Slayton, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2760808, place: Slayton city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 384 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (5.47%)
Kindergarten: 31 (8.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 205 (53.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 98 (25.52%)
College or graduate school: 29 (7.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,477 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 211 (14.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 108 (7.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 533 (36.09%)
Some college, no degree: 383 (25.93%)
Associate degree: 87 (5.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 105 (7.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 50 (3.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,690 (100%)
Never married: 293 (17.34%)
Now married, except separated: 1,042 (61.66%)
Separated: 9 (0.53%)
Total Widowed: 239 (14.14%)
Widowed Female: 211 (12.49%)
Total Divorced: 107 (6.33%)
Divorced Female: 66 (3.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (13.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,611 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 257 (15.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 393 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (10.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 947 (100%)
--With a disability: 191 (20.17%)
----Percent employed: 87.4%
--No disability: 756 (79.83%)
----Percent employed: 88.1%
Population 65 years and over: 544 (100%)
--With a disability: 255 (46.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,951 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,249 (64.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 702 (35.98%)
--Same county: 491 (25.17%)
--Different county: 211 (10.81%)
----Same state: 89 (4.56%)
----Different state: 122 (6.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,073 (100%)
Native: 2,061 (99.42%)
--Born in United States: 2,041 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,562 (75.35%)
----Different state: 479 (23.11%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.96%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 8 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 4 (33.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,951 (100%)
English only: 1,878 (96.26%)
Language other than English: 73 (3.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.56%)
--Spanish: 22 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 30 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,073 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,486% (119.92%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 15 (0.72%)
Danish: 78 (3.76%)
Dutch: 152 (7.33%)
English: 97 (4.68%)
French (except Basque): 35 (1.69%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.39%)
German: 1,027 (49.54%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 207 (9.99%)
Italian: 12 (0.58%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 425 (20.5%)
Polish: 24 (1.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.43%)
Scottish: 14 (0.68%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 169 (8.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 45 (2.17%)
Welsh: 19 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 148 (7.14%)

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