Bethel, MN

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2705554, place: Bethel city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 116 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (18.97%)
Kindergarten: 3 (2.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 70 (60.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 19 (16.38%)
College or graduate school: 2 (1.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 223 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4 (1.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 23 (10.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 106 (47.53%)
Some college, no degree: 58 (26.01%)
Associate degree: 12 (5.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (4.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (4.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 270 (100%)
Never married: 67 (24.81%)
Now married, except separated: 155 (57.41%)
Separated: 13 (4.81%)
Total Widowed: 6 (2.22%)
Widowed Female: 2 (0.74%)
Total Divorced: 29 (10.74%)
Divorced Female: 15 (5.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (46.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 257 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 31 (12.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 102 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (6.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 226 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (21.68%)
----Percent employed: 67.3%
--No disability: 177 (78.32%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 22 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (36.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 350 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 220 (62.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 130 (37.14%)
--Same county: 69 (19.71%)
--Different county: 61 (17.43%)
----Same state: 51 (14.57%)
----Different state: 10 (2.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 408 (100%)
Native: 406 (99.51%)
--Born in United States: 398 (100%)
----State of residence: 320 (78.43%)
----Different state: 78 (19.12%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (1.96%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.49%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 350 (100%)
English only: 344 (98.29%)
Language other than English: 6 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.86%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.86%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 408 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 518% (126.96%)
Arab: 6 (1.47%)
Czech: 12 (2.94%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (1.47%)
English: 8 (1.96%)
French (except Basque): 25 (6.13%)
French Canadian: 9 (2.21%)
German: 131 (32.11%)
Greek: 10 (2.45%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 59 (14.46%)
Italian: 33 (8.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 51 (12.5%)
Polish: 19 (4.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (1.96%)
Scottish: 2 (0.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 59 (14.46%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 12 (2.94%)
United States or American: 6 (1.47%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 62 (15.2%)

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