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Percent of Students Reporting Any Use of Marijuana in the Past 30 Days, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th4.7%5.7%5.2%4.4%4.8%4.6%4.1%4.4%4.3%3.5%2.4%3.0%
9th8.6%10.2%9.4%6.9%6.5%6.7%7.6%7.4%7.5%5.1%3.9%4.5%
11th13.3%19.8%16.6%14.8%16.9%15.8%14.6%16.5%15.5%12.7%11.1%11.9%
All Grades8.6%11.6%10.1%8.3%8.9%8.6%8.2%8.8%8.5%6.6%5.3%6.0%
Aitkin County8th3.3%2.8%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.7%2.5%3.6%***
9th16.7%13.8%15.3%5.1%8.5%6.6%11.8%3.0%7.5%5.0%0.0%2.9%
11th7.3%20.8%13.6%4.2%18.9%11.9%**14.0%10.0%7.7%9.1%
All Grades9.4%11.2%10.3%3.9%11.3%7.5%7.9%7.1%7.5%5.9%2.6%4.4%
Anoka County8th6.4%8.3%7.4%4.2%6.4%5.2%5.3%5.3%5.3%3.8%3.2%3.5%
9th10.0%11.8%10.9%9.2%7.9%8.6%7.9%7.4%7.7%2.8%2.5%2.7%
11th16.0%21.7%18.7%16.6%18.0%17.3%14.8%15.7%15.2%10.0%6.2%8.1%
All Grades10.1%12.7%11.3%9.5%10.5%10.0%8.3%8.3%8.3%4.8%3.7%4.3%
Becker County8th2.8%3.6%3.2%5.3%7.1%6.2%6.0%1.6%4.0%3.7%3.2%3.4%
9th9.1%4.7%6.7%1.6%4.8%3.2%6.2%7.9%7.0%5.9%2.6%4.1%
11th5.9%10.7%8.3%7.3%10.7%9.0%15.9%18.9%17.4%12.7%10.2%11.6%
All Grades6.1%6.1%6.1%4.5%7.4%6.0%8.8%9.1%9.0%7.2%4.3%5.7%
Beltrami County8th11.4%5.8%8.6%11.1%10.2%10.6%11.3%10.6%11.0%4.5%5.3%4.9%
9th11.3%10.7%11.0%14.8%12.0%13.4%13.4%13.1%13.3%14.8%8.9%11.8%
11th17.5%23.8%20.6%18.1%15.6%16.8%13.9%13.9%13.9%11.9%7.1%9.4%
All Grades13.2%12.7%13.0%14.3%12.4%13.3%12.8%12.3%12.6%8.8%6.7%7.7%
Benton County8th2.3%5.9%3.9%1.4%9.1%5.2%4.2%3.6%3.9%4.6%2.8%3.7%
9th2.9%6.6%4.8%5.5%9.7%7.7%5.8%4.3%5.1%5.5%5.9%5.7%
11th8.1%16.2%11.9%12.5%15.0%13.6%10.1%11.4%10.7%19.0%7.2%14.2%
All Grades4.2%9.2%6.6%5.7%10.5%8.1%6.4%6.0%6.2%9.0%5.1%7.2%
Big Stone County8th3.3%0.0%1.9%*****0.0%0.0%5.9%2.9%
9th0.0%6.1%3.2%******3.8%11.1%7.5%
11th6.1%2.3%3.9%******5.6%4.5%5.0%
All Grades3.2%3.0%3.1%*****9.4%3.3%7.6%5.5%
Blue Earth County8th2.1%2.4%2.3%4.7%3.4%4.1%2.3%3.2%2.7%1.7%1.6%1.6%
9th7.6%7.2%7.4%4.8%7.5%6.1%4.6%4.8%4.7%5.7%3.6%4.6%
11th13.9%10.6%12.4%12.2%14.1%13.2%12.5%22.1%17.4%7.6%7.8%7.7%
All Grades7.5%6.3%6.9%7.0%8.2%7.6%6.0%9.4%7.7%4.8%4.0%4.4%
Brown County8th3.7%7.1%5.4%0.0%2.7%1.4%8.6%6.7%7.6%3.1%2.4%2.8%
9th4.8%9.3%7.0%9.2%4.9%6.9%5.8%4.5%5.2%6.5%6.9%6.7%
11th16.8%22.2%19.6%17.2%10.6%14.0%10.5%13.4%11.9%19.6%18.8%19.8%
All Grades8.1%12.6%10.4%8.4%5.6%6.9%8.1%7.7%7.9%8.0%8.7%8.6%
Carlton County8th7.1%6.3%6.7%4.7%3.6%4.1%3.7%5.9%5.0%1.6%4.2%3.2%
9th8.1%12.2%10.1%6.1%6.3%6.2%10.9%13.2%12.0%9.8%4.9%7.4%
11th11.5%17.7%14.7%16.0%18.4%17.2%11.8%13.5%12.7%14.3%18.5%16.5%
All Grades8.8%11.9%10.3%8.6%8.7%8.7%9.1%10.8%10.0%7.5%8.4%8.1%
Carver County8th1.4%2.7%2.1%2.0%4.1%3.0%0.9%2.1%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th7.4%6.9%7.2%3.2%7.1%5.1%3.5%3.7%3.6%8.7%2.1%5.3%
11th17.6%22.4%19.9%18.6%23.3%21.1%12.7%16.0%14.2%12.0%20.0%19.3%
All Grades8.8%10.4%9.6%5.8%9.7%7.7%5.0%6.2%5.6%7.5%6.3%7.7%
