Owatonna, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2749300, place: Owatonna city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,002 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 391 (6.51%)
Kindergarten: 371 (6.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,856 (47.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,502 (25.02%)
College or graduate school: 882 (14.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,229 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 883 (6.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 955 (6.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,740 (33.31%)
Some college, no degree: 3,381 (23.76%)
Associate degree: 968 (6.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,485 (17.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 817 (5.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,260 (100%)
Never married: 4,029 (23.34%)
Now married, except separated: 10,429 (60.42%)
Separated: 146 (0.85%)
Total Widowed: 1,214 (7.03%)
Widowed Female: 1,018 (5.9%)
Total Divorced: 1,442 (8.35%)
Divorced Female: 912 (5.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 165 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 62 (37.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,155 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,134 (13.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,480 (100%)
--With a disability: 356 (6.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,418 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,606 (12.93%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
--No disability: 10,812 (87.07%)
----Percent employed: 86.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,641 (100%)
--With a disability: 930 (35.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,769 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,712 (51.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,544 (45.95%)
--Same county: 5,237 (25.22%)
--Different county: 4,307 (20.74%)
----Same state: 2,741 (13.2%)
----Different state: 1,566 (7.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 513 (2.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,415 (100%)
Native: 21,399 (95.47%)
--Born in United States: 21,233 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,320 (72.81%)
----Different state: 4,913 (21.92%)
--Born outside United States: 166 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 1,016 (4.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 737 (3.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 317 (1.41%)
--Not a citizen: 699 (3.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,016 (100%)
Europe: 168 (16.54%)
Asia: 162 (15.94%)
Africa: 376 (37.01%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 295 (29.04%)
Northern America: 15 (1.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,769 (100%)
English only: 18,984 (91.41%)
Language other than English: 1,785 (8.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 662 (3.19%)
--Spanish: 826 (3.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 332 (1.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 427 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 89 (0.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 159 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,415 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,325% (121.9%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 1,522 (6.79%)
Danish: 606 (2.7%)
Dutch: 509 (2.27%)
English: 1,213 (5.41%)
French (except Basque): 820 (3.66%)
French Canadian: 128 (0.57%)
German: 9,461 (42.21%)
Greek: 41 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 59 (0.26%)
Irish: 1,944 (8.67%)
Italian: 161 (0.72%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 4,384 (19.56%)
Polish: 791 (3.53%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.04%)
Russian: 33 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 203 (0.91%)
Scottish: 261 (1.16%)
Slovak: 33 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 445 (1.99%)
Swedish: 1,051 (4.69%)
Swiss: 120 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 48 (0.21%)
United States or American: 766 (3.42%)
Welsh: 115 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,597 (11.59%)

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