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Percent of Students Reporting that they Believe People Put themselves at Great or Moderate Risk of Harm by Frequently Binge Drinking, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th67.8%62.5%65.1%71.5%66.8%69.1%
8th76.4%67.5%72.1%74.8%66.3%70.6%75.5%67.6%71.7%67.6%61.7%64.7%
9th79.5%71.2%75.5%77.6%68.3%73.0%76.5%67.7%72.3%70.0%61.5%65.9%
11th80.6%68.6%74.7%79.0%66.8%73.0%77.9%66.8%72.5%71.4%60.6%66.2%
All Grades76.1%67.4%71.8%75.6%67.1%71.4%76.5%67.4%72.1%69.5%61.3%65.5%
Aitkin County5th75.0%57.9%66.1%80.4%69.5%73.9%
8th73.3%72.2%72.7%52.4%43.5%47.7%77.5%69.2%73.4%***
9th60.0%53.4%56.9%63.2%51.1%57.8%79.4%60.0%70.3%66.7%43.8%55.9%
11th71.2%55.6%63.9%68.8%57.4%62.7%**60.0%25.0%61.5%39.4%
All Grades69.4%60.8%65.1%68.7%59.3%63.7%77.6%60.0%68.9%50.0%56.4%52.8%
Anoka County5th71.3%65.0%68.0%69.9%65.8%67.8%
8th77.3%68.2%72.7%74.3%68.5%71.5%75.4%68.1%71.9%68.5%62.5%65.6%
9th79.5%71.7%75.8%77.9%71.3%74.7%76.5%69.5%73.3%71.0%58.3%65.1%
11th84.1%74.2%79.3%82.5%70.7%76.5%78.8%73.3%76.3%74.5%60.2%67.8%
All Grades77.4%69.1%73.3%77.2%69.7%73.6%76.5%69.7%73.3%70.4%60.9%65.9%
Becker County5th51.1%58.5%54.7%61.0%52.9%57.0%
8th78.3%53.7%65.9%72.3%57.3%64.9%68.2%52.9%61.3%58.4%63.4%61.2%
9th71.1%71.6%71.4%73.2%56.3%65.0%71.2%73.5%72.3%66.4%53.7%59.2%
11th80.6%63.0%71.2%71.0%64.9%67.9%77.5%60.7%69.1%76.6%58.3%69.6%
All Grades72.8%61.8%67.2%69.3%57.7%63.5%71.9%62.9%67.6%67.0%57.6%62.1%
Beltrami County5th55.0%51.8%53.5%62.3%54.5%58.3%
8th69.8%62.9%66.4%72.6%59.0%66.0%70.4%61.7%66.2%64.7%59.0%62.0%
9th70.6%61.4%65.8%77.5%62.9%69.8%71.7%62.8%67.5%63.0%60.0%61.1%
11th75.0%71.8%73.4%81.5%64.6%72.7%78.5%60.7%70.9%69.2%66.7%67.9%
All Grades67.6%62.0%64.8%72.4%59.8%65.9%73.1%61.9%67.8%64.8%60.4%62.5%
Benton County5thN/AN/AN/A***
8th75.2%65.2%71.0%72.6%59.5%66.2%70.8%66.7%68.9%65.0%57.7%61.4%
9th82.4%73.9%78.1%73.3%61.7%67.4%82.0%64.3%73.3%71.8%63.7%68.2%
11th85.8%74.2%80.5%73.1%56.7%66.0%76.4%64.2%70.6%68.6%50.0%61.2%
All Grades81.0%71.5%76.6%73.0%59.9%66.7%76.2%65.1%70.9%68.9%58.2%64.1%
Big Stone County5th83.3%64.3%73.1%***
8th76.7%54.5%67.3%*****75.0%52.9%50.0%51.5%
9th70.0%75.8%73.0%******61.5%46.2%53.8%
11th81.8%64.3%72.0%******58.8%54.5%56.4%
All Grades77.1%65.8%71.3%*****62.3%58.3%50.0%54.0%
Blue Earth County5th68.9%59.9%64.4%69.7%69.1%69.4%
8th79.9%69.8%74.9%76.0%66.8%71.3%76.7%73.8%75.3%66.8%62.5%64.6%
9th79.7%69.1%74.3%79.4%68.7%74.1%80.4%74.9%77.5%70.8%67.4%69.1%
