Benson, MN

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2705212, place: Benson city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 717 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 59 (8.23%)
Kindergarten: 17 (2.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 337 (47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 231 (32.22%)
College or graduate school: 73 (10.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,314 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 258 (11.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 238 (10.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 742 (32.07%)
Some college, no degree: 472 (20.4%)
Associate degree: 132 (5.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 385 (16.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 87 (3.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,747 (100%)
Never married: 558 (20.31%)
Now married, except separated: 1,612 (58.68%)
Separated: 18 (0.66%)
Total Widowed: 410 (14.93%)
Widowed Female: 362 (13.18%)
Total Divorced: 149 (5.42%)
Divorced Female: 105 (3.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,587 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 338 (13.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 643 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (9.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,662 (100%)
--With a disability: 290 (17.45%)
----Percent employed: 69.3%
--No disability: 1,372 (82.55%)
----Percent employed: 86.2%
Population 65 years and over: 743 (100%)
--With a disability: 342 (46.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,141 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,960 (62.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,174 (37.38%)
--Same county: 754 (24.01%)
--Different county: 420 (13.37%)
----Same state: 331 (10.54%)
----Different state: 89 (2.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,364 (100%)
Native: 3,332 (99.05%)
--Born in United States: 3,326 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,889 (85.88%)
----Different state: 437 (12.99%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 32 (0.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (0.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 32 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 5 (15.63%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (21.88%)
Latin America: 12 (37.5%)
Northern America: 8 (25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,141 (100%)
English only: 3,035 (96.63%)
Language other than English: 106 (3.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.48%)
--Spanish: 31 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 75 (2.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,364 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,510% (134.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 30 (0.89%)
Danish: 96 (2.85%)
Dutch: 51 (1.52%)
English: 206 (6.12%)
French (except Basque): 188 (5.59%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.51%)
German: 1,533 (45.57%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 282 (8.38%)
Italian: 5 (0.15%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 1,324 (39.36%)
Polish: 137 (4.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 52 (1.55%)
Scottish: 20 (0.59%)
Slovak: 2 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 271 (8.06%)
Swiss: 13 (0.39%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.09%)
United States or American: 95 (2.82%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 175 (5.2%)

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