Melrose, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2741570, place: Melrose city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 750 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (3.87%)
Kindergarten: 32 (4.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 423 (56.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 189 (25.2%)
College or graduate school: 77 (10.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,969 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 416 (21.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 160 (8.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 667 (33.88%)
Some college, no degree: 357 (18.13%)
Associate degree: 104 (5.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 185 (9.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 80 (4.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,402 (100%)
Never married: 615 (25.6%)
Now married, except separated: 1,415 (58.91%)
Separated: 10 (0.42%)
Total Widowed: 264 (10.99%)
Widowed Female: 222 (9.24%)
Total Divorced: 98 (4.08%)
Divorced Female: 54 (2.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 43 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (32.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,245 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 265 (11.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 767 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (5.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,466 (100%)
--With a disability: 290 (19.78%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
--No disability: 1,176 (80.22%)
----Percent employed: 85.6%
Population 65 years and over: 574 (100%)
--With a disability: 231 (40.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,893 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,782 (61.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 965 (33.36%)
--Same county: 535 (18.49%)
--Different county: 430 (14.86%)
----Same state: 235 (8.12%)
----Different state: 195 (6.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 146 (5.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,126 (100%)
Native: 2,843 (90.95%)
--Born in United States: 2,840 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,580 (82.53%)
----Different state: 260 (8.32%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.1%)
Foreign born: 283 (9.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 199 (6.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 37 (1.18%)
--Not a citizen: 246 (7.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 283 (100%)
Europe: 4 (1.41%)
Asia: 12 (4.24%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 267 (94.35%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,893 (100%)
English only: 2,459 (85%)
Language other than English: 434 (15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 279 (9.64%)
--Spanish: 298 (10.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 248 (8.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 122 (4.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,126 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,206% (102.56%)
Arab: 2 (0.06%)
Czech: 24 (0.77%)
Danish: 21 (0.67%)
Dutch: 44 (1.41%)
English: 69 (2.21%)
French (except Basque): 37 (1.18%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.45%)
German: 1,928 (61.68%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.19%)
Irish: 127 (4.06%)
Italian: 25 (0.8%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 155 (4.96%)
Polish: 120 (3.84%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.1%)
Swedish: 59 (1.89%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 159 (5.09%)
Welsh: 3 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 400 (12.8%)

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