Cass County8th10.0%7.1%8.5%13.4%7.1%10.0%17.6%13.3%15.5%9.1%2.6%5.6%
9th13.5%12.0%12.7%18.2%7.3%12.7%9.9%9.1%9.5%5.3%4.9%5.1%
11th28.8%22.9%25.7%22.8%17.7%20.3%21.4%26.2%23.7%39.1%12.1%22.8%
All Grades16.3%13.1%14.7%17.6%9.7%13.6%15.7%14.4%15.1%14.9%6.3%10.1%
Chippewa County8thN/AN/AN/A***4.9%5.2%5.1%***
9thN/AN/AN/A***9.7%3.9%6.8%5.0%17.6%10.8%
11thN/AN/AN/A***6.4%17.8%12.0%11.1%6.3%8.8%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***7.2%7.6%7.4%7.8%12.2%9.7%
Chisago County8th1.6%3.9%2.6%***4.8%1.9%3.4%0.0%4.5%2.1%
9th12.4%14.3%13.4%***5.9%8.4%7.0%9.8%6.0%7.9%
11th13.9%18.8%16.3%***14.6%17.1%16.0%16.2%8.2%12.6%
All Grades8.9%12.2%10.5%***7.8%8.9%8.3%11.7%6.8%9.4%
Clay County8th2.2%4.7%3.5%4.3%2.0%3.2%0.9%2.0%1.5%0.9%4.6%2.7%
9th3.4%4.8%4.1%5.3%7.9%6.7%5.3%5.6%5.4%3.0%3.5%3.2%
11th11.0%15.7%13.2%10.2%13.6%12.0%7.7%7.4%7.5%6.5%9.1%7.9%
All Grades5.4%7.9%6.6%6.4%7.8%7.1%5.0%5.0%5.0%3.1%5.3%4.2%
Clearwater County8th6.1%0.0%3.4%5.0%2.6%3.8%******
9th13.2%7.4%9.8%2.4%4.8%3.8%******
11th10.7%4.0%7.5%0.0%20.0%10.4%******
All Grades9.6%4.2%6.8%2.6%8.1%5.6%******
Cook County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%*****23.7%0.0%6.7%3.4%
9th9.5%15.0%12.2%*****17.9%14.3%7.7%11.1%
11th20.0%40.0%32.0%*****22.6%38.5%23.1%30.8%
All Grades8.0%18.8%13.3%***28.6%14.6%21.6%17.1%12.2%14.6%
Cottonwood County8th2.3%3.9%3.2%2.3%4.0%3.2%2.5%2.5%2.5%0.0%1.6%0.9%
9th2.4%3.9%3.2%2.2%2.0%2.1%1.5%4.5%3.2%2.0%1.7%1.8%
11th11.8%5.2%7.6%4.5%11.8%8.4%12.9%11.3%12.0%22.4%9.4%16.7%
All Grades5.0%4.4%4.6%3.0%6.0%4.6%5.6%6.1%5.8%9.3%4.0%6.7%
Crow Wing County8th4.7%2.0%3.4%***1.5%1.5%1.5%7.2%2.8%5.0%
9th3.5%6.4%4.9%***4.7%4.9%4.8%9.7%6.8%8.7%
11th14.1%21.4%17.9%***10.1%16.7%13.3%11.5%6.7%9.3%
All Grades6.6%8.9%7.8%***6.4%8.9%7.7%9.1%5.0%7.3%
Dakota County8th4.1%6.0%5.0%3.7%4.4%4.0%3.0%3.9%3.4%3.6%1.9%2.8%
9th9.5%10.8%10.2%6.4%6.3%6.3%7.1%7.3%7.2%4.9%3.4%4.2%
11th14.2%21.4%17.8%16.2%18.8%17.5%15.9%16.3%16.1%13.4%10.7%12.1%
All Grades9.1%12.6%10.9%8.2%9.2%8.7%8.2%8.6%8.4%6.9%4.9%5.9%
Dodge County8th2.1%0.9%1.6%1.7%2.8%2.3%1.4%3.0%2.2%4.4%3.1%3.8%
9th2.2%4.8%3.4%3.2%1.8%2.5%6.1%6.6%6.3%7.1%6.1%6.6%
11th13.6%34.8%23.6%12.4%9.6%11.2%15.0%9.0%11.9%12.9%10.5%11.7%
All Grades5.2%11.7%8.3%5.3%4.1%4.8%7.1%6.1%6.6%7.6%6.2%6.9%
Douglas County8th2.9%7.6%5.2%2.4%7.1%4.7%4.5%3.0%3.7%0.0%3.3%1.6%
9th5.7%6.1%5.9%5.2%3.9%4.6%3.9%7.3%5.5%5.1%9.6%7.2%
11th15.2%20.9%17.7%13.0%26.9%20.5%10.6%16.7%13.9%12.5%4.5%8.9%
All Grades8.1%11.0%9.5%6.3%12.4%9.4%5.4%7.9%6.6%5.5%6.1%5.8%
Faribault County8th0.0%6.3%3.4%2.2%1.8%2.0%0.0%4.1%2.5%5.5%1.9%3.6%
9th8.3%16.4%12.2%4.4%8.8%6.9%6.7%5.8%6.3%6.2%1.6%3.9%
11th3.9%27.0%16.7%14.5%19.3%17.0%12.5%13.7%13.1%17.5%8.1%11.8%
All Grades4.5%16.6%10.8%7.6%10.1%8.9%6.5%7.4%7.0%8.8%3.9%6.2%
Fillmore County8th1.3%2.9%2.1%4.8%5.7%5.3%2.6%3.3%2.9%***
9th3.6%3.6%3.6%5.7%9.2%7.4%***4.8%0.0%2.7%
11th6.5%15.9%11.9%12.5%17.7%15.1%**31.5%31.0%6.5%18.3%
