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Percent of Students Reporting Any Tobacco Use in the Past 30 Days, Who Got the Tobacco from Someone or Somewhere, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

19982001200420072010
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Minnesota9th94%97%95%91%96%94%90%95%93%91%94%93%93%95%94%
12th52%61%56%50%60%55%50%60%54%54%65%59%52%63%56%
All Grades72%79%75%67%76%71%65%75%70%66%77%71%59%69%63%
Aitkin County9th85%100%92%86%100%94%93%100%97%86%90%87%100%100%100%
12th57%33%50%43%59%48%45%44%45%59%65%62%56%87%71%
All Grades75%86%79%55%82%66%64%73%68%72%74%73%74%87%80%
Anoka County9th94%97%95%92%95%94%88%97%93%88%94%91%91%96%94%
12th50%57%54%50%57%53%56%57%57%59%68%63%58%67%61%
All Grades73%78%76%68%76%72%69%75%72%69%78%73%63%72%67%
Becker County9th92%98%95%95%98%96%93%96%95%93%94%94%88%85%86%
12th50%73%60%36%51%45%58%66%61%62%52%58%33%41%36%
All Grades69%87%78%65%72%69%69%79%73%70%68%69%52%51%52%
Beltrami County9th96%95%96%86%96%92%88%96%92%81%93%87%97%97%97%
12th54%70%61%49%56%52%60%66%63%67%70%68%61%75%67%
All Grades73%81%76%65%80%74%76%83%80%75%84%80%68%78%73%
Benton County9th100%98%99%93%100%96%82%100%91%100%100%100%100%100%100%
12th54%69%61%39%65%52%57%76%64%44%62%49%48%78%60%
All Grades76%83%79%61%77%68%68%89%77%58%79%66%56%83%66%
Big Stone County9th100%100%100%N/AN/AN/A100%100%100%N/AN/AN/A100%100%100%
12th44%75%54%N/AN/AN/A33%47%40%N/AN/AN/A57%55%56%
All Grades67%92%78%N/AN/AN/A63%62%63%N/AN/AN/A65%64%65%
Blue Earth County9th96%99%98%88%91%89%90%95%93%87%96%92%100%100%100%
12th52%62%57%54%59%57%51%54%52%41%72%55%52%63%56%
All Grades71%81%76%66%72%69%63%69%66%50%77%62%60%73%66%
Brown County9th93%100%96%97%95%96%96%97%97%100%100%100%100%83%95%
12th62%57%60%49%59%53%48%51%49%69%70%69%48%46%47%
All Grades75%77%76%65%76%70%67%72%70%77%73%76%63%53%59%
Carlton County9th92%96%94%84%100%94%92%91%92%100%94%97%96%95%96%
12th48%56%52%47%57%52%45%50%48%50%65%56%47%44%46%
All Grades69%74%71%58%75%67%63%67%65%63%75%68%53%56%54%
Carver County9th92%94%93%89%95%92%96%92%94%94%95%94%91%97%93%
12th44%50%47%53%47%50%45%58%51%60%57%59%48%66%55%
All Grades66%70%68%71%72%72%62%71%66%74%76%74%61%73%66%
Cass County9th93%97%95%87%100%93%92%94%93%96%97%97%94%89%91%
12th42%72%57%59%79%65%41%88%65%56%62%59%33%69%54%
All Grades70%84%76%68%89%76%72%92%83%73%80%76%44%72%58%
Chippewa County9th100%86%93%92%94%93%N/AN/AN/A91%100%95%N/AN/AN/A
12th55%67%57%39%53%45%N/AN/AN/A68%48%58%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades66%77%69%51%68%59%N/AN/AN/A76%66%71%N/AN/AN/A
Chisago County9th94%98%96%87%96%93%N/AN/AN/A92%97%95%89%94%91%
12th49%69%57%56%58%57%N/AN/AN/A49%61%54%51%72%59%
All Grades79%91%85%66%75%71%N/AN/AN/A64%74%69%56%73%63%
Clay County9th97%93%95%97%98%98%92%100%96%97%96%97%95%95%95%
12th46%60%52%53%60%57%44%50%47%45%63%52%50%67%56%
All Grades67%76%71%66%77%72%59%70%64%62%75%67%60%78%67%
Clearwater County9th86%92%88%100%100%100%N/AN/AN/A100%86%92%86%80%83%
12th67%72%70%64%67%65%N/AN/AN/A50%60%53%50%33%44%
All Grades80%80%80%78%80%79%N/AN/AN/A65%75%69%61%37%50%
Cook County9th50%100%89%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12th75%86%82%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All Grades67%93%85%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cottonwood County9th95%94%95%100%92%96%86%100%92%100%100%100%100%100%100%
12th67%75%71%43%50%45%59%67%63%64%72%69%50%67%55%
