Watertown, MN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2768548, place: Watertown city, Minnesota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 775 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 50 (6.45%)
Kindergarten: 62 (8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 355 (45.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 223 (28.77%)
College or graduate school: 85 (10.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,909 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 191 (10.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 172 (9.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 641 (33.58%)
Some college, no degree: 431 (22.58%)
Associate degree: 133 (6.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 263 (13.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 78 (4.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,326 (100%)
Never married: 626 (26.91%)
Now married, except separated: 1,294 (55.63%)
Separated: 33 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 190 (8.17%)
Widowed Female: 153 (6.58%)
Total Divorced: 183 (7.87%)
Divorced Female: 121 (5.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (54.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,174 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 232 (10.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 742 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (11.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,633 (100%)
--With a disability: 236 (14.45%)
----Percent employed: 78%
--No disability: 1,397 (85.55%)
----Percent employed: 88.5%
Population 65 years and over: 368 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (46.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,793 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,519 (54.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,249 (44.72%)
--Same county: 618 (22.13%)
--Different county: 631 (22.59%)
----Same state: 536 (19.19%)
----Different state: 95 (3.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (0.9%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,032 (100%)
Native: 2,998 (98.88%)
--Born in United States: 2,991 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,564 (84.56%)
----Different state: 427 (14.08%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 34 (1.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.49%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (0.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 34 (100%)
Europe: 5 (14.71%)
Asia: 9 (26.47%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (47.06%)
Northern America: 4 (11.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,793 (100%)
English only: 2,682 (96.03%)
Language other than English: 111 (3.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.18%)
--Spanish: 48 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 53 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,032 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,790% (125%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 30 (0.99%)
Danish: 44 (1.45%)
Dutch: 79 (2.61%)
English: 165 (5.44%)
French (except Basque): 97 (3.2%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.66%)
German: 1,548 (51.06%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 330 (10.88%)
Italian: 8 (0.26%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 478 (15.77%)
Polish: 179 (5.9%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.49%)
Scottish: 38 (1.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.26%)
Swedish: 394 (12.99%)
Swiss: 10 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.53%)
United States or American: 102 (3.36%)
Welsh: 22 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 205 (6.76%)

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