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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Dakota County, Minnesota |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
101,596 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
7,717 |
7.6 |
Kindergarten |
5,882 |
5.8 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
48,156 |
47.4 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
22,644 |
22.3 |
College or graduate school |
17,197 |
16.9 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
224,313 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
5,272 |
2.4 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
9,948 |
4.4 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
52,806 |
23.5 |
Some college, no degree |
57,352 |
25.6 |
Associate degree |
20,670 |
9.2 |
Bachelor's degree |
57,346 |
25.6 |
Graduate or professional degree |
20,919 |
9.3 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
93.2 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
34.9 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
268,900 |
100.0 |
Never married |
68,666 |
25.5 |
Now married, except separated |
163,683 |
60.9 |
Separated |
2,145 |
0.8 |
Widowed |
9,961 |
3.7 |
Female |
8,066 |
3.0 |
Divorced |
24,445 |
9.1 |
Female |
14,381 |
5.3 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
2,977 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
1,029 |
34.6 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
251,692 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
31,776 |
12.6 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
87,733 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
6,003 |
6.8 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
213,544 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
26,133 |
12.2 |
Percent employed |
72.2 |
(X) |
No disability |
187,411 |
87.8 |
Percent employed |
87.0 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
25,721 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
9,392 |
36.5 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
328,482 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
178,360 |
54.3 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
144,837 |
44.1 |
Same county |
65,973 |
20.1 |
Different county |
78,864 |
24.0 |
Same state |
50,678 |
15.4 |
Different state |
28,186 |
8.6 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
5,285 |
1.6 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
355,904 |
100.0 |
Native |
337,855 |
94.9 |
Born in United States |
335,193 |
94.2 |
State of residence |
237,668 |
66.8 |
Different state |
97,525 |
27.4 |
Born outside United States |
2,662 |
0.7 |
Foreign born |
18,049 |
5.1 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
9,047 |
2.5 |
Naturalized citizen |
8,456 |
2.4 |
Not a citizen |
9,593 |
2.7 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
18,049 |
100.0 |
Europe |
3,827 |
21.2 |
Asia |
7,679 |
42.5 |
Africa |
1,466 |
8.1 |
Oceania |
163 |
0.9 |
Latin America |
3,778 |
20.9 |
Northern America |
1,136 |
6.3 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
328,482 |
100.0 |
English only |
303,539 |
92.4 |
Language other than English |
24,943 |
7.6 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
9,658 |
2.9 |
Spanish |
8,499 |
2.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
3,382 |
1.0 |
Other Indo-European languages |
8,167 |
2.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
2,452 |
0.7 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
6,277 |
1.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
3,133 |
1.0 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
355,904 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
466,362 |
131.0 |
Arab |
1,858 |
0.5 |
Czech1 |
8,029 |
2.3 |
Danish |
6,181 |
1.7 |
Dutch |
6,971 |
2.0 |
English |
25,173 |
7.1 |
French (except Basque)1 |
14,963 |
4.2 |
French Canadian1 |
4,306 |
1.2 |
German |
139,083 |
39.1 |
Greek |
1,069 |
0.3 |
Hungarian |
1,023 |
0.3 |
Irish1 |
53,766 |
15.1 |
Italian |
10,945 |
3.1 |
Lithuanian |
708 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
56,950 |
16.0 |
Polish |
16,909 |
4.8 |
Portuguese |
126 |
0.0 |
Russian |
3,077 |
0.9 |
Scotch-Irish |
3,596 |
1.0 |
Scottish |
5,270 |
1.5 |
Slovak |
721 |
0.2 |
Subsaharan African |
2,006 |
0.6 |
Swedish |
32,587 |
9.2 |
Swiss |
1,966 |
0.6 |
Ukrainian |
1,692 |
0.5 |
United States or American |
10,196 |
2.9 |
Welsh |
1,861 |
0.5 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
227 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
55,103 |
15.5 |
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Percent |
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(X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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