All Grades81%84%83%60%69%64%68%76%72%83%82%83%59%78%65%
Crow Wing County9th93%97%95%96%98%97%93%93%93%96%93%95%100%100%100%
12th51%65%59%51%66%59%58%67%63%55%71%62%54%53%54%
All Grades76%84%80%70%82%76%78%82%80%71%80%75%58%56%57%
Dakota County9th95%98%96%92%96%94%87%94%91%91%89%91%94%97%96%
12th50%61%55%54%61%58%48%62%54%57%66%61%56%66%60%
All Grades75%80%77%70%76%73%60%74%67%67%74%70%62%71%65%
Dodge County9th91%98%95%95%94%94%100%100%100%92%100%98%95%88%92%
12th52%69%59%44%51%48%46%65%55%65%67%66%42%70%52%
All Grades70%85%77%64%71%67%70%84%78%72%86%78%57%78%65%
Douglas County9th94%100%96%75%98%88%96%97%97%93%89%91%95%100%97%
12th41%53%48%53%56%55%44%51%47%48%42%46%53%55%54%
All Grades70%73%72%60%75%68%62%72%67%58%62%59%68%67%67%
Faribault County9th83%97%91%94%95%94%100%94%96%86%90%88%N/AN/AN/A
12th56%66%59%52%48%50%52%48%50%42%55%48%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades64%81%71%67%67%67%63%68%65%52%66%58%N/AN/AN/A
Fillmore County9th93%100%96%94%92%93%100%100%100%100%83%93%100%100%100%
12th55%53%54%45%59%52%52%75%62%58%68%63%42%45%43%
All Grades70%77%73%62%68%65%65%83%73%71%72%72%51%65%55%
Freeborn County9th95%92%93%82%91%87%85%97%92%96%96%96%85%92%88%
12th54%54%54%55%48%51%43%50%47%47%57%51%58%72%64%
All Grades75%74%75%65%67%66%60%72%67%61%72%66%60%69%64%
Goodhue County9th94%94%94%88%98%93%87%97%92%92%100%96%79%100%85%
12th57%60%58%43%53%48%43%54%48%49%65%54%48%60%53%
All Grades73%74%74%64%73%68%58%70%64%63%81%70%49%57%52%
Grant County9th67%100%88%100%100%100%100%100%100%86%100%89%N/AN/AN/A
12th44%100%50%61%80%68%47%73%58%63%88%71%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades50%100%67%70%88%78%53%81%67%70%90%76%N/AN/AN/A
Hennepin County9th92%97%94%90%94%92%86%94%90%88%93%90%88%91%89%
12th56%62%59%52%61%56%52%61%57%55%69%61%54%64%58%
All Grades74%78%76%68%76%72%66%75%70%65%77%70%58%65%60%
Houston County9th97%100%99%90%95%93%94%92%93%93%100%97%100%100%100%
12th59%66%62%58%75%68%50%72%63%63%67%64%69%72%71%
All Grades75%84%79%70%84%78%66%80%74%71%81%76%67%77%71%
Hubbard County9th91%97%94%91%100%95%94%100%98%97%95%96%93%100%97%
12th73%65%68%43%39%41%47%84%61%59%65%62%52%56%53%
All Grades83%83%83%64%63%64%63%94%79%76%78%77%63%81%71%
Isanti County9th91%100%95%86%98%93%86%100%95%97%90%93%N/AN/AN/A
12th48%67%57%35%64%46%42%69%53%55%47%53%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades68%82%74%59%85%71%57%87%73%73%76%74%N/AN/AN/A
Itasca County9th98%98%98%89%95%92%92%94%93%94%97%96%92%94%93%
12th47%71%58%47%65%56%48%63%56%40%59%49%45%67%52%
All Grades80%91%85%63%75%68%71%77%74%64%79%71%53%72%60%
Jackson County9th87%100%91%88%100%94%100%90%93%100%100%100%82%100%86%
12th52%64%55%55%36%48%38%45%41%43%42%42%50%56%51%
All Grades63%78%67%63%65%64%50%67%59%65%59%63%56%67%59%
Kanabec County9th96%100%98%69%100%83%N/AN/AN/A100%100%100%95%85%91%
12th52%58%54%70%61%65%N/AN/AN/A59%76%66%53%47%51%
All Grades78%88%83%70%69%69%N/AN/AN/A71%83%76%61%61%61%
Kandiyohi County9th95%93%94%90%91%91%96%95%96%94%100%98%100%100%100%
12th57%49%53%40%44%42%49%58%53%57%50%55%53%35%46%
All Grades75%71%73%58%60%59%68%71%69%67%78%72%58%50%54%
Kittson County9th100%100%100%100%100%100%67%100%80%100%N/A100%75%100%80%
12th83%50%67%60%88%73%78%50%69%54%67%60%27%100%53%
All Grades88%75%80%67%90%77%75%50%72%60%67%63%40%100%59%
Koochiching County9th92%100%97%93%94%94%92%94%93%N/AN/AN/A100%50%93%
12th45%63%54%52%67%60%40%60%53%N/AN/AN/A50%74%62%
All Grades67%83%75%67%77%72%63%74%70%N/AN/AN/A58%63%60%
