Hastings, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2727530, place: Hastings city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,733 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 270 (5.7%)
Kindergarten: 268 (5.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,336 (49.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,136 (24%)
College or graduate school: 723 (15.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,647 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 462 (3.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 966 (8.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,839 (32.96%)
Some college, no degree: 3,022 (25.95%)
Associate degree: 1,007 (8.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,687 (14.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 664 (5.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,161 (100%)
Never married: 3,596 (25.39%)
Now married, except separated: 8,245 (58.22%)
Separated: 128 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 773 (5.46%)
Widowed Female: 669 (4.72%)
Total Divorced: 1,419 (10.02%)
Divorced Female: 782 (5.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 94 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (57.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,291 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,063 (15.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,250 (100%)
--With a disability: 279 (6.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,322 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,617 (15.67%)
----Percent employed: 67%
--No disability: 8,705 (84.33%)
----Percent employed: 88.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,114 (100%)
--With a disability: 772 (36.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,003 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,472 (55.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,429 (43.69%)
--Same county: 4,334 (25.49%)
--Different county: 3,095 (18.2%)
----Same state: 1,978 (11.63%)
----Different state: 1,117 (6.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 102 (0.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,206 (100%)
Native: 17,930 (98.48%)
--Born in United States: 17,874 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,721 (75.37%)
----Different state: 4,153 (22.81%)
--Born outside United States: 56 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 276 (1.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 109 (0.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 149 (0.82%)
--Not a citizen: 127 (0.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 276 (100%)
Europe: 105 (38.04%)
Asia: 81 (29.35%)
Africa: 9 (3.26%)
Oceania: 11 (3.99%)
Latin America: 31 (11.23%)
Northern America: 39 (14.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,003 (100%)
English only: 16,304 (95.89%)
Language other than English: 699 (4.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 248 (1.46%)
--Spanish: 236 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 83 (0.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 379 (2.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 129 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 67 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,206 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,835% (125.43%)
Arab: 49 (0.27%)
Czech: 331 (1.82%)
Danish: 330 (1.81%)
Dutch: 223 (1.22%)
English: 940 (5.16%)
French (except Basque): 645 (3.54%)
French Canadian: 216 (1.19%)
German: 8,512 (46.75%)
Greek: 2 (0.01%)
Hungarian: 37 (0.2%)
Irish: 2,858 (15.7%)
Italian: 397 (2.18%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 2,890 (15.87%)
Polish: 770 (4.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 104 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 111 (0.61%)
Scottish: 209 (1.15%)
Slovak: 11 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.02%)
Swedish: 1,743 (9.57%)
Swiss: 83 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.21%)
United States or American: 743 (4.08%)
Welsh: 91 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 1,485 (8.16%)

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