Oakdale, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2747680, place: Oakdale city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,682 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 617 (8.03%)
Kindergarten: 426 (5.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,641 (47.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,616 (21.04%)
College or graduate school: 1,382 (17.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,941 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 333 (1.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 869 (5.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,221 (30.82%)
Some college, no degree: 4,865 (28.72%)
Associate degree: 1,528 (9.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,110 (18.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,015 (5.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,085 (100%)
Never married: 5,138 (25.58%)
Now married, except separated: 11,991 (59.7%)
Separated: 180 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 779 (3.88%)
Widowed Female: 658 (3.28%)
Total Divorced: 1,997 (9.94%)
Divorced Female: 1,284 (6.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 274 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 141 (51.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,916 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,265 (11.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,444 (100%)
--With a disability: 468 (7.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,887 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,832 (11.53%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
--No disability: 14,055 (88.47%)
----Percent employed: 86.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,231 (100%)
--With a disability: 762 (34.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,586 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,971 (56.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,360 (42.14%)
--Same county: 3,073 (12.5%)
--Different county: 7,287 (29.64%)
----Same state: 5,660 (23.02%)
----Different state: 1,627 (6.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 255 (1.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,669 (100%)
Native: 25,872 (97.01%)
--Born in United States: 25,754 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,484 (76.81%)
----Different state: 5,270 (19.76%)
--Born outside United States: 118 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 797 (2.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 295 (1.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 438 (1.64%)
--Not a citizen: 359 (1.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 797 (100%)
Europe: 121 (15.18%)
Asia: 460 (57.72%)
Africa: 86 (10.79%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 93 (11.67%)
Northern America: 37 (4.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,586 (100%)
English only: 23,182 (94.29%)
Language other than English: 1,404 (5.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 388 (1.58%)
--Spanish: 402 (1.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 430 (1.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 459 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 241 (0.98%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,669 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,408% (132.77%)
Arab: 66 (0.25%)
Czech: 605 (2.27%)
Danish: 354 (1.33%)
Dutch: 339 (1.27%)
English: 1,399 (5.25%)
French (except Basque): 1,545 (5.79%)
French Canadian: 513 (1.92%)
German: 11,078 (41.54%)
Greek: 73 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 80 (0.3%)
Irish: 4,240 (15.9%)
Italian: 1,380 (5.17%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3,804 (14.26%)
Polish: 1,598 (5.99%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 165 (0.62%)
Scotch-Irish: 198 (0.74%)
Scottish: 233 (0.87%)
Slovak: 24 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 143 (0.54%)
Swedish: 2,634 (9.88%)
Swiss: 144 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.13%)
United States or American: 865 (3.24%)
Welsh: 120 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 3,765 (14.12%)

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