Lac Qui Parle County9th100%100%100%100%83%95%70%60%67%100%100%100%80%86%83%
12th31%72%58%42%50%45%35%61%50%73%50%62%58%43%53%
All Grades75%86%81%63%58%61%48%61%55%80%61%71%61%60%61%
Lake County9th91%100%94%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12th67%60%64%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All Grades78%80%79%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Lake of the Woods County9th88%88%88%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12th91%60%76%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All Grades89%72%81%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Le Sueur County9th97%94%96%90%100%95%86%95%91%96%91%93%100%100%100%
12th53%62%57%40%46%42%45%63%55%53%67%58%47%36%44%
All Grades73%76%74%60%72%66%59%73%66%68%79%72%60%54%58%
Lincoln County9th100%100%100%91%88%89%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
12th31%75%50%54%60%56%53%40%50%10%83%50%50%67%59%
All Grades56%84%68%71%77%73%71%67%70%36%88%65%50%76%66%
Lyon County9th93%100%95%92%92%92%90%95%92%82%100%92%81%89%84%
12th51%67%58%58%62%60%42%56%47%41%61%48%42%52%47%
All Grades70%77%73%70%72%71%58%71%63%50%75%60%57%58%57%
McLeod County9th98%96%97%97%100%99%89%98%95%96%93%94%88%92%90%
12th45%57%50%40%58%49%41%59%50%53%75%60%74%69%72%
All Grades67%76%71%65%76%71%55%78%68%68%85%75%70%74%71%
Mahnomen County9thN/AN/AN/A100%92%94%N/AN/AN/A90%100%95%100%75%89%
12thN/AN/AN/A53%100%72%N/AN/AN/A61%N/A61%50%50%50%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A65%96%81%N/AN/AN/A71%100%80%56%40%48%
Marshall County9th94%89%93%87%100%90%91%100%94%100%100%100%100%100%100%
12th52%48%50%33%50%40%35%60%47%61%33%50%38%50%41%
All Grades67%60%65%60%69%63%57%73%64%67%53%61%62%67%63%
Martin County9th96%96%96%89%96%93%86%100%94%93%100%96%100%83%90%
12th45%60%51%42%58%50%47%63%57%52%48%50%41%45%43%
All Grades67%78%72%54%71%63%66%79%74%64%62%63%50%65%56%
Meeker County9th94%100%97%84%100%91%94%92%93%90%90%90%92%100%93%
12th49%59%54%41%68%57%47%63%55%60%65%63%47%54%50%
All Grades70%79%74%62%78%70%64%76%70%74%75%75%58%56%57%
Mille Lacs County9th92%100%96%89%98%94%95%100%98%90%90%90%96%86%91%
12th56%67%60%47%71%58%55%64%59%43%65%53%50%86%67%
All Grades74%85%78%64%84%74%71%84%78%63%77%69%56%74%64%
Morrison County9th97%100%98%93%99%96%97%94%96%93%100%97%90%100%93%
12th40%65%51%59%54%56%34%46%41%53%69%60%42%47%44%
All Grades70%82%75%78%80%79%63%60%61%65%83%73%51%57%54%
Mower County9th95%98%97%92%96%94%94%100%98%90%92%91%92%100%96%
12th60%59%60%48%67%56%41%42%42%44%63%50%59%56%58%
All Grades76%80%78%67%83%75%60%67%64%57%73%63%58%62%59%
Murray County9th94%100%97%100%100%100%82%100%88%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12th48%57%52%35%36%35%62%57%60%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All Grades67%74%71%64%77%69%69%65%67%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Nicollet County9th77%100%90%100%100%100%100%82%91%81%80%81%N/AN/AN/A
12th49%62%53%50%56%52%46%56%52%61%61%33%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades55%77%64%67%71%69%72%66%69%71%68%66%N/AN/AN/A
Nobles County9th93%100%96%82%100%88%100%100%100%88%100%93%100%89%95%
12th58%75%65%42%67%53%47%76%56%50%52%48%38%62%45%
All Grades71%85%78%58%76%65%61%83%68%63%65%72%51%67%57%
Norman County9th85%100%89%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
12th21%64%44%41%62%49%25%67%50%50%60%65%60%50%58%
All Grades54%73%62%57%74%63%60%71%66%53%65%71%68%50%63%
