Minnesota Profile and Statistics

Minnesota Cities Households By Type

In 2007, Minnesota had 2041466 total households with the average home having 2.46 residents and the average family coming in at 3.02.

Of those homes reported, 31.4% were made up of families with kids under 18 years old; 22.9% of homes were married couples with kids under 18 years old.

There were 48006 homes where the male was the sole parent of one or more kids under 18, and 124393 where the female was the sole head of household.

In Minnesota, 569950 people live alone, and of that, 184699 are 65 and over.

There were 679725 (33.3%) homes with at least one person under 18 living there and 427464 (20.9%) where one resident or more was 65 or older.

Relationships in Minnesota

So who are the folks in those homes? Out of the total household population of 5012749, 40.7 percent are the main “Householder,” while 21.2 are spouses. There are 1464822 children, and 164490 comprise “other relatives.” 277422 are non-relatives sharing the space, while 121468 reflect an unmarried partner in the home.

Minnesota Census Marital Status data

In Minnesota, there are 2036089 males, 15 years or older. Of that, 677567 have never married; 1122229 are currently still married, but have separated. 20999 are legally separated, 171953 are divorced and 43341 are widowed.

Among women 15 or over (2084891), 26.9% never married, 52.7% are married but separated while 1.3% are legally still separated. 10.2% are divorced and 8.9% are widowed.

Minnesota Fertility Rates and MN Statistics

Let’s talk babies in Minnesota (MN): In the 2007 report, 76687 women (15-50) had given birth in the previous 12 months. Here’s how it breaks down:

Of the unmarried women in Minnesota (which could mean widowed, divorced or never hitched); of those, 19670 had a baby in the previous year.

A finer breakdown is as follows (each category reflects per 1000 women):
Among unmarried women, there were 31 births; among women 15 to 50, it totals 59 babies. Women 15 to 19 had 19 babies, while there were 113 babies delivered to women 20 to 34. Among women 35 to 50, the birth rate totaled 26.

Minnesota Grandparents Statistics

There are 52652 grandparents living with their own grandkids, and 21759 (41.3%) that are responsible for those young ‘uns. Of those, 60.5% are the grandmothers and 73.2% of the grandparents are married.

Among those “Nanas” and ”Pop Pops” caring for the kids, 5578 have done it for less than a year; 5295 have been in charge from 1-2 years, 3728 handling things 3 or 4 years and 7158 doing the job 5 or more years.

Minnesota School Enrollment / Educational Attainment: (MN)

In Minnesota, 1352061 (100%) of the population is 3 years old and over and enrolled in school. Of that, 85769 (6.3%) are in nursery or preschool; 66087 (4.9%) are in kindergarten, while 542116 (40.1%) are in Elementary school (meaning, grades 1-8). 307843 (22.8%) are slogging through High School, while 350246 (25.9%) are in college or graduate school.

The total percentage of those folks with a high school graduate degree (or higher) is 28.5% (964563); 20.9% (705780) percent hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher. It breaks down as follows:

Among the population 25 years or older (3385006), 128202 (3.8%) have less than a 9th grade education, while 185816 (5.5%) made it anywhere from 9th to 12th grade, but received no diploma. There are 964563 (28.5%) who are high school graduates (or have the equivalency). 749830 (22.2%) have some college experience but no degree; 322076 (9.5%) reached an Associate’s degree; 705780 (20.9%) attained their Bachelor’s degree and 328739 (9.7%) hold a Graduate or other professional degree.

Veteran Information

The civilian population (18 and over) in Minnesota is 3891615. Of that, 411065 (100%) are civilian veterans.

Disability Status Of Civilian. Noninstitutionalized Pop.

The total population in this demographic (5 years and over) is 4739100 (100%) – of that, 589465 (12.4%) have a disability. The different groups break down as follows:

Among the total age group of 5-15 years (759957), 44451 (5.8%) have a disability.

Of those 16-64 years old (3391840), 338197 (10%) have a disability.

Of those 65 and older (587303), 206817 (35.2%) have a disability.

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