Blue Earth, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2706688, place: Blue Earth city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 837 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 97 (11.59%)
Kindergarten: 45 (5.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 365 (43.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 226 (27%)
College or graduate school: 104 (12.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,554 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 234 (9.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 177 (6.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,150 (45.03%)
Some college, no degree: 488 (19.11%)
Associate degree: 92 (3.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 308 (12.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 105 (4.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,980 (100%)
Never married: 590 (19.8%)
Now married, except separated: 1,770 (59.4%)
Separated: 67 (2.25%)
Total Widowed: 344 (11.54%)
Widowed Female: 304 (10.2%)
Total Divorced: 209 (7.01%)
Divorced Female: 112 (3.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (73.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,791 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 402 (14.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 736 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (11.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,737 (100%)
--With a disability: 303 (17.44%)
----Percent employed: 73.6%
--No disability: 1,434 (82.56%)
----Percent employed: 87.9%
Population 65 years and over: 761 (100%)
--With a disability: 306 (40.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,430 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,212 (64.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,218 (35.51%)
--Same county: 686 (20%)
--Different county: 532 (15.51%)
----Same state: 237 (6.91%)
----Different state: 295 (8.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,628 (100%)
Native: 3,594 (99.06%)
--Born in United States: 3,593 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,746 (75.69%)
----Different state: 847 (23.35%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.03%)
Foreign born: 34 (0.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.22%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (0.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 34 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 6 (17.65%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (76.47%)
Northern America: 2 (5.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,430 (100%)
English only: 3,373 (98.34%)
Language other than English: 57 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.93%)
--Spanish: 44 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,628 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,181% (115.24%)
Arab: 6 (0.17%)
Czech: 25 (0.69%)
Danish: 48 (1.32%)
Dutch: 45 (1.24%)
English: 228 (6.28%)
French (except Basque): 128 (3.53%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.61%)
German: 1,589 (43.8%)
Greek: 7 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 310 (8.54%)
Italian: 19 (0.52%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 919 (25.33%)
Polish: 151 (4.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 12 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 35 (0.96%)
Scottish: 60 (1.65%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 197 (5.43%)
Swiss: 2 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.44%)
United States or American: 63 (1.74%)
Welsh: 12 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 287 (7.91%)

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