All Grades3.4%7.5%5.5%7.6%10.7%9.1%13.2%16.7%15.0%14.7%2.5%8.4%
Freeborn County8th1.5%7.7%4.6%9.4%7.4%8.4%5.6%5.6%5.6%3.4%4.0%4.2%
9th10.9%4.4%8.3%9.8%14.2%12.1%8.5%11.3%9.9%5.8%5.4%5.6%
11th6.6%24.7%16.4%11.4%13.6%12.4%19.5%20.3%19.9%8.9%6.5%7.6%
All Grades7.0%12.6%9.7%10.1%11.5%10.8%10.5%11.4%11.0%5.7%5.1%5.6%
Goodhue County8th3.2%3.5%3.3%7.1%9.6%8.4%5.8%11.5%8.5%4.5%5.0%4.7%
9th10.9%5.3%8.1%7.8%11.2%9.6%**14.3%11.7%5.3%8.1%
11th7.3%9.6%8.5%9.8%14.8%11.8%12.3%8.8%10.7%11.8%9.9%10.8%
All Grades6.5%6.2%6.4%8.3%11.5%9.8%8.4%11.5%9.9%9.0%6.1%7.5%
Grant County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%4.7%6.9%5.6%4.0%2.6%3.2%5.6%0.0%3.1%
9th11.4%14.8%12.9%0.0%8.6%4.5%6.7%0.0%3.2%2.6%0.0%1.5%
11th3.2%16.0%8.9%33.3%11.1%19.3%5.4%17.2%10.6%15.0%13.6%14.3%
All Grades5.4%9.3%7.3%9.4%9.0%9.2%5.4%6.0%5.7%6.4%3.9%5.2%
Hennepin County8th4.4%6.0%5.2%4.5%4.6%4.6%2.9%3.1%3.0%2.6%2.1%2.3%
9th8.2%11.7%9.9%5.6%5.4%5.5%7.1%7.4%7.3%4.1%2.8%3.5%
11th14.5%24.6%19.5%14.6%19.3%16.9%17.0%19.2%18.0%12.6%11.8%12.3%
All Grades8.8%13.7%11.2%7.5%8.7%8.1%8.4%9.1%8.7%5.9%5.0%5.5%
Houston County8th1.2%2.6%1.9%5.7%1.3%3.7%4.3%3.0%3.8%5.4%1.7%3.5%
9th2.1%8.0%4.9%2.4%4.7%3.7%4.5%3.4%4.0%8.8%4.8%6.5%
11th8.2%11.6%10.1%7.5%23.0%14.2%12.0%12.8%12.4%14.7%11.9%13.4%
All Grades4.0%8.1%6.1%5.2%8.2%6.7%7.1%6.4%6.8%10.1%5.9%8.0%
Hubbard County8th4.4%4.7%4.5%11.7%11.3%11.5%3.3%3.0%3.2%5.9%1.7%3.9%
9th9.9%11.8%10.7%18.4%15.3%17.0%5.0%19.0%10.9%4.9%7.0%5.9%
11th12.3%14.3%13.3%18.1%21.1%19.6%15.0%12.8%14.0%13.6%15.9%14.8%
All Grades8.4%10.3%9.2%16.1%16.1%16.1%7.0%11.1%8.7%7.7%8.3%8.0%
Isanti County8th7.3%10.8%9.0%3.3%8.5%5.8%5.8%4.5%5.2%4.8%3.6%4.1%
9th16.0%12.6%14.3%11.0%11.3%11.2%13.1%11.5%12.3%3.4%3.4%3.4%
11th12.5%12.2%12.4%20.5%24.5%22.5%21.0%20.8%20.9%12.3%17.2%14.8%
All Grades11.4%11.7%11.5%11.2%14.3%12.7%12.7%11.1%12.0%6.3%7.2%6.7%
Itasca County8th2.1%7.2%4.7%8.1%8.1%8.1%6.8%7.3%7.0%9.8%3.4%6.6%
9th8.4%12.4%10.4%11.4%9.3%10.4%12.2%8.6%10.6%6.4%7.8%6.9%
11th12.8%13.1%13.0%25.0%17.9%21.0%13.4%16.3%15.0%22.6%17.7%20.0%
All Grades7.4%10.6%8.9%13.4%11.4%12.4%10.4%10.2%10.3%11.5%8.3%9.9%
Jackson County8th0.0%6.8%3.1%6.7%10.0%8.6%2.3%0.0%1.4%6.7%3.4%5.1%
9th4.4%13.8%9.7%11.4%5.0%8.3%10.0%12.1%11.3%7.9%0.0%4.1%
11th16.7%24.1%20.4%12.8%6.7%10.1%**14.9%11.1%0.0%6.3%
All Grades7.2%15.4%11.4%11.2%6.7%9.0%9.3%9.6%9.5%8.7%1.1%5.1%
Kanabec County8th7.3%3.8%5.6%5.6%6.2%5.8%8.9%9.7%9.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th10.0%20.3%14.7%5.6%10.1%8.0%22.7%16.9%19.7%6.3%0.0%3.2%
11th24.5%27.7%26.3%17.2%18.1%17.7%13.2%22.0%17.5%12.8%8.7%10.8%
All Grades12.4%16.3%14.4%8.7%11.6%10.1%15.4%15.8%15.6%8.3%3.1%5.7%
Kandiyohi County8th7.3%5.0%6.1%4.9%6.3%5.6%5.8%5.2%5.5%0.0%2.4%1.1%
9th6.8%6.8%6.8%6.0%8.5%7.3%8.2%6.2%7.2%7.1%3.5%5.4%
11th17.5%18.0%17.7%16.5%20.3%18.6%7.8%16.5%11.7%9.4%11.3%10.5%
All Grades10.1%10.0%10.1%8.3%11.3%9.9%7.2%8.4%7.8%5.3%5.8%5.5%
