U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Detroit Lakes, MN

Becker County, Minnesota

Latitude: 46.813315     Longitude: -95.844605
Population 7,914 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2715832, place: Detroit Lakes city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,771 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 128 (7.23%)
Kindergarten: 94 (5.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 786 (44.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 492 (27.78%)
College or graduate school: 271 (15.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,098 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 382 (7.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 447 (8.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,451 (28.46%)
Some college, no degree: 1,157 (22.7%)
Associate degree: 434 (8.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 934 (18.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 293 (5.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,050 (100%)
Never married: 1,366 (22.58%)
Now married, except separated: 3,170 (52.4%)
Separated: 78 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 865 (14.3%)
Widowed Female: 771 (12.74%)
Total Divorced: 571 (9.44%)
Divorced Female: 305 (5.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 77 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (55.84%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,675 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 867 (15.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,579 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (10.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,588 (100%)
--With a disability: 596 (16.61%)
----Percent employed: 60.4%
--No disability: 2,992 (83.39%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 1,531 (100%)
--With a disability: 551 (35.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,975 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,322 (47.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,581 (51.34%)
--Same county: 1,931 (27.68%)
--Different county: 1,650 (23.66%)
----Same state: 927 (13.29%)
----Different state: 723 (10.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 72 (1.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,408 (100%)
Native: 7,296 (98.49%)
--Born in United States: 7,282 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,796 (64.74%)
----Different state: 2,486 (33.56%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 112 (1.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 92 (1.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 48 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 64 (0.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 112 (100%)
Europe: 28 (25%)
Asia: 57 (50.89%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (1.79%)
Northern America: 25 (22.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,975 (100%)
English only: 6,700 (96.06%)
Language other than English: 275 (3.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 112 (1.61%)
--Spanish: 99 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 95 (1.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,408 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,313% (125.72%)
Arab: 7 (0.09%)
Czech: 142 (1.92%)
Danish: 123 (1.66%)
Dutch: 129 (1.74%)
English: 541 (7.3%)
French (except Basque): 238 (3.21%)
French Canadian: 68 (0.92%)
German: 2,897 (39.11%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.09%)
Irish: 576 (7.78%)
Italian: 83 (1.12%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 2,325 (31.38%)
Polish: 201 (2.71%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 22 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 40 (0.54%)
Scottish: 36 (0.49%)
Slovak: 17 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 659 (8.9%)
Swiss: 5 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.03%)
United States or American: 146 (1.97%)
Welsh: 6 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,039 (14.03%)

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