Fairfax, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2720222, place: Fairfax city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 281 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (8.9%)
Kindergarten: 13 (4.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 156 (55.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 71 (25.27%)
College or graduate school: 16 (5.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 885 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 147 (16.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (9.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 349 (39.44%)
Some college, no degree: 166 (18.76%)
Associate degree: 44 (4.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 68 (7.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (3.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,038 (100%)
Never married: 223 (21.48%)
Now married, except separated: 613 (59.06%)
Separated: 2 (0.19%)
Total Widowed: 150 (14.45%)
Widowed Female: 114 (10.98%)
Total Divorced: 50 (4.82%)
Divorced Female: 16 (1.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (27.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 977 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 143 (14.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 277 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (4.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 548 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (9.67%)
----Percent employed: 71.7%
--No disability: 495 (90.33%)
----Percent employed: 88.5%
Population 65 years and over: 325 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (40.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,212 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 751 (61.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 458 (37.79%)
--Same county: 217 (17.9%)
--Different county: 241 (19.88%)
----Same state: 192 (15.84%)
----Different state: 49 (4.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,301 (100%)
Native: 1,268 (97.46%)
--Born in United States: 1,258 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,091 (83.86%)
----Different state: 167 (12.84%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 33 (2.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (1.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.92%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (1.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 33 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,212 (100%)
English only: 1,083 (89.36%)
Language other than English: 129 (10.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (4.29%)
--Spanish: 92 (7.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (3.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 37 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (1.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,301 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,446% (111.15%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 19 (1.46%)
Danish: 17 (1.31%)
Dutch: 8 (0.61%)
English: 26 (2%)
French (except Basque): 36 (2.77%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.38%)
German: 737 (56.65%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.38%)
Irish: 105 (8.07%)
Italian: 2 (0.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 222 (17.06%)
Polish: 6 (0.46%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 10 (0.77%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 51 (3.92%)
Swiss: 11 (0.85%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 26 (2%)
Welsh: 2 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 156 (11.99%)

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