11th85.3%75.7%80.9%82.5%72.6%77.4%76.2%61.3%68.7%67.8%64.6%66.1%
All Grades78.1%67.9%73.1%76.5%69.2%72.8%77.9%70.5%74.2%68.4%64.7%66.6%
Brown County5th70.8%58.2%63.8%66.7%67.7%67.2%
8th76.7%67.3%71.9%71.6%69.1%70.3%72.7%65.7%68.7%76.1%65.0%70.9%
9th77.2%61.8%70.0%75.9%59.2%67.1%67.5%60.0%63.9%65.1%61.5%63.2%
11th75.9%68.1%71.8%80.0%57.6%68.8%66.0%50.7%59.2%64.4%57.6%60.0%
All Grades75.3%63.8%69.4%73.6%63.5%68.4%68.4%59.6%64.0%70.6%61.8%65.9%
Carlton County5th64.2%53.3%58.8%76.5%69.8%72.7%
8th78.3%71.4%75.0%69.3%61.5%65.4%73.9%60.6%66.2%68.9%54.0%61.5%
9th81.1%72.9%77.2%76.3%62.1%68.9%78.9%71.2%75.1%66.9%62.9%64.9%
11th80.0%67.8%73.8%85.5%58.3%72.3%72.2%66.5%69.1%69.1%58.6%63.4%
All Grades75.6%66.0%70.9%76.5%63.3%69.6%75.4%66.1%70.5%68.2%58.0%63.1%
Carver County5th72.9%60.1%66.6%73.4%57.0%64.8%
8th80.9%71.1%76.1%72.8%65.6%69.4%81.1%71.7%76.2%50.0%61.8%57.1%
9th80.8%75.8%78.5%77.4%70.6%74.1%78.7%69.3%74.8%67.4%55.3%61.7%
11th79.5%67.1%73.4%76.9%65.2%70.7%76.5%68.2%72.7%76.0%53.3%64.9%
All Grades78.4%68.4%73.5%75.0%65.1%70.0%79.1%70.2%74.8%65.6%56.8%61.4%
Cass County5th58.8%47.0%52.5%58.6%58.1%58.3%
8th68.2%62.5%65.2%64.3%51.6%57.6%63.1%60.2%61.6%74.2%57.9%65.2%
9th69.8%59.3%64.5%58.3%52.4%55.3%64.0%61.1%62.6%60.0%48.8%53.9%
11th68.2%63.2%65.7%65.4%51.9%58.6%78.3%52.6%66.7%73.9%42.4%56.1%
All Grades65.8%56.9%61.2%61.2%53.9%57.4%67.0%59.0%63.1%68.5%50.0%58.4%
Chippewa County5th77.8%55.6%66.7%***
8thN/AN/AN/A***72.6%60.5%65.9%***
9thN/AN/AN/A***83.3%56.0%69.4%52.4%50.0%51.4%
11thN/AN/AN/A***81.3%50.0%66.3%82.4%31.3%57.6%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***79.1%56.4%67.4%66.7%48.7%57.6%
Chisago County5th70.3%70.5%70.4%***
8th73.1%54.7%64.7%***73.0%65.5%69.4%58.3%50.0%54.5%
9th75.5%73.5%74.5%***73.5%64.2%69.3%67.8%63.4%65.3%
11th80.1%67.1%73.8%***69.1%63.1%66.0%63.1%59.8%61.6%
All Grades75.2%66.0%70.7%***72.1%64.3%68.4%64.5%60.3%62.4%
Clay County5th66.1%67.1%66.5%74.1%65.6%69.3%
8th74.2%70.0%72.1%73.0%64.0%68.8%78.7%68.3%73.2%68.1%55.1%62.0%
9th76.9%69.6%73.3%81.5%69.8%75.2%74.8%65.8%70.7%73.6%61.7%67.7%
11th76.5%66.5%71.9%79.6%68.9%73.9%81.2%63.8%73.4%66.9%62.2%64.4%
All Grades73.0%68.4%70.8%76.7%67.0%71.6%78.1%66.0%72.3%70.2%59.9%65.1%
Clearwater County5th64.1%52.9%58.9%68.2%52.7%59.6%
8th76.1%61.5%69.4%65.9%37.8%52.6%******
9th84.6%60.4%70.7%78.6%59.7%67.3%******
11th63.0%54.2%58.8%62.5%50.0%56.1%******
All Grades72.8%58.0%65.4%69.2%51.6%59.7%******
Cook County5th60.0%71.4%66.7%***
