Pelican Rapids, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2750164, place: Pelican Rapids city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 603 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (8.96%)
Kindergarten: 29 (4.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 307 (50.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 147 (24.38%)
College or graduate school: 66 (10.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,526 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 333 (21.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 175 (11.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 432 (28.31%)
Some college, no degree: 239 (15.66%)
Associate degree: 73 (4.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 195 (12.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 79 (5.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,837 (100%)
Never married: 395 (21.5%)
Now married, except separated: 1,057 (57.54%)
Separated: 10 (0.54%)
Total Widowed: 236 (12.85%)
Widowed Female: 207 (11.27%)
Total Divorced: 139 (7.57%)
Divorced Female: 78 (4.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (82.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,715 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 224 (13.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 569 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (6.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,134 (100%)
--With a disability: 248 (21.87%)
----Percent employed: 45.6%
--No disability: 886 (78.13%)
----Percent employed: 75.4%
Population 65 years and over: 401 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (29.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,213 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,052 (47.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 952 (43.02%)
--Same county: 560 (25.31%)
--Different county: 392 (17.71%)
----Same state: 160 (7.23%)
----Different state: 232 (10.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 209 (9.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,377 (100%)
Native: 1,890 (79.51%)
--Born in United States: 1,888 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,316 (55.36%)
----Different state: 572 (24.06%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.08%)
Foreign born: 487 (20.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 345 (14.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 109 (4.59%)
--Not a citizen: 378 (15.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 487 (100%)
Europe: 88 (18.07%)
Asia: 46 (9.45%)
Africa: 18 (3.7%)
Oceania: 14 (2.87%)
Latin America: 314 (64.48%)
Northern America: 7 (1.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,213 (100%)
English only: 1,646 (74.38%)
Language other than English: 567 (25.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 414 (18.71%)
--Spanish: 373 (16.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 270 (12.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 143 (6.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (4.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.77%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,377 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,808% (118.13%)
Arab: 20 (0.84%)
Czech: 22 (0.93%)
Danish: 16 (0.67%)
Dutch: 19 (0.8%)
English: 104 (4.38%)
French (except Basque): 34 (1.43%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.59%)
German: 574 (24.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 104 (4.38%)
Italian: 16 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 809 (34.03%)
Polish: 48 (2.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.13%)
Scottish: 14 (0.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 35 (1.47%)
Swedish: 187 (7.87%)
Swiss: 6 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 50 (2.1%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 722 (30.37%)

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