General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2721536, place: Foley city, Minnesota)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 560 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (3.21%)
Kindergarten: 32 (5.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 300 (53.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 131 (23.39%)
College or graduate school: 79 (14.11%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,299 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 204 (15.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 124 (9.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 414 (31.87%)
Some college, no degree: 278 (21.4%)
Associate degree: 67 (5.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 139 (10.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 73 (5.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,650 (100%)
Never married: 396 (24%)
Now married, except separated: 914 (55.39%)
Separated: 21 (1.27%)
Total Widowed: 174 (10.55%)
Widowed Female: 154 (9.33%)
Total Divorced: 145 (8.79%)
Divorced Female: 81 (4.91%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,549 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 171 (11.04%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 536 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (10.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 998 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (14.03%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
--No disability: 858 (85.97%)
----Percent employed: 87.8%
Population 65 years and over: 261 (100%)
--With a disability: 112 (42.91%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,983 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,058 (53.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 907 (45.74%)
--Same county: 497 (25.06%)
--Different county: 410 (20.68%)
----Same state: 349 (17.6%)
----Different state: 61 (3.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 18 (0.91%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,162 (100%)
Native: 2,117 (97.92%)
--Born in United States: 2,113 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,804 (83.44%)
----Different state: 309 (14.29%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 45 (2.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.93%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (1.16%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 45 (100%)
Europe: 6 (13.33%)
Asia: 9 (20%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (46.67%)
Northern America: 9 (20%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,983 (100%)
English only: 1,905 (96.07%)
Language other than English: 78 (3.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (2.17%)
--Spanish: 41 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 30 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,162 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,530% (117.02%)
Arab: 3 (0.14%)
Czech: 34 (1.57%)
Danish: 19 (0.88%)
Dutch: 46 (2.13%)
English: 65 (3.01%)
French (except Basque): 106 (4.9%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.93%)
German: 985 (45.56%)
Greek: 3 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.14%)
Irish: 181 (8.37%)
Italian: 22 (1.02%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 217 (10.04%)
Polish: 405 (18.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (0.51%)
Scottish: 12 (0.56%)
Slovak: 4 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 160 (7.4%)
Swiss: 1 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.42%)
United States or American: 68 (3.15%)
Welsh: 2 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 145 (6.71%)
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