Olmsted County9th93%96%95%97%95%96%87%91%89%90%93%92%92%90%91%
12th47%58%52%41%55%49%52%57%55%63%43%65%48%81%61%
All Grades68%77%73%68%73%70%69%75%72%71%65%82%56%75%64%
Otter Tail County9th96%99%97%88%97%91%92%92%92%93%97%95%93%90%92%
12th50%58%53%40%71%55%53%59%56%53%53%69%29%62%41%
All Grades69%78%74%60%80%69%70%71%71%64%69%85%44%63%51%
Pennington County9th100%86%92%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A86%100%96%N/AN/AN/A
12th71%50%66%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A60%44%63%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades82%75%79%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A61%58%79%N/AN/AN/A
Pine County9th97%97%97%91%96%94%97%97%97%96%92%95%100%95%98%
12th52%59%55%51%58%54%57%66%61%50%70%59%63%76%69%
All Grades70%75%72%70%80%75%73%80%76%62%78%75%69%76%72%
Pipestone County9th90%88%89%94%95%95%100%100%100%100%67%80%N/AN/AN/A
12th41%41%41%46%64%54%31%56%40%70%75%72%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades60%65%62%65%79%72%38%70%52%75%72%74%N/AN/AN/A
Polk County9th92%96%94%84%94%88%85%100%90%89%95%91%100%90%96%
12th55%60%57%54%62%57%43%44%44%58%57%58%48%61%52%
All Grades72%76%74%65%73%69%59%73%63%72%73%72%59%66%62%
Pope County9th86%100%90%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12th53%36%45%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All Grades67%55%62%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Ramsey County9th93%97%95%90%93%91%84%92%88%87%95%91%92%92%92%
12th53%65%59%56%61%59%60%63%62%57%67%61%53%64%57%
All Grades75%82%79%70%76%73%70%77%73%67%79%72%61%66%63%
Red Lake County9th93%91%92%100%100%100%100%75%88%100%100%100%100%100%100%
12th80%67%75%45%38%43%46%43%45%40%75%50%57%75%64%
All Grades85%77%82%57%50%55%59%55%57%65%80%68%67%78%72%
Redwood County9th94%83%91%100%95%98%100%100%100%100%100%100%87%89%88%
12th30%52%41%62%79%70%41%77%54%57%54%56%84%83%84%
All Grades53%57%55%76%85%80%52%88%69%71%76%73%76%54%68%
Renville County9th96%95%96%83%100%90%93%94%94%100%50%86%100%100%100%
12th64%55%61%55%64%59%52%58%54%38%50%43%56%75%61%
All Grades73%72%73%64%76%69%66%76%70%48%50%49%65%72%67%
Rice County9th92%99%96%92%98%96%96%94%95%94%95%95%94%97%95%
12th49%62%56%56%48%52%63%56%59%56%59%57%59%61%59%
All Grades73%82%78%70%74%72%74%71%72%70%74%72%69%78%73%
Rock County9th95%94%95%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12th100%83%88%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All Grades96%91%94%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Roseau County9th100%100%100%92%100%95%96%100%98%100%91%96%92%100%94%
12th70%81%76%54%70%61%41%58%48%41%68%53%44%60%50%
All Grades84%88%86%66%79%71%56%74%64%65%76%70%58%68%61%
St. Louis County9th95%99%97%98%97%97%96%97%97%89%94%91%93%100%96%
12th53%56%55%48%61%55%49%54%51%54%68%59%52%64%56%
All Grades73%78%76%65%75%70%63%69%66%66%80%72%61%74%66%
Scott County9th92%96%94%99%96%98%95%93%94%94%94%94%93%99%96%
12th55%64%60%53%55%54%43%64%52%57%64%60%46%60%51%
All Grades70%79%74%75%73%74%62%76%69%69%75%71%57%74%65%
Sherburne County9th99%94%96%89%98%93%91%96%94%97%94%96%84%97%93%
12th42%50%45%51%56%53%49%58%53%57%70%62%53%65%57%
All Grades66%70%68%68%77%72%67%81%74%70%81%75%54%76%64%
Sibley County9th94%100%96%88%89%89%100%100%100%100%100%100%92%100%95%
12th40%64%48%73%77%75%38%64%51%56%50%54%36%86%48%
All Grades64%78%69%79%83%81%58%77%67%67%72%69%56%76%62%
Stearns County9th95%98%96%94%96%95%93%94%93%91%97%93%88%94%91%
