Inver Grove Heights, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2731076, place: Inver Grove Heights city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,084 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 649 (8.03%)
Kindergarten: 472 (5.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,586 (44.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,940 (24%)
College or graduate school: 1,437 (17.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,822 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 499 (2.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,010 (5.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,366 (28.51%)
Some college, no degree: 4,718 (25.07%)
Associate degree: 1,657 (8.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,107 (21.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,465 (7.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,974 (100%)
Never married: 6,209 (27.03%)
Now married, except separated: 13,423 (58.43%)
Separated: 219 (0.95%)
Total Widowed: 941 (4.1%)
Widowed Female: 699 (3.04%)
Total Divorced: 2,182 (9.5%)
Divorced Female: 1,238 (5.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 298 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (16.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,575 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,808 (13.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,082 (100%)
--With a disability: 554 (7.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,127 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,168 (11.96%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
--No disability: 15,959 (88.04%)
----Percent employed: 87.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,186 (100%)
--With a disability: 802 (36.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 27,611 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,266 (51.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,819 (46.43%)
--Same county: 6,097 (22.08%)
--Different county: 6,722 (24.35%)
----Same state: 4,738 (17.16%)
----Different state: 1,984 (7.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 526 (1.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 29,724 (100%)
Native: 28,426 (95.63%)
--Born in United States: 28,234 (100%)
----State of residence: 22,170 (74.59%)
----Different state: 6,064 (20.4%)
--Born outside United States: 192 (0.65%)
Foreign born: 1,298 (4.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 691 (2.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 582 (1.96%)
--Not a citizen: 716 (2.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,298 (100%)
Europe: 334 (25.73%)
Asia: 435 (33.51%)
Africa: 172 (13.25%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 307 (23.65%)
Northern America: 50 (3.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 27,611 (100%)
English only: 25,517 (92.42%)
Language other than English: 2,094 (7.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 626 (2.27%)
--Spanish: 852 (3.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 277 (1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 681 (2.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 183 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 331 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 29,724 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 39,197% (131.87%)
Arab: 225 (0.76%)
Czech: 559 (1.88%)
Danish: 531 (1.79%)
Dutch: 517 (1.74%)
English: 1,747 (5.88%)
French (except Basque): 1,423 (4.79%)
French Canadian: 496 (1.67%)
German: 11,858 (39.89%)
Greek: 74 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 127 (0.43%)
Irish: 4,548 (15.3%)
Italian: 976 (3.28%)
Lithuanian: 52 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 4,541 (15.28%)
Polish: 1,889 (6.36%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.12%)
Russian: 221 (0.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 411 (1.38%)
Scottish: 455 (1.53%)
Slovak: 25 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 192 (0.65%)
Swedish: 2,359 (7.94%)
Swiss: 232 (0.78%)
Ukrainian: 228 (0.77%)
United States or American: 969 (3.26%)
Welsh: 225 (0.76%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,282 (14.41%)

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