Kittson County8th0.0%19.0%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%**0.0%***
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%2.9%**0.0%***
11th0.0%9.1%4.9%3.6%10.5%6.4%**14.8%***
All Grades0.0%8.6%4.2%1.5%5.5%3.3%9.3%0.0%4.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Koochiching County8th11.1%11.4%11.3%*****0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th17.6%5.7%11.6%***19.2%8.0%13.7%7.1%0.0%3.4%
11th31.8%31.0%31.4%*****26.9%0.0%5.9%2.4%
All Grades17.8%15.2%16.5%***12.1%12.1%12.1%2.1%1.2%1.7%
Lac Qui Parle County8th7.9%0.0%4.1%1.7%4.2%2.8%4.3%4.4%4.3%2.6%5.9%4.1%
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.1%2.4%5.8%5.3%6.1%5.7%
11th0.0%7.1%3.2%6.3%2.9%4.5%14.0%12.1%13.2%5.9%3.8%5.0%
All Grades2.7%1.9%2.3%2.3%2.5%2.4%9.4%5.8%7.6%4.5%5.5%5.0%
Lake County8th10.8%5.7%8.3%***5.6%2.4%4.2%***
9th15.9%14.7%15.5%***5.7%6.1%6.0%***
11th10.0%18.4%15.5%***22.9%0.0%12.3%***
All Grades13.3%13.1%13.2%***10.5%3.3%6.9%***
Lake of the Woods County8th10.0%5.9%7.4%*****6.5%***
9th25.0%36.4%30.4%*****5.4%5.9%7.1%6.5%
11th5.9%7.7%6.7%*****9.7%***
All Grades12.8%14.6%13.8%***4.2%9.8%7.1%7.1%8.6%7.8%
Le Sueur County8th2.7%2.6%2.6%3.4%0.7%1.9%4.2%3.4%3.8%0.0%1.6%0.9%
9th3.3%5.8%4.6%8.9%3.7%6.2%10.4%9.4%9.9%3.9%3.5%3.7%
11th15.1%19.3%17.4%22.0%13.7%18.3%21.5%19.1%20.1%9.0%13.0%10.9%
All Grades6.5%9.9%8.2%11.5%5.1%8.2%11.6%10.8%11.2%5.1%6.3%5.7%
Lincoln County8th8.3%0.0%5.4%*****0.0%5.9%4.0%4.8%
9th20.0%4.3%10.5%*****10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th13.0%10.5%11.9%*****5.4%19.0%0.0%9.3%
All Grades12.9%5.5%9.4%***3.5%6.7%5.1%8.1%1.5%4.7%
Lyon County8th3.0%3.1%3.1%4.8%2.8%3.7%0.9%2.0%1.4%5.4%2.0%3.8%
9th4.3%10.8%7.6%5.2%4.4%4.8%1.8%3.9%2.8%1.6%3.9%2.9%
11th5.1%10.0%7.4%10.0%8.0%9.0%11.0%12.2%11.6%5.6%4.0%5.0%
All Grades4.3%8.2%6.3%6.4%4.6%5.5%4.4%6.3%5.3%4.2%3.4%3.8%
McLeod County8th15.8%9.1%13.3%*****6.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th0.0%25.0%11.8%******0.0%11.1%6.5%
11th9.1%21.4%16.0%*****8.3%***
All Grades10.3%18.2%13.9%***8.3%5.0%6.6%5.1%10.9%8.2%
Mahnomen County8th32.3%14.8%24.1%20.8%35.0%29.7%**25.5%***
9th10.3%22.5%17.4%29.0%8.6%18.2%38.2%10.8%23.9%***
11th12.0%36.4%23.4%21.1%26.7%24.5%**41.7%***
All Grades18.8%23.6%21.3%24.3%23.8%24.0%34.7%22.9%28.5%***
Marshall County8th2.8%10.3%6.7%6.1%0.0%2.6%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th0.0%2.4%1.0%2.5%3.0%2.7%**0.0%***
11th2.3%9.6%6.3%0.0%8.3%4.7%******
All Grades1.5%7.5%4.5%3.0%3.6%3.3%**6.8%5.9%0.0%2.6%
Martin County8th5.2%11.0%8.0%***9.4%1.8%5.9%3.0%6.3%4.6%
9th5.7%6.2%6.0%***7.7%15.4%10.5%10.8%4.3%8.0%
11th8.8%13.3%11.0%***13.2%22.7%18.8%17.9%18.2%18.0%
All Grades6.5%9.6%8.0%***9.6%14.3%11.8%10.1%8.4%9.4%
Meeker County8th1.6%4.8%3.2%0.8%5.4%3.0%6.5%3.0%4.7%4.0%4.9%4.5%
9th5.0%3.5%4.2%5.8%4.4%5.1%**10.9%0.0%3.0%1.6%
11th13.3%20.3%17.1%12.7%8.5%10.7%**11.9%9.4%7.4%8.5%
All Grades5.3%7.7%6.6%5.7%5.7%5.7%6.9%10.1%8.7%4.6%5.0%4.8%
