Baxter, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2704042, place: Baxter city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,729 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 137 (7.92%)
Kindergarten: 43 (2.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 846 (48.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 453 (26.2%)
College or graduate school: 250 (14.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,554 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 102 (2.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 113 (3.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 789 (22.2%)
Some college, no degree: 960 (27.01%)
Associate degree: 494 (13.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 743 (20.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 353 (9.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,258 (100%)
Never married: 797 (18.72%)
Now married, except separated: 2,972 (69.8%)
Separated: 38 (0.89%)
Total Widowed: 186 (4.37%)
Widowed Female: 166 (3.9%)
Total Divorced: 265 (6.22%)
Divorced Female: 177 (4.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,908 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 570 (14.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,563 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (4.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,156 (100%)
--With a disability: 257 (8.14%)
----Percent employed: 41.6%
--No disability: 2,899 (91.86%)
----Percent employed: 89.1%
Population 65 years and over: 574 (100%)
--With a disability: 154 (26.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,301 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,582 (48.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,655 (50.08%)
--Same county: 1,412 (26.64%)
--Different county: 1,243 (23.45%)
----Same state: 913 (17.22%)
----Different state: 330 (6.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 64 (1.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,697 (100%)
Native: 5,603 (98.35%)
--Born in United States: 5,574 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,281 (75.14%)
----Different state: 1,293 (22.7%)
--Born outside United States: 29 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 94 (1.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 48 (0.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 59 (1.04%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 94 (100%)
Europe: 30 (31.91%)
Asia: 64 (68.09%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,301 (100%)
English only: 5,110 (96.4%)
Language other than English: 191 (3.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (1.13%)
--Spanish: 124 (2.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (1.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 16 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,697 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,760% (136.21%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 90 (1.58%)
Danish: 152 (2.67%)
Dutch: 194 (3.41%)
English: 379 (6.65%)
French (except Basque): 355 (6.23%)
French Canadian: 162 (2.84%)
German: 2,393 (42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.39%)
Irish: 549 (9.64%)
Italian: 58 (1.02%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1,060 (18.61%)
Polish: 354 (6.21%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 73 (1.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 136 (2.39%)
Scottish: 23 (0.4%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 833 (14.62%)
Swiss: 17 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.23%)
United States or American: 172 (3.02%)
Welsh: 49 (0.86%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 676 (11.87%)

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