: 4,425 (23.44%)
Now married, except separated: 10,271 (54.4%)
Separated: 233 (1.23%)
Total Widowed: 2,027 (10.74%)
Widowed Female: 1,678 (8.89%)
Total Divorced: 1,924 (10.19%)
Divorced Female: 1,017 (5.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 181 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 90 (49.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,964 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,868 (15.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,781 (100%)
--With a disability: 463 (9.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,853 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,895 (15.99%)
----Percent employed: 58%
--No disability: 9,958 (84.01%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 4,747 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,842 (38.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,795 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,973 (54.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,311 (42.72%)
--Same county: 5,528 (25.36%)
--Different county: 3,783 (17.36%)
----Same state: 1,695 (7.78%)
----Different state: 2,088 (9.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 511 (2.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,286 (100%)
Native: 22,044 (94.67%)
--Born in United States: 21,985 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,794 (67.83%)
----Different state: 6,191 (26.59%)
--Born outside United States: 59 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 1,242 (5.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 910 (3.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 342 (1.47%)
--Not a citizen: 900 (3.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,242 (100%)
Europe: 173 (13.93%)
Asia: 360 (28.99%)
Africa: 25 (2.01%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 660 (53.14%)
Northern America: 24 (1.93%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,795 (100%)
English only: 19,689 (90.34%)
Language other than English: 2,106 (9.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,091 (5.01%)
--Spanish: 1,253 (5.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 746 (3.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 510 (2.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 258 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 177 (0.81%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,286 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 28,368% (121.82%)
Arab: 24 (0.1%)
Czech: 880 (3.78%)
Danish: 760 (3.26%)
Dutch: 614 (2.64%)
English: 1,665 (7.15%)
French (except Basque): 969 (4.16%)
French Canadian: 121 (0.52%)
German: 8,646 (37.13%)
Greek: 105 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.1%)
Irish: 2,961 (12.72%)
Italian: 238 (1.02%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5,584 (23.98%)
Polish: 369 (1.58%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 67 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 298 (1.28%)
Scottish: 237 (1.02%)
Slovak: 4 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 36 (0.15%)
Swedish: 779 (3.35%)
Swiss: 39 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 892 (3.83%)
Welsh: 114 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 2,937 (12.61%)

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