Waconia, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2767432, place: Waconia city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,899 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 227 (11.95%)
Kindergarten: 144 (7.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 869 (45.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 368 (19.38%)
College or graduate school: 291 (15.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,429 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 312 (7.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 247 (5.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,220 (27.55%)
Some college, no degree: 993 (22.42%)
Associate degree: 353 (7.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,023 (23.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 281 (6.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,122 (100%)
Never married: 1,022 (19.95%)
Now married, except separated: 3,380 (65.99%)
Separated: 31 (0.61%)
Total Widowed: 331 (6.46%)
Widowed Female: 286 (5.58%)
Total Divorced: 358 (6.99%)
Divorced Female: 201 (3.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,832 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 503 (10.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,509 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (4.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 371 (9.71%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
--No disability: 3,449 (90.29%)
----Percent employed: 84.9%
Population 65 years and over: 783 (100%)
--With a disability: 376 (48.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,216 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,444 (39.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,736 (60.1%)
--Same county: 1,680 (27.03%)
--Different county: 2,056 (33.08%)
----Same state: 1,469 (23.63%)
----Different state: 587 (9.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 36 (0.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,902 (100%)
Native: 6,798 (98.49%)
--Born in United States: 6,776 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,298 (76.76%)
----Different state: 1,478 (21.41%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 104 (1.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 36 (0.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 31 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 73 (1.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 104 (100%)
Europe: 35 (33.65%)
Asia: 44 (42.31%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 14 (13.46%)
Northern America: 11 (10.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,216 (100%)
English only: 5,836 (93.89%)
Language other than English: 380 (6.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (1.98%)
--Spanish: 88 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 234 (3.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 53 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.72%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,902 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,615% (124.82%)
Arab: 38 (0.55%)
Czech: 141 (2.04%)
Danish: 152 (2.2%)
Dutch: 150 (2.17%)
English: 383 (5.55%)
French (except Basque): 232 (3.36%)
French Canadian: 42 (0.61%)
German: 3,806 (55.14%)
Greek: 18 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.1%)
Irish: 605 (8.77%)
Italian: 135 (1.96%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 966 (14%)
Polish: 269 (3.9%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.29%)
Russian: 15 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (0.54%)
Scottish: 52 (0.75%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 591 (8.56%)
Swiss: 42 (0.61%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.39%)
United States or American: 164 (2.38%)
Welsh: 23 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.25%)
Other ancestries: 683 (9.9%)

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