Bemidji, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2705068, place: Bemidji city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,727 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 195 (4.13%)
Kindergarten: 130 (2.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,156 (24.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 597 (12.63%)
College or graduate school: 2,649 (56.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,504 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 456 (7.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 523 (8.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,601 (24.62%)
Some college, no degree: 1,588 (24.42%)
Associate degree: 464 (7.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,269 (19.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 603 (9.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,900 (100%)
Never married: 4,179 (42.21%)
Now married, except separated: 3,887 (39.26%)
Separated: 98 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 830 (8.38%)
Widowed Female: 701 (7.08%)
Total Divorced: 906 (9.15%)
Divorced Female: 580 (5.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 85 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (25.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,478 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,148 (12.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,112 (100%)
--With a disability: 283 (9.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,223 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,102 (17.71%)
----Percent employed: 58.7%
--No disability: 5,121 (82.29%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,649 (100%)
--With a disability: 870 (52.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,350 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,802 (42.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,385 (56.26%)
--Same county: 2,788 (24.56%)
--Different county: 3,597 (31.69%)
----Same state: 2,688 (23.68%)
----Different state: 909 (8.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 163 (1.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,074 (100%)
Native: 11,723 (97.09%)
--Born in United States: 11,613 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,656 (71.69%)
----Different state: 2,957 (24.49%)
--Born outside United States: 110 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 351 (2.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 159 (1.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 175 (1.45%)
--Not a citizen: 176 (1.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 351 (100%)
Europe: 59 (16.81%)
Asia: 195 (55.56%)
Africa: 26 (7.41%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (1.99%)
Northern America: 64 (18.23%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,350 (100%)
English only: 10,669 (94%)
Language other than English: 681 (6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 279 (2.46%)
--Spanish: 144 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 164 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 173 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 134 (1.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,074 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,581% (120.76%)
Arab: 22 (0.18%)
Czech: 178 (1.47%)
Danish: 164 (1.36%)
Dutch: 175 (1.45%)
English: 782 (6.48%)
French (except Basque): 596 (4.94%)
French Canadian: 124 (1.03%)
German: 3,475 (28.78%)
Greek: 6 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.28%)
Irish: 1,045 (8.65%)
Italian: 358 (2.97%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2,732 (22.63%)
Polish: 412 (3.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 44 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 168 (1.39%)
Scottish: 144 (1.19%)
Slovak: 22 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 83 (0.69%)
Swedish: 1,063 (8.8%)
Swiss: 36 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 34 (0.28%)
United States or American: 401 (3.32%)
Welsh: 5 (0.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,478 (20.52%)

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