Chaska, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2710972, place: Chaska city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,301 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 535 (10.09%)
Kindergarten: 437 (8.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,565 (48.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,060 (20%)
College or graduate school: 704 (13.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,387 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 279 (2.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 595 (5.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,639 (25.41%)
Some college, no degree: 2,586 (24.9%)
Associate degree: 957 (9.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,570 (24.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 761 (7.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,495 (100%)
Never married: 3,142 (25.15%)
Now married, except separated: 7,683 (61.49%)
Separated: 122 (0.98%)
Total Widowed: 473 (3.79%)
Widowed Female: 367 (2.94%)
Total Divorced: 1,075 (8.6%)
Divorced Female: 670 (5.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 102 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (41.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,698 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,259 (10.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,672 (100%)
--With a disability: 277 (5.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,045 (100%)
--With a disability: 988 (9.84%)
----Percent employed: 75%
--No disability: 9,057 (90.16%)
----Percent employed: 85.5%
Population 65 years and over: 869 (100%)
--With a disability: 379 (43.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,757 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,093 (51.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,335 (46.55%)
--Same county: 2,408 (15.28%)
--Different county: 4,927 (31.27%)
----Same state: 3,412 (21.65%)
----Different state: 1,515 (9.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 329 (2.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,442 (100%)
Native: 16,565 (94.97%)
--Born in United States: 16,492 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,095 (69.34%)
----Different state: 4,397 (25.21%)
--Born outside United States: 73 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 877 (5.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 607 (3.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 224 (1.28%)
--Not a citizen: 653 (3.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 877 (100%)
Europe: 76 (8.67%)
Asia: 140 (15.96%)
Africa: 50 (5.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 508 (57.92%)
Northern America: 103 (11.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,757 (100%)
English only: 14,441 (91.65%)
Language other than English: 1,316 (8.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 534 (3.39%)
--Spanish: 864 (5.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 447 (2.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 299 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 83 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,442 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,509% (129.05%)
Arab: 14 (0.08%)
Czech: 355 (2.04%)
Danish: 259 (1.48%)
Dutch: 354 (2.03%)
English: 1,024 (5.87%)
French (except Basque): 809 (4.64%)
French Canadian: 277 (1.59%)
German: 7,830 (44.89%)
Greek: 34 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 120 (0.69%)
Irish: 2,250 (12.9%)
Italian: 398 (2.28%)
Lithuanian: 43 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 2,710 (15.54%)
Polish: 511 (2.93%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.03%)
Russian: 129 (0.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 217 (1.24%)
Scottish: 239 (1.37%)
Slovak: 6 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 86 (0.49%)
Swedish: 1,505 (8.63%)
Swiss: 76 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 68 (0.39%)
United States or American: 695 (3.98%)
Welsh: 60 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,434 (13.95%)

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