Heron Lake, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2728700, place: Heron Lake city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 191 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (5.76%)
Kindergarten: 12 (6.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 105 (54.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 47 (24.61%)
College or graduate school: 16 (8.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 502 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39 (7.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 77 (15.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 151 (30.08%)
Some college, no degree: 131 (26.1%)
Associate degree: 34 (6.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 61 (12.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (1.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 598 (100%)
Never married: 151 (25.25%)
Now married, except separated: 318 (53.18%)
Separated: 8 (1.34%)
Total Widowed: 76 (12.71%)
Widowed Female: 70 (11.71%)
Total Divorced: 45 (7.53%)
Divorced Female: 23 (3.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 564 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 69 (12.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 174 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (6.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 362 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (13.81%)
----Percent employed: 82%
--No disability: 312 (86.19%)
----Percent employed: 88.1%
Population 65 years and over: 132 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (40.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 719 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 467 (64.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 242 (33.66%)
--Same county: 103 (14.33%)
--Different county: 139 (19.33%)
----Same state: 100 (13.91%)
----Different state: 39 (5.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (1.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 768 (100%)
Native: 738 (96.09%)
--Born in United States: 736 (100%)
----State of residence: 562 (73.18%)
----Different state: 174 (22.66%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 30 (3.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (1.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (3.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 4 (13.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (86.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 719 (100%)
English only: 667 (92.77%)
Language other than English: 52 (7.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (4.17%)
--Spanish: 45 (6.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (4.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 768 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 840% (109.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (1.56%)
Danish: 10 (1.3%)
Dutch: 17 (2.21%)
English: 27 (3.52%)
French (except Basque): 18 (2.34%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.26%)
German: 418 (54.43%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 82 (10.68%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 81 (10.55%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.65%)
Scottish: 4 (0.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 25 (3.26%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 35 (4.56%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 102 (13.28%)

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