Watonwan County, Minnesota
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
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State Health Department
- Minnesota Department of Health: 85 East 7th Place Suite 400, St. Paul
Population:
- Total Population: 11,876
- Males: 5,934
- Females: 5,942
Ethnicity:
- White: 9,840
- Black/African American: 91
- Hispanic: 1,785
- Native American/Eskimo: 26
- Asian: 96
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 0
- 2 or more: 38
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (9,320)
- Spanish (1,525)
- German (95)
- Laotian (65)
- Norwegian (15)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 949
- Mexico (738)
- El Salvador (46)
- Laos (40)
- Canada (26)
- Guatemala (19)
- Thailand (13)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (4,203)
- Catholic Church (2,334)
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (741)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (608)
- Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (528)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 3,296
- Sensory: 204
- Physical: 837
- Mental: 486
- Self-care: 186
- Go outside home: 754
- Employment: 661
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 62
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 4,627
- Utility gas: 2,557
- Bottled or LP gas: 1,151
- Electricity: 500
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 347
- Coal or Coke: 0
- Wood: 46
- Solar Energy: 0
- Other fuel: 17
- No fuel used: 9
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 9,193
- No vehicle: 791
- 1 or more vehicle: 8,402
Education Attainment:
- No School: 131
- No High School: 926
- Some High School: 810
- High School: 3,017
- Some College: 1,419
- Associate's Degree: 384
- College Degree: 847
- Master's Degree: 159
- Professional Degree: 46
- Doctoral Degree: 6
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 4,627
- Owners with phone: 3,516
- Owners without phone: 48
- Renters with phone: 991
- Renters without phone: 72
10 closest counties:
- Brown County, Minnesota
- Martin County, Minnesota
- Cottonwood County, Minnesota
- Nicollet County, Minnesota
- Blue Earth County, Minnesota
- Emmet County, Iowa
- Jackson County, Minnesota
- Sibley County, Minnesota
- Faribault County, Minnesota
- Redwood County, Minnesota
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
56022, 56056, 56060, 56062, 56081, 56120, 56160
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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