Youth Took Alcohol

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Percent of Total All Grades Students Reporting Any Alcohol Use in the Past 30 Days, Who Took the Alcohol from Someone or Somewhere, 2019: by County

PercentCompare to State Average: 30.2%
Minnesota30.2%Barchart image
Aitkin County16.0%Barchart image
Anoka County31.0%Barchart image
Becker County28.3%Barchart image
Beltrami County29.3%Barchart image
Benton County30.0%Barchart image
Big Stone County66.7%Barchart image
Blue Earth County29.7%Barchart image
Brown County33.9%Barchart image
Carlton County30.8%Barchart image
Carver County30.4%Barchart image
Cass County28.2%Barchart image
Chippewa County33.3%Barchart image
Chisago County33.1%Barchart image
Clay County31.1%Barchart image
Clearwater County*
Cook County45.8%Barchart image
Cottonwood County30.8%Barchart image
Crow Wing County26.9%Barchart image
Dakota County29.2%Barchart image
Dodge County22.2%Barchart image
Douglas County33.6%Barchart image
Faribault County26.1%Barchart image
Fillmore County19.2%Barchart image
Freeborn County34.1%Barchart image
Goodhue County29.0%Barchart image
Grant County15.2%Barchart image
Hennepin County31.0%Barchart image
Houston County36.4%Barchart image
Hubbard County28.4%Barchart image
Isanti County41.4%Barchart image
Itasca County30.0%Barchart image
Jackson County21.1%Barchart image
Kanabec County32.9%Barchart image
Kandiyohi County32.8%Barchart image
Kittson County45.5%Barchart image
Koochiching County11.5%Barchart image
Lac Qui Parle County27.5%Barchart image
Lake County33.3%Barchart image
Lake of the Woods County18.8%Barchart image
Le Sueur County25.8%Barchart image
Lincoln County33.3%Barchart image
Lyon County23.4%Barchart image
McLeod County0.0%Barchart image
Mahnomen County12.8%Barchart image
Marshall County0.0%Barchart image
Martin County28.9%Barchart image
Meeker County33.3%Barchart image
Mille Lacs County21.8%Barchart image
Morrison County28.6%Barchart image
Mower County28.8%Barchart image
Murray County20.0%Barchart image
Nicollet County32.3%Barchart image
Nobles County25.0%Barchart image
Norman County16.0%Barchart image
Olmsted County36.3%Barchart image
Otter Tail County28.3%Barchart image
Pennington County30.6%Barchart image
Pine County26.1%Barchart image
Pipestone County21.4%Barchart image
Polk County28.8%Barchart image
Pope County45.5%Barchart image
Ramsey County27.3%Barchart image
Red Lake County12.5%Barchart image
Redwood County36.2%Barchart image
Renville County26.7%Barchart image
Rice County29.3%Barchart image
Rock County25.0%Barchart image
Roseau County34.8%Barchart image
St. Louis County31.5%Barchart image
Scott County29.0%Barchart image
Sherburne County37.5%Barchart image
Sibley County27.0%Barchart image
Stearns County26.4%Barchart image
Steele County27.6%Barchart image
Stevens County33.3%Barchart image
Swift County*
Todd County25.0%Barchart image
Traverse County23.8%Barchart image
Wabasha County24.0%Barchart image
Wadena County27.7%Barchart image
Waseca County36.1%Barchart image
Washington County32.0%Barchart image
Watonwan County23.1%Barchart image
Wilkin County33.3%Barchart image
Winona County20.9%Barchart image
Wright County34.9%Barchart image
Yellow Medicine County38.5%Barchart image

About the Indicator:

This indicator reflects students responding that they took alcohol from one or more of the following sources: their home, a friend’s home, or from stores.  These data include only students who reported any alcohol use in the past 30 days.  Students were asked to select all methods of obtaining alcohol that applied.  N/A indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected.


Access questions were not asked in 2016.

Data Source: Minnesota Student Survey (MSS)

Description: The MSS is a confidential and anonymous self-administered survey given to students attending Minnesota public, charter and tribal schools. From 1995 to 2010, the survey was administered to students in 6th, 9th, and 12th grades. New in 2013, the survey was administered to students in 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades. Trend data are now only available for 9th graders, and only for survey questions that did not change. Most schools elect to participate in the survey; in 2013, this included 84% of public schools in Minnesota.

Although the data are not presented here, the survey is also administered to area learning centers, juvenile correction facilities and private schools electing to participate.

Sponsored by: Minnesota Department of Education

Geographic Level: State, Region, and County

Aggregated data at the state and county level do not reveal disparities that may exist within a given geographic area.

Frequency: Data collected and reported every three years

Characteristics: The results of the MSS are also available at a county level. Data Privacy requirements mandate that data is presented in a manner such that no individual student can be identified through the presentation of the results. As part of the Data Privacy practices, the results are also presented in a manner that no individual school district could be identified through the results. Therefore, for counties that have only one school district, the results are not presented. Results are also withheld for counties in which the minimum number for student participation was not met.

The MSS is a “census” of schools, not a sample. The school districts get their own data. Fifth-graders were not asked all substance use questions. Some school districts do not participate, and student participation within the school district can vary widely. These data are self-reported.