Minnesota: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- Minnesota Department of Health: 85 East 7th Place Suite 400, St. Paul
Population:
- Total Population: 4,919,479
- Males: 2,434,526
- Females: 2,484,953
Top 14 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (4,201,510)
- Spanish (132,070)
- Miao, Hmong (41,240)
- German (35,030)
- Vietnamese (16,234)
- French (15,551)
- Cushite (12,765)
- Chinese (10,149)
- Russian (9,408)
- Norwegian (8,060)
- Laotian (7,785)
- Arabic (5,445)
- Mon-Khmer, Cambodian (5,290)
- Finnish (5,187)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (1,260,660)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (853,448)
- Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (203,863)
- United Methodist Church, The (117,990)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (56,579)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 1,180,817
- Sensory: 123,166
- Physical: 288,196
- Mental: 185,567
- Self-care: 84,376
- Go outside home: 216,922
- Employment: 271,332
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 17,682
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 1,895,127
- Utility gas: 1,281,261
- Bottled or LP gas: 197,163
- Electricity: 229,094
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 121,401
- Coal or Coke: 433
- Wood: 36,961
- Solar Energy: 315
- Other fuel: 18,857
- No fuel used: 9,642
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 3,665,861
- No vehicle: 264,481
- 1 or more vehicle: 3,401,380
Education Attainment:
- No School: 24,723
- No High School: 134,135
- Some High School: 222,487
- High School: 912,672
- Some College: 759,153
- Associate's Degree: 243,093
- College Degree: 605,210
- Master's Degree: 171,023
- Professional Degree: 63,444
- Doctoral Degree: 28,405
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 1,895,127
- Owners with phone: 1,404,118
- Owners without phone: 8,606
- Renters with phone: 469,368
- Renters without phone: 13,035
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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