Shafer, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2759314, place: Shafer city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 113 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (1.77%)
Kindergarten: 7 (6.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 61 (53.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 27 (23.89%)
College or graduate school: 16 (14.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 205 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (2.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 39 (19.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 98 (47.8%)
Some college, no degree: 41 (20%)
Associate degree: 10 (4.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 5 (2.44%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7 (3.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 253 (100%)
Never married: 85 (33.6%)
Now married, except separated: 134 (52.96%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 5 (1.98%)
Widowed Female: 5 (1.98%)
Total Divorced: 29 (11.46%)
Divorced Female: 18 (7.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 232 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 26 (11.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 106 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (16.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 197 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (22.84%)
----Percent employed: 88.9%
--No disability: 152 (77.16%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 18 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (61.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 321 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 176 (54.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 145 (45.17%)
--Same county: 67 (20.87%)
--Different county: 78 (24.3%)
----Same state: 57 (17.76%)
----Different state: 21 (6.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 350 (100%)
Native: 350 (100%)
--Born in United States: 348 (100%)
----State of residence: 248 (70.86%)
----Different state: 100 (28.57%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 321 (100%)
English only: 317 (98.75%)
Language other than English: 4 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 350 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 458% (130.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (1.43%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 4 (1.14%)
French (except Basque): 30 (8.57%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 146 (41.71%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (1.14%)
Irish: 31 (8.86%)
Italian: 14 (4%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 64 (18.29%)
Polish: 36 (10.29%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (2%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (1.14%)
Scottish: 6 (1.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 61 (17.43%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 11 (3.14%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 35 (10%)

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