Mille Lacs County8th6.3%7.3%6.8%5.4%4.8%5.1%8.6%3.7%6.0%6.8%1.7%4.3%
9th6.8%10.3%8.6%8.2%8.1%8.1%12.2%10.9%11.6%8.5%4.5%6.7%
11th10.5%18.4%14.4%17.0%14.6%15.8%14.2%12.5%13.4%19.2%16.2%17.8%
All Grades7.8%11.5%9.7%9.7%8.5%9.1%11.4%8.2%9.8%10.7%6.4%8.7%
Morrison County8th3.4%2.8%3.1%3.5%3.8%3.6%5.2%9.8%7.5%3.5%1.1%2.4%
9th4.7%5.0%4.9%5.5%2.5%3.9%13.6%9.9%11.8%5.6%4.3%4.9%
11th5.3%8.7%7.0%8.3%11.7%9.9%9.0%15.2%11.9%11.7%9.5%10.6%
All Grades4.4%5.2%4.8%5.7%5.5%5.6%9.6%11.3%10.4%6.7%5.1%5.9%
Mower County8th5.4%5.4%5.4%3.2%4.7%4.0%8.0%8.6%8.3%4.5%1.4%2.8%
9th19.2%16.2%17.8%9.9%5.0%7.4%19.3%17.0%18.3%3.8%5.7%4.7%
11th14.9%17.7%16.4%17.9%25.6%22.0%10.1%22.1%16.4%21.9%13.8%18.3%
All Grades12.5%12.4%12.4%9.5%10.3%9.9%12.3%14.5%13.3%8.4%5.4%7.0%
Murray County8th2.6%3.2%2.9%4.9%12.9%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%5.6%4.3%
9th5.9%2.8%4.3%0.0%4.8%2.6%0.0%6.1%3.0%11.4%0.0%6.6%
11th15.8%10.3%13.4%5.4%2.6%4.0%0.0%17.2%7.6%3.3%0.0%1.9%
All Grades8.1%5.2%6.8%3.5%6.3%4.9%0.0%7.6%3.5%6.1%2.3%4.3%
Nicollet County8th5.4%6.1%5.7%******4.4%3.0%3.7%
9th3.6%3.2%3.4%***4.4%6.9%5.6%3.0%2.4%2.6%
11th8.2%20.0%14.4%***12.0%5.3%9.1%13.3%11.0%12.2%
All Grades5.6%9.6%7.7%***8.4%5.9%7.3%7.1%5.4%6.2%
Nobles County8th7.1%10.3%8.6%2.6%0.0%1.5%5.5%1.9%3.8%3.5%5.0%4.2%
9th9.4%7.2%8.3%1.3%4.9%3.3%6.8%5.6%6.2%***
11th3.4%11.3%7.1%7.3%14.5%10.8%11.6%13.3%12.4%***
All Grades6.9%9.4%8.1%3.6%5.9%4.8%8.0%7.0%7.5%3.5%5.0%4.2%
Norman County8th5.3%6.7%5.9%4.4%0.0%2.0%5.7%9.1%7.4%***
9th7.7%5.6%6.7%9.7%3.1%6.3%******
11th6.7%6.7%6.7%14.3%0.0%7.8%**7.4%***
All Grades6.5%6.3%6.4%8.7%0.9%4.7%5.8%8.5%7.2%***
Olmsted County8th4.1%2.3%3.1%4.4%3.0%3.7%3.3%4.5%3.9%2.5%1.9%2.2%
9th5.3%12.6%8.9%4.7%5.9%5.3%6.2%5.5%5.8%3.2%5.2%4.1%
11th9.2%20.5%15.7%14.0%11.0%12.5%13.8%15.2%14.5%10.6%8.4%9.5%
All Grades5.5%9.6%7.7%7.0%6.1%6.6%6.8%7.6%7.2%5.0%4.9%5.0%
Otter Tail County8th2.3%2.4%2.3%3.9%2.7%3.3%4.9%5.5%5.2%0.9%5.3%3.0%
9th4.1%7.7%5.9%4.9%2.2%3.6%7.4%4.6%6.1%5.6%2.9%4.3%
11th4.2%7.7%6.0%10.8%11.9%11.4%15.0%6.9%10.6%6.5%9.0%7.8%
All Grades3.4%5.8%4.6%6.5%5.4%5.9%8.3%5.6%7.0%4.1%5.6%4.8%
Pennington County8th4.6%2.9%3.8%***1.3%7.4%4.1%12.0%0.0%5.7%
9th4.3%13.5%9.0%***5.1%2.8%3.8%6.8%1.8%4.7%
11th13.0%17.6%15.5%***7.0%26.2%15.2%12.1%16.7%14.2%
All Grades6.4%10.8%8.5%***4.1%9.9%6.9%9.9%5.7%7.9%
Pine County8th6.7%4.0%5.2%6.4%5.0%5.7%5.1%4.3%4.7%7.8%3.0%5.5%
9th9.7%10.0%9.8%8.2%10.3%9.3%22.6%8.0%15.4%14.7%10.2%12.3%
11th19.0%20.9%20.0%27.7%11.5%19.0%13.2%8.8%11.1%15.7%21.3%18.6%
All Grades11.7%11.3%11.5%12.4%8.8%10.6%13.6%6.6%10.1%12.0%11.3%11.7%
Pipestone County8th0.0%5.6%3.3%***5.7%5.9%5.8%2.7%10.8%6.8%
9th0.0%17.2%7.9%*****9.6%5.3%2.0%3.4%
11th33.3%26.7%30.0%*****15.6%8.3%10.3%9.2%
All Grades11.4%15.8%13.7%***7.3%11.9%9.6%5.4%6.9%6.2%
Polk County8th7.8%4.6%6.3%4.3%1.3%2.8%3.3%4.4%3.8%2.5%1.1%1.9%
9th3.4%9.3%6.1%5.9%6.4%6.2%8.5%5.8%7.2%8.3%3.1%5.6%
