Dodge Center, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2715994, place: Dodge Center city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 593 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (5.56%)
Kindergarten: 38 (6.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 324 (54.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 147 (24.79%)
College or graduate school: 51 (8.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,357 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 147 (10.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 124 (9.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 484 (35.67%)
Some college, no degree: 320 (23.58%)
Associate degree: 123 (9.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 126 (9.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33 (2.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,669 (100%)
Never married: 391 (23.43%)
Now married, except separated: 949 (56.86%)
Separated: 16 (0.96%)
Total Widowed: 155 (9.29%)
Widowed Female: 127 (7.61%)
Total Divorced: 158 (9.47%)
Divorced Female: 85 (5.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (15.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,547 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 186 (12.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 591 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (6.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,153 (100%)
--With a disability: 182 (15.78%)
----Percent employed: 53.8%
--No disability: 971 (84.22%)
----Percent employed: 85.5%
Population 65 years and over: 246 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (30.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,060 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,065 (51.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 969 (47.04%)
--Same county: 532 (25.83%)
--Different county: 437 (21.21%)
----Same state: 270 (13.11%)
----Different state: 167 (8.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (1.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,240 (100%)
Native: 2,116 (94.46%)
--Born in United States: 2,112 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,561 (69.69%)
----Different state: 551 (24.6%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 124 (5.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 84 (3.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 70 (3.13%)
--Not a citizen: 54 (2.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 124 (100%)
Europe: 12 (9.68%)
Asia: 8 (6.45%)
Africa: 6 (4.84%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 98 (79.03%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,060 (100%)
English only: 1,846 (89.61%)
Language other than English: 214 (10.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (4.85%)
--Spanish: 169 (8.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (4.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 38 (1.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,240 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,508% (111.96%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 56 (2.5%)
Danish: 47 (2.1%)
Dutch: 20 (0.89%)
English: 155 (6.92%)
French (except Basque): 69 (3.08%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.18%)
German: 776 (34.64%)
Greek: 2 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 195 (8.71%)
Italian: 14 (0.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 491 (21.92%)
Polish: 70 (3.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.67%)
Scottish: 26 (1.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.4%)
Swedish: 80 (3.57%)
Swiss: 31 (1.38%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 184 (8.21%)
Welsh: 9 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 252 (11.25%)

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