Mendota Heights, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2741696, place: Mendota Heights city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,355 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 287 (8.55%)
Kindergarten: 221 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,491 (44.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 811 (24.17%)
College or graduate school: 545 (16.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,553 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 130 (1.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 139 (1.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 989 (13.09%)
Some college, no degree: 1,689 (22.36%)
Associate degree: 453 (6%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,597 (34.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,556 (20.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 55%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,837 (100%)
Never married: 1,881 (21.29%)
Now married, except separated: 5,979 (67.66%)
Separated: 39 (0.44%)
Total Widowed: 427 (4.83%)
Widowed Female: 371 (4.2%)
Total Divorced: 511 (5.78%)
Divorced Female: 354 (4.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (10.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,202 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,180 (14.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,831 (100%)
--With a disability: 178 (6.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,281 (100%)
--With a disability: 512 (8.15%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
--No disability: 5,769 (91.85%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,622 (100%)
--With a disability: 391 (24.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,739 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,165 (66.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,545 (33.01%)
--Same county: 1,496 (13.93%)
--Different county: 2,049 (19.08%)
----Same state: 1,555 (14.48%)
----Different state: 494 (4.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (0.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,356 (100%)
Native: 10,919 (96.15%)
--Born in United States: 10,853 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,195 (72.16%)
----Different state: 2,658 (23.41%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 437 (3.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 107 (0.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 336 (2.96%)
--Not a citizen: 101 (0.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 437 (100%)
Europe: 130 (29.75%)
Asia: 178 (40.73%)
Africa: 2 (0.46%)
Oceania: 6 (1.37%)
Latin America: 84 (19.22%)
Northern America: 37 (8.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,739 (100%)
English only: 10,090 (93.96%)
Language other than English: 649 (6.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 178 (1.66%)
--Spanish: 219 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 247 (2.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 123 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.57%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,356 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,745% (138.65%)
Arab: 142 (1.25%)
Czech: 176 (1.55%)
Danish: 307 (2.7%)
Dutch: 161 (1.42%)
English: 1,143 (10.07%)
French (except Basque): 656 (5.78%)
French Canadian: 108 (0.95%)
German: 4,124 (36.32%)
Greek: 9 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 84 (0.74%)
Irish: 2,464 (21.7%)
Italian: 493 (4.34%)
Lithuanian: 81 (0.71%)
Norwegian: 1,186 (10.44%)
Polish: 532 (4.68%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.08%)
Russian: 330 (2.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 246 (2.17%)
Scottish: 221 (1.95%)
Slovak: 28 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.02%)
Swedish: 862 (7.59%)
Swiss: 77 (0.68%)
Ukrainian: 86 (0.76%)
United States or American: 282 (2.48%)
Welsh: 87 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 68 (0.6%)
Other ancestries: 1,781 (15.68%)

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