11th8.3%11.8%10.2%13.6%22.1%17.4%12.2%16.8%14.3%12.2%13.6%12.8%
All Grades6.2%8.8%7.4%7.7%8.6%8.1%7.9%8.4%8.2%7.4%5.5%6.5%
Pope County8th0.0%2.4%1.4%6.3%7.0%6.7%2.8%6.9%4.6%***
9th22.6%8.7%14.3%8.0%10.0%9.1%0.0%5.9%3.1%***
11th22.9%18.8%20.9%0.0%13.5%8.3%0.0%15.2%8.3%***
All Grades15.3%9.2%12.0%5.0%10.0%7.9%1.1%9.4%5.3%***
Ramsey County8th7.6%8.0%7.8%5.3%5.2%5.3%5.3%5.8%5.5%4.2%3.2%3.7%
9th11.7%13.5%12.5%8.8%6.5%7.7%8.6%8.4%8.5%4.9%4.0%4.5%
11th16.9%21.9%19.4%14.1%17.5%15.8%13.8%16.0%14.8%11.0%11.0%11.0%
All Grades12.2%14.7%13.4%9.4%9.7%9.5%8.8%9.6%9.2%6.2%5.5%5.9%
Red Lake County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.8%2.2%**0.0%16.7%0.0%6.5%
9th3.7%3.1%3.4%4.8%0.0%2.3%3.4%15.4%9.1%14.3%10.5%11.5%
11th4.0%8.7%6.3%17.4%21.1%19.0%**4.7%0.0%7.1%3.6%
All Grades2.6%4.0%3.3%7.4%7.9%7.6%3.8%5.6%4.6%9.1%5.8%7.1%
Redwood County8th3.9%1.7%2.8%4.2%6.1%5.1%0.0%1.2%0.7%7.0%3.8%5.3%
9th9.6%7.6%8.5%3.0%6.5%4.7%8.6%0.0%4.4%3.2%6.5%5.2%
11th10.2%8.2%9.1%7.7%10.3%9.1%10.6%7.1%8.7%3.7%13.9%9.5%
All Grades7.9%5.9%6.8%4.7%7.5%6.1%6.3%2.5%4.2%5.4%6.8%6.2%
Renville County8th2.3%4.0%2.9%5.0%1.5%3.2%2.6%3.6%3.0%1.9%5.6%3.4%
9th2.8%8.8%5.7%3.7%2.4%3.2%5.1%2.5%3.8%8.2%8.0%8.1%
11th6.5%29.2%16.4%7.8%5.4%6.9%**4.3%24.3%2.9%14.1%
All Grades3.6%13.3%7.8%5.6%2.8%4.4%3.8%3.4%3.7%10.1%5.8%8.1%
Rice County8th5.8%4.9%5.4%0.8%2.9%1.9%2.7%6.0%4.2%3.5%3.3%3.4%
9th8.6%8.2%8.4%6.0%4.5%5.3%6.7%5.6%6.2%3.8%5.2%4.4%
11th9.3%13.2%11.2%14.4%11.7%13.1%9.4%13.6%11.3%12.3%8.4%10.3%
All Grades7.8%8.3%8.0%6.2%5.7%5.9%6.2%7.9%7.0%6.6%5.9%6.2%
Rock County8th2.2%0.0%1.2%***0.0%5.7%2.4%***
9th7.5%2.8%5.3%***2.9%6.3%4.9%***
11th5.9%17.9%12.3%***15.2%31.3%23.1%***
All Grades5.0%6.9%6.0%***5.3%13.0%9.2%***
Roseau County8th8.3%1.3%3.9%5.2%2.5%3.8%2.8%4.5%3.6%7.7%3.1%5.6%
9th3.7%3.7%3.7%7.1%4.2%5.5%11.9%2.6%7.0%7.4%0.0%3.5%
11th8.3%15.2%11.9%11.1%9.7%10.3%5.7%17.2%11.7%8.0%15.8%11.4%
All Grades6.5%6.6%6.6%7.2%5.2%6.2%6.8%7.5%7.1%7.7%4.9%6.4%
St. Louis County8th6.9%5.6%6.2%8.0%5.0%6.5%8.1%6.6%7.4%3.9%3.0%3.5%
9th8.2%11.7%9.9%8.5%6.5%7.5%9.7%10.5%10.1%8.7%6.5%7.6%
11th14.0%18.4%16.1%15.7%18.8%17.3%18.5%24.0%21.3%15.5%18.4%17.0%
All Grades9.5%11.5%10.5%10.4%9.7%10.0%11.3%12.9%12.1%8.5%8.5%8.5%
Scott County8th6.1%7.8%7.0%3.1%3.2%3.1%3.0%3.4%3.2%5.6%1.3%3.5%
9th10.8%9.4%10.1%6.6%7.2%6.9%6.0%4.9%5.4%4.3%4.5%4.4%
11th13.9%20.3%17.1%12.8%16.2%14.5%14.1%16.7%15.4%12.0%12.1%12.2%
All Grades10.1%12.3%11.2%7.2%8.3%7.7%7.0%7.6%7.3%6.7%5.2%6.0%
Sherburne County8th3.1%3.2%3.2%5.1%5.8%5.5%2.9%4.5%3.6%5.2%1.6%3.5%
9th6.8%10.1%8.4%10.0%11.8%10.8%7.9%9.1%8.5%4.4%3.7%4.1%
11th11.8%18.7%15.4%16.7%24.6%20.6%15.3%18.0%16.7%14.9%12.2%13.7%
All Grades7.0%10.1%8.6%10.1%13.0%11.5%7.9%10.0%8.9%7.8%5.4%6.6%
Sibley County8th8.8%14.3%11.3%4.8%13.6%9.4%6.7%1.9%4.5%3.6%0.0%1.8%
9th8.8%13.2%11.2%9.1%16.0%12.4%9.5%12.5%11.0%5.5%3.9%4.7%
11th10.9%16.7%13.6%20.3%20.9%20.6%19.0%14.8%17.0%7.1%10.6%9.0%
