Luverne, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2738564, place: Luverne city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,127 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 122 (10.83%)
Kindergarten: 99 (8.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 446 (39.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 323 (28.66%)
College or graduate school: 137 (12.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,224 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 426 (13.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 184 (5.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,022 (31.7%)
Some college, no degree: 758 (23.51%)
Associate degree: 202 (6.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 473 (14.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 159 (4.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,728 (100%)
Never married: 770 (20.65%)
Now married, except separated: 2,337 (62.69%)
Separated: 32 (0.86%)
Total Widowed: 437 (11.72%)
Widowed Female: 377 (10.11%)
Total Divorced: 152 (4.08%)
Divorced Female: 88 (2.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (44.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,488 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 515 (14.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,042 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (11.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,129 (100%)
--With a disability: 287 (13.48%)
----Percent employed: 59.6%
--No disability: 1,842 (86.52%)
----Percent employed: 86.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,069 (100%)
--With a disability: 370 (34.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,383 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,717 (61.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,630 (37.19%)
--Same county: 981 (22.38%)
--Different county: 649 (14.81%)
----Same state: 253 (5.77%)
----Different state: 396 (9.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 36 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,620 (100%)
Native: 4,581 (99.16%)
--Born in United States: 4,533 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,821 (61.06%)
----Different state: 1,712 (37.06%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 39 (0.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (0.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 39 (100%)
Europe: 12 (30.77%)
Asia: 15 (38.46%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (15.38%)
Northern America: 6 (15.38%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,383 (100%)
English only: 4,223 (96.35%)
Language other than English: 160 (3.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (1.25%)
--Spanish: 33 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 112 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,620 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,410% (117.1%)
Arab: 7 (0.15%)
Czech: 42 (0.91%)
Danish: 145 (3.14%)
Dutch: 910 (19.7%)
English: 247 (5.35%)
French (except Basque): 80 (1.73%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.11%)
German: 2,217 (47.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 306 (6.62%)
Italian: 7 (0.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 855 (18.51%)
Polish: 60 (1.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.19%)
Scottish: 37 (0.8%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 175 (3.79%)
Swiss: 4 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 57 (1.23%)
Welsh: 9 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 230 (4.98%)

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