Wadena, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2767504, place: Wadena city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,160 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 75 (6.47%)
Kindergarten: 91 (7.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 438 (37.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 258 (22.24%)
College or graduate school: 298 (25.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,789 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 310 (11.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 290 (10.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 895 (32.09%)
Some college, no degree: 645 (23.13%)
Associate degree: 204 (7.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 236 (8.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 209 (7.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,430 (100%)
Never married: 900 (26.24%)
Now married, except separated: 1,777 (51.81%)
Separated: 49 (1.43%)
Total Widowed: 393 (11.46%)
Widowed Female: 357 (10.41%)
Total Divorced: 311 (9.07%)
Divorced Female: 175 (5.1%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,246 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 458 (14.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 986 (100%)
--With a disability: 88 (8.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,954 (100%)
--With a disability: 524 (26.82%)
----Percent employed: 53.6%
--No disability: 1,430 (73.18%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 909 (100%)
--With a disability: 351 (38.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,994 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,288 (57.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,706 (42.71%)
--Same county: 810 (20.28%)
--Different county: 896 (22.43%)
----Same state: 715 (17.9%)
----Different state: 181 (4.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,257 (100%)
Native: 4,222 (99.18%)
--Born in United States: 4,211 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,447 (80.97%)
----Different state: 764 (17.95%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 35 (0.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (0.68%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 35 (100%)
Europe: 6 (17.14%)
Asia: 23 (65.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (17.14%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,994 (100%)
English only: 3,872 (96.95%)
Language other than English: 122 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (1.15%)
--Spanish: 18 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.05%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 75 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 16 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,257 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,011% (117.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 24 (0.56%)
Danish: 38 (0.89%)
Dutch: 102 (2.4%)
English: 216 (5.07%)
French (except Basque): 111 (2.61%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.38%)
German: 1,959 (46.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 266 (6.25%)
Italian: 43 (1.01%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 812 (19.07%)
Polish: 102 (2.4%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 12 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 70 (1.64%)
Scottish: 15 (0.35%)
Slovak: 7 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.19%)
Swedish: 453 (10.64%)
Swiss: 16 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.19%)
United States or American: 241 (5.66%)
Welsh: 17 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 474 (11.13%)

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