All Grades9.5%14.5%12.0%11.4%16.4%13.7%11.6%10.0%10.8%5.2%4.5%4.9%
Stearns County8th3.6%5.5%4.6%3.3%4.8%4.0%4.1%3.5%3.8%3.1%2.4%2.8%
9th5.7%6.2%5.9%3.2%4.7%3.9%3.9%3.9%3.9%2.6%2.8%2.7%
11th10.6%16.1%13.2%11.7%12.8%12.3%12.9%13.0%12.9%10.3%8.5%9.4%
All Grades6.7%9.2%8.0%5.6%7.0%6.3%6.6%6.4%6.5%4.4%3.8%4.1%
Steele County8th6.7%6.6%6.6%5.9%7.9%6.9%7.6%7.1%7.4%3.3%4.9%4.0%
9th9.7%6.4%8.1%3.8%5.5%4.7%8.7%8.6%8.6%4.3%3.3%3.9%
11th12.9%16.3%14.5%10.7%8.9%9.8%16.9%12.2%14.7%14.1%8.1%11.4%
All Grades9.6%9.6%9.6%6.9%7.4%7.1%10.4%9.0%9.7%7.4%5.5%6.6%
Stevens County8th0.0%2.2%1.1%5.7%4.8%5.2%***2.3%0.0%1.1%
9th0.0%6.1%3.6%3.0%2.4%2.7%**3.6%8.3%2.9%5.7%
11th0.0%0.0%0.0%7.0%9.1%7.9%***10.3%8.8%9.5%
All Grades0.0%3.6%1.9%5.4%5.1%5.3%**2.2%6.4%3.5%4.9%
Swift County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%*********
9th3.6%7.7%5.6%*********
11th0.0%13.2%7.9%*********
All Grades1.1%7.1%4.3%*********
Todd County8th2.0%4.3%3.1%4.9%9.0%6.9%0.0%1.0%0.5%9.7%0.0%5.0%
9th1.7%9.1%4.9%5.7%5.0%5.3%9.1%7.3%8.2%3.7%0.0%1.6%
11th8.8%7.7%8.3%11.8%10.2%11.0%16.4%21.1%18.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades4.2%7.0%5.4%7.4%8.1%7.7%7.0%8.1%7.6%4.8%0.0%2.2%
Traverse County8th6.7%0.0%2.6%*****20.6%***
9th9.1%0.0%4.3%*****14.8%***
11th5.6%0.0%3.8%******16.7%10.5%12.0%
All Grades6.8%0.0%3.4%***19.4%15.4%17.3%3.2%5.0%4.2%
Wabasha County8th3.0%1.2%2.2%5.7%6.4%6.1%1.3%1.4%1.4%1.3%0.0%0.6%
9th1.0%5.6%3.1%7.1%6.3%6.7%0.7%4.9%2.7%7.4%2.5%5.0%
11th8.7%10.6%9.6%9.0%11.5%10.2%8.2%11.7%9.8%9.0%10.4%9.7%
All Grades4.8%6.6%5.6%7.2%7.7%7.5%3.0%5.4%4.1%6.0%3.9%4.9%
Wadena County8th1.0%2.5%1.7%2.5%4.1%3.4%3.4%2.2%2.8%2.7%2.4%3.4%
9th4.6%6.0%5.2%2.5%3.3%2.9%5.2%5.2%5.2%7.5%4.0%6.0%
11th11.4%11.5%11.5%7.6%7.8%7.7%4.8%4.3%4.5%12.7%5.7%9.3%
All Grades5.1%6.3%5.6%4.2%4.9%4.6%4.3%3.7%4.0%7.1%4.2%6.1%
Waseca County8th5.4%2.5%4.1%3.1%2.6%2.9%6.3%5.0%5.7%3.0%1.4%2.3%
9th4.9%4.2%4.5%0.0%1.0%0.5%8.0%13.4%10.9%4.5%2.2%3.3%
11th8.2%24.4%16.0%3.6%8.6%6.1%17.9%25.4%21.0%13.0%9.4%11.2%
All Grades6.2%9.9%8.0%2.1%3.8%2.9%10.3%12.9%11.5%5.8%3.7%4.8%
Washington County8th3.5%6.6%5.0%2.9%5.2%4.1%3.2%3.9%3.5%2.3%1.0%1.7%
9th13.0%13.8%13.4%8.7%7.6%8.2%8.8%9.6%9.2%4.9%3.9%4.4%
11th14.4%23.1%18.7%19.5%18.5%19.0%17.7%20.9%19.3%14.7%13.3%14.0%
All Grades10.1%14.3%12.2%10.0%9.9%10.0%9.1%10.8%9.9%6.8%5.8%6.3%
Watonwan County8th4.0%3.1%3.7%7.8%8.6%8.3%6.0%0.0%3.3%1.8%7.5%4.1%
9th4.5%5.6%5.0%7.4%8.6%8.0%4.3%0.0%2.0%4.1%2.9%3.6%
11th8.8%8.9%8.9%16.7%14.0%15.4%8.1%4.2%5.9%17.6%0.0%11.1%
All Grades5.5%6.2%5.8%10.4%10.0%10.2%6.0%1.4%3.6%6.4%4.2%5.5%
Wilkin County8th2.5%6.7%4.3%2.9%0.0%1.4%3.8%0.0%1.9%4.8%8.7%6.8%
9th5.9%6.1%6.0%5.3%2.1%3.5%**4.2%12.5%11.5%12.0%
11th7.0%5.7%6.4%20.0%12.5%17.2%**24.4%19.2%4.3%12.2%
All Grades5.2%6.1%5.6%9.8%3.7%6.8%12.9%6.6%9.6%12.7%8.3%10.5%
Winona County8th5.5%3.0%4.2%6.2%3.8%5.0%5.3%4.1%4.7%5.6%1.0%3.1%
9th7.3%8.8%8.1%6.5%5.4%5.9%1.6%5.8%3.8%6.6%3.0%4.7%
