Ham Lake, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2726738, place: Ham Lake city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,877 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 336 (8.67%)
Kindergarten: 239 (6.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,925 (49.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 908 (23.42%)
College or graduate school: 469 (12.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,782 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 169 (2.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 400 (5.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,466 (31.69%)
Some college, no degree: 2,365 (30.39%)
Associate degree: 760 (9.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,257 (16.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 365 (4.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,411 (100%)
Never married: 2,153 (22.88%)
Now married, except separated: 6,340 (67.37%)
Separated: 41 (0.44%)
Total Widowed: 216 (2.3%)
Widowed Female: 192 (2.04%)
Total Divorced: 661 (7.02%)
Divorced Female: 296 (3.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 163 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (14.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,704 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 974 (11.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,600 (100%)
--With a disability: 268 (7.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,687 (100%)
--With a disability: 814 (10.59%)
----Percent employed: 71.5%
--No disability: 6,873 (89.41%)
----Percent employed: 86.1%
Population 65 years and over: 506 (100%)
--With a disability: 135 (26.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,805 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,212 (61.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,557 (38.6%)
--Same county: 2,448 (20.74%)
--Different county: 2,109 (17.87%)
----Same state: 1,739 (14.73%)
----Different state: 370 (3.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 36 (0.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,741 (100%)
Native: 12,478 (97.94%)
--Born in United States: 12,403 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,415 (81.74%)
----Different state: 1,988 (15.6%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 263 (2.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 148 (1.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 141 (1.11%)
--Not a citizen: 122 (0.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 263 (100%)
Europe: 95 (36.12%)
Asia: 113 (42.97%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (14.83%)
Northern America: 16 (6.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,805 (100%)
English only: 11,385 (96.44%)
Language other than English: 420 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 166 (1.41%)
--Spanish: 248 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 70 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 102 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 83 (0.7%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,741 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,873% (132.43%)
Arab: 34 (0.27%)
Czech: 268 (2.1%)
Danish: 140 (1.1%)
Dutch: 221 (1.73%)
English: 639 (5.02%)
French (except Basque): 654 (5.13%)
French Canadian: 202 (1.59%)
German: 4,764 (37.39%)
Greek: 7 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 90 (0.71%)
Irish: 1,716 (13.47%)
Italian: 257 (2.02%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 2,587 (20.3%)
Polish: 1,055 (8.28%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.14%)
Russian: 75 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 93 (0.73%)
Scottish: 123 (0.97%)
Slovak: 10 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.04%)
Swedish: 2,040 (16.01%)
Swiss: 35 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 100 (0.78%)
United States or American: 409 (3.21%)
Welsh: 15 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,311 (10.29%)

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