Carver County, MN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Carver county minnesota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	21,079	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,169	10.3
Kindergarten	1,604	7.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,944	47.2
High school (grades 9-12)	4,495	21.3
College or graduate school	2,867	13.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	43,218	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,641	3.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,091	4.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,512	26.6
Some college, no degree	9,766	22.6
Associate degree	3,388	7.8
Bachelor's degree	11,285	26.1
Graduate or professional degree	3,535	8.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	34.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	51,312	100.0
Never married	11,448	22.3
Now married, except separated	33,891	66.0
Separated	393	0.8
Widowed	1,979	3.9
Female	1,621	3.2
Divorced	3,601	7.0
Female	2,031	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	401	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	146	36.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	48,005	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,958	10.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	18,288	100.0
With a disability	1,074	5.9

Population 21 to 64 years	40,479	100.0
With a disability	4,151	10.3
Percent employed	75.6	(X)
No disability	36,328	89.7
Percent employed	85.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,927	100.0
With a disability	1,794	36.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	64,052	100.0
Same house in 1995	35,488	55.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	27,529	43.0
Same county	9,283	14.5
Different county	18,246	28.5
Same state	12,700	19.8
Different state	5,546	8.7
Elsewhere in 1995	1,035	1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	70,205	100.0
Native	67,806	96.6
Born in United States	67,461	96.1
State of residence	50,987	72.6
Different state	16,474	23.5
Born outside United States	345	0.5
Foreign born	2,399	3.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,322	1.9
Naturalized citizen	900	1.3
Not a citizen	1,499	2.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,399	100.0
Europe	383	16.0
Asia	771	32.1
Africa	112	4.7
Oceania	3	0.1
Latin America	856	35.7
Northern America	274	11.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	64,052	100.0
English only	60,072	93.8
Language other than English	3,980	6.2
Speak English less than 'very well	1,484	2.3
Spanish	1,704	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	863	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	1,541	2.4
Speak English less than "very well"	300	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	610	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	321	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	70,205	100.0
Total ancestries reported	90,101	128.3
Arab	126	0.2
Czech¹	1,467	2.1
Danish	1,127	1.6
Dutch	1,553	2.2
English	4,548	6.5
French (except Basque)¹	2,755	3.9
French Canadian¹	892	1.3
German	34,688	49.4
Greek	128	0.2
Hungarian	295	0.4
Irish¹	7,834	11.2
Italian	1,497	2.1
Lithuanian	88	0.1
Norwegian	10,613	15.1
Polish	2,733	3.9
Portuguese	71	0.1
Russian	410	0.6
Scotch-Irish	657	0.9
Scottish	785	1.1
Slovak	71	0.1
Subsaharan African	148	0.2
Swedish	6,916	9.9
Swiss	383	0.5
Ukrainian	142	0.2
United States or American	2,017	2.9
Welsh	375	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	30	0.0
Other ancestries	7,752	11.0

(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.

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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