Brainerd, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2707300, place: Brainerd city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,189 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 224 (7.02%)
Kindergarten: 140 (4.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,489 (46.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 656 (20.57%)
College or graduate school: 680 (21.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,054 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 594 (7.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 715 (8.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,874 (35.68%)
Some college, no degree: 1,881 (23.35%)
Associate degree: 858 (10.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 767 (9.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 365 (4.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,268 (100%)
Never married: 2,925 (28.49%)
Now married, except separated: 4,612 (44.92%)
Separated: 117 (1.14%)
Total Widowed: 1,225 (11.93%)
Widowed Female: 1,031 (10.04%)
Total Divorced: 1,389 (13.53%)
Divorced Female: 860 (8.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 103 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 57 (55.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,752 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,224 (12.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,024 (100%)
--With a disability: 287 (9.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,490 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,471 (22.67%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
--No disability: 5,019 (77.33%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,241 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,167 (52.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,059 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,241 (43.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,695 (55.52%)
--Same county: 3,987 (33.06%)
--Different county: 2,708 (22.46%)
----Same state: 1,947 (16.15%)
----Different state: 761 (6.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 123 (1.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,041 (100%)
Native: 12,829 (98.37%)
--Born in United States: 12,776 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,139 (77.75%)
----Different state: 2,637 (20.22%)
--Born outside United States: 53 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 212 (1.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 73 (0.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 111 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 101 (0.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 212 (100%)
Europe: 74 (34.91%)
Asia: 67 (31.6%)
Africa: 5 (2.36%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (12.26%)
Northern America: 40 (18.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,059 (100%)
English only: 11,679 (96.85%)
Language other than English: 380 (3.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 154 (1.28%)
--Spanish: 143 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (0.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 160 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 48 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,041 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,046% (115.37%)
Arab: 24 (0.18%)
Czech: 155 (1.19%)
Danish: 272 (2.09%)
Dutch: 244 (1.87%)
English: 921 (7.06%)
French (except Basque): 616 (4.72%)
French Canadian: 243 (1.86%)
German: 4,338 (33.26%)
Greek: 4 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.21%)
Irish: 1,378 (10.57%)
Italian: 181 (1.39%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 2,185 (16.75%)
Polish: 668 (5.12%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.05%)
Russian: 7 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 139 (1.07%)
Scottish: 124 (0.95%)
Slovak: 22 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.07%)
Swedish: 1,327 (10.18%)
Swiss: 18 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.1%)
United States or American: 617 (4.73%)
Welsh: 51 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 1,434 (11%)

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