11th15.2%24.8%20.3%19.5%14.9%17.2%6.5%10.0%8.0%14.3%17.5%16.0%
All Grades8.9%11.6%10.3%10.5%7.9%9.2%4.7%5.6%5.2%8.8%7.0%7.9%
Wright County8th2.8%3.8%3.3%1.6%2.5%2.1%2.9%3.4%3.1%1.8%1.5%1.7%
9th5.6%6.3%6.0%5.9%6.3%6.1%5.6%6.5%6.0%4.5%4.8%4.6%
11th13.2%21.1%17.2%14.6%13.7%14.1%15.6%16.7%16.1%8.5%10.5%9.5%
All Grades6.8%10.0%8.4%7.0%7.2%7.1%7.5%8.1%7.8%4.6%5.2%4.9%
Yellow Medicine County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%2.7%10.2%5.0%7.9%2.0%0.0%1.1%
9th8.1%11.4%9.9%0.0%2.3%1.2%5.9%0.0%3.3%8.0%4.8%6.5%
11th4.1%11.9%7.7%15.6%6.1%10.8%**1.6%5.0%7.9%6.4%
All Grades4.4%9.1%6.7%7.0%2.5%4.5%7.3%1.7%4.6%5.0%4.2%4.6%

About the Indicator:

Current marijuana use is often assessed with measures of reported use in the past 30 days (30-day use). Students were asked about their use of marijuana, bud, weed, pot, hashish, hash, or hash oil.

According to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 17.7% of 9th graders and 25.5% of 11th graders nationally reported any past 30 day marijuana use.

According to 2013 MSS data, compared to 8th, 9th, and 11th graders who reported past-30 day marijuana use, those who DIDN'T report marijuana use were 2.7 times less likely to report past-year suicidal ideation; 1.8 times less likely to report problems with feeling depressed in the past year; 1.6 times less likely to report feeling anxious in the past year; 2.5 times less likely to report self harm in the past year; 1.3 times less likely to report past-month bullying victimization; 2.3 times less likely to report not feeling safe in their neighborhoods; 2.1 times less likely to report not being able to talk to their parents about problems; and 2.5 times less likely to report their parents only care about them some, a little, or not at all.

On the other hand, compared to those students who DID report past 30-day marijuana use, those who DIDN'T report marijuana use were 1.9 times more likely to report better teacher-student relationships; 1.6 times more likely to report greater educational engagement; 1.8 times more likely to report that the adults in their communities care about them quite a bit or very much; and 1.4 times more likely to report weekly participation in community activities.

Further, those students who reported using marijuana monthly or more often were 1.9 times more likely to think that most students in their school also used marijuana monthly or more often, as compared to those who didn't use. The association was even stronger in the other direction: students who think most of their peers use monthly or more often were 6.6 times more likely themselves to report using marijuana that often.


"N/A" indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected. "*" indicates the data are unreliable as a result of small sample sizes or other reasons.

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.