Balaton, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2703250, place: Balaton city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 137 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (3.65%)
Kindergarten: 17 (12.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 60 (43.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 35 (25.55%)
College or graduate school: 20 (14.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 411 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27 (6.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 33 (8.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 166 (40.39%)
Some college, no degree: 104 (25.3%)
Associate degree: 27 (6.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 45 (10.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (2.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 502 (100%)
Never married: 112 (22.31%)
Now married, except separated: 305 (60.76%)
Separated: 2 (0.4%)
Total Widowed: 53 (10.56%)
Widowed Female: 47 (9.36%)
Total Divorced: 30 (5.98%)
Divorced Female: 18 (3.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (30%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 473 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 50 (10.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 140 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (5.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 310 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (15.48%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 262 (84.52%)
----Percent employed: 93.9%
Population 65 years and over: 131 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (45.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 581 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 316 (54.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 253 (43.55%)
--Same county: 155 (26.68%)
--Different county: 98 (16.87%)
----Same state: 76 (13.08%)
----Different state: 22 (3.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (2.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 630 (100%)
Native: 630 (100%)
--Born in United States: 614 (100%)
----State of residence: 483 (76.67%)
----Different state: 131 (20.79%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (2.54%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 581 (100%)
English only: 559 (96.21%)
Language other than English: 22 (3.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (2.58%)
--Spanish: 18 (3.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (2.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 630 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 701% (111.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 17 (2.7%)
Dutch: 30 (4.76%)
English: 18 (2.86%)
French (except Basque): 18 (2.86%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 237 (37.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.16%)
Irish: 37 (5.87%)
Italian: 6 (0.95%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 148 (23.49%)
Polish: 8 (1.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.95%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.32%)
Scottish: 12 (1.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 87 (13.81%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 27 (4.29%)
Welsh: 4 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 43 (6.83%)

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