12th44%64%53%37%58%47%44%60%51%50%62%55%55%63%58%
All Grades68%78%72%57%72%64%59%74%66%62%73%67%56%66%60%
Steele County9th93%100%97%87%97%91%77%88%85%91%91%91%94%100%97%
12th44%53%47%49%52%50%50%63%57%50%65%57%49%60%54%
All Grades64%81%73%64%70%66%57%75%67%62%74%67%58%71%64%
Stevens County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A100%100%100%100%100%100%N/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A42%70%52%57%56%56%N/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A58%77%64%70%71%71%N/AN/AN/A
Swift County9th100%88%95%100%100%100%N/AN/AN/A100%100%100%89%100%90%
12th63%50%57%60%50%55%N/AN/AN/A43%76%58%50%57%52%
All Grades75%61%69%84%74%79%N/AN/AN/A61%82%70%56%63%58%
Todd County9th89%98%93%100%93%97%100%94%96%100%95%98%90%100%93%
12th50%56%52%40%58%48%47%64%56%43%52%47%43%56%48%
All Grades68%81%73%68%75%71%65%78%72%66%72%68%49%50%49%
Traverse County9th100%100%100%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12th70%57%65%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All Grades75%70%73%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Wabasha County9th96%97%97%92%98%95%96%100%98%95%100%97%100%100%100%
12th60%57%59%59%50%55%54%48%52%67%56%63%46%53%48%
All Grades77%76%77%76%78%77%66%70%68%75%66%72%54%72%59%
Wadena County9th100%96%98%96%92%94%96%100%98%93%91%92%100%100%100%
12th49%69%57%59%61%60%53%55%53%65%72%67%59%61%60%
All Grades68%81%74%73%70%71%69%75%71%73%83%77%61%64%62%
Waseca County9th94%98%96%97%100%99%89%100%94%92%100%96%N/AN/AN/A
12th49%66%55%52%57%55%55%66%60%30%70%47%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades63%83%72%72%75%73%66%74%70%49%83%65%N/AN/AN/A
Washington County9th93%98%96%88%96%92%93%96%94%92%97%95%92%96%94%
12th54%55%55%49%64%56%51%57%54%59%67%62%55%59%56%
All Grades75%77%76%68%79%73%67%73%70%67%78%72%61%69%64%
Watonwan County9th93%100%97%95%95%95%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
12th54%55%55%60%82%68%46%68%57%40%90%57%18%46%33%
All Grades67%73%70%74%89%81%63%78%71%54%94%70%41%50%46%
Wilkin County9th87%100%92%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
12th21%40%29%44%58%52%50%43%47%44%63%53%55%50%53%
All Grades57%68%61%67%67%67%60%62%61%57%71%64%63%60%63%
Winona County9th100%98%99%90%100%95%92%91%91%100%89%94%95%100%97%
12th40%58%48%46%72%57%64%56%60%57%65%61%58%40%52%
All Grades61%75%68%66%87%75%74%67%70%66%72%69%69%56%64%
Wright County9th92%97%95%84%95%90%91%94%93%93%97%95%96%95%96%
12th54%54%54%57%64%60%46%66%56%56%66%60%48%55%50%
All Grades74%77%76%69%80%74%65%81%73%67%74%70%56%65%60%
Yellow Medicine County9th96%100%97%93%100%96%95%100%97%83%100%92%93%100%95%
12th48%44%47%52%54%53%40%39%39%39%56%46%37%53%45%
All Grades70%69%70%68%70%69%56%63%59%48%70%58%61%57%59%

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<!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]-->This indicator reflects students responding that they got tobacco from one or more of the following sources: their friends, their parents, other family members, getting someone else to buy it for them.  These data include only students who reported any tobacco use in the past 30 days.  Students were asked to select all methods of obtaining tobacco that applied.  N/A indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected.

In 2016, access questions were not asked. In 2019, the question changed to ask about access only of e-cigarettes.

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.