8th66.7%53.8%61.3%*****58.3%64.3%69.2%66.7%
9th71.4%61.1%66.7%*****71.4%61.5%38.5%50.0%
11th50.0%25.0%34.6%*****58.6%61.5%75.0%68.0%
All Grades64.8%50.0%57.4%***65.2%59.6%62.4%62.5%60.5%61.5%
Cottonwood County5th61.0%47.7%54.1%73.7%57.1%65.0%
8th62.8%57.4%60.0%79.5%55.1%66.7%72.2%62.3%67.3%61.8%68.9%65.5%
9th78.0%70.0%73.6%69.6%41.3%55.4%67.7%61.2%64.0%77.6%55.2%65.4%
11th80.0%60.0%67.8%84.1%43.1%62.1%79.7%64.6%71.6%71.6%58.5%65.8%
All Grades70.0%59.2%64.0%76.7%48.9%62.2%73.2%62.7%67.6%70.2%61.0%65.6%
Crow Wing County5th61.1%59.5%60.3%***
8th73.1%65.6%69.5%***75.4%65.6%70.5%63.7%58.6%61.3%
9th81.3%83.8%82.5%***82.7%69.9%76.2%68.9%59.3%64.6%
11th73.8%54.3%63.7%***78.7%64.1%71.5%70.6%54.7%63.3%
All Grades71.8%65.7%68.9%***80.3%67.2%73.7%67.1%57.9%62.9%
Dakota County5th71.8%66.0%68.9%72.8%67.4%70.1%
8th78.2%69.2%73.7%76.9%67.3%72.1%75.6%69.8%72.7%69.1%61.4%65.3%
9th81.2%75.1%78.2%79.5%70.9%75.3%79.3%71.1%75.3%72.1%64.6%68.6%
11th83.1%71.9%77.5%82.0%71.1%76.6%81.2%71.2%76.2%73.2%64.9%69.2%
All Grades78.4%70.3%74.4%77.9%69.2%73.6%78.5%70.7%74.6%71.4%63.5%67.6%
Dodge County5th64.6%53.5%59.1%71.7%67.5%69.5%
8th73.7%66.1%70.3%70.4%70.1%70.3%72.7%65.2%69.0%62.7%60.2%61.5%
9th69.6%65.6%67.7%67.5%65.8%66.7%78.4%48.5%63.3%69.6%53.1%61.8%
11th73.7%48.9%61.9%74.0%50.0%63.7%73.5%66.1%69.7%62.6%50.5%56.5%
All Grades70.3%59.0%64.9%70.7%64.6%67.8%74.5%60.7%67.6%65.1%55.0%60.2%
Douglas County5th74.5%65.6%70.4%75.3%77.0%76.1%
8th81.4%66.5%74.2%80.5%66.7%73.8%81.5%71.1%76.5%74.6%67.0%70.8%
9th83.8%69.2%76.0%78.9%66.0%72.5%78.2%70.8%74.8%68.7%54.8%62.3%
11th82.6%69.4%77.0%76.4%60.6%67.9%82.1%66.7%74.1%59.0%59.0%59.0%
All Grades80.6%67.7%74.4%77.9%67.7%72.8%80.3%70.0%75.4%67.9%60.2%64.3%
Faribault County5th75.0%61.9%67.6%55.8%70.2%63.3%
8th74.5%60.3%66.7%78.3%65.5%71.3%63.0%55.6%58.5%57.4%44.2%51.4%
9th79.2%71.0%75.4%68.2%52.8%59.8%66.7%46.9%57.8%61.9%49.2%55.6%
11th63.3%53.3%57.8%79.6%66.7%73.1%77.3%76.9%77.1%57.5%55.7%56.4%
All Grades73.6%61.7%67.3%71.1%63.6%67.2%68.7%59.5%63.8%59.2%50.0%54.5%
Fillmore County5th79.3%57.1%67.8%79.7%71.4%75.2%
8th77.3%55.9%67.1%62.9%55.1%58.8%65.8%62.1%64.2%***
9th79.6%58.2%68.8%76.1%64.6%70.6%***61.0%63.6%62.2%
11th67.4%57.1%61.5%62.5%55.7%59.2%**62.7%55.2%41.9%48.3%
All Grades76.4%57.0%66.4%70.3%61.9%66.0%73.1%55.9%64.4%58.1%53.2%55.6%
Freeborn County5th65.8%56.6%61.4%68.1%61.7%64.8%
8th75.4%65.6%70.4%69.9%57.7%64.1%79.4%76.1%77.7%68.2%56.1%61.6%
9th68.0%60.7%65.2%62.6%55.6%58.9%72.4%63.1%67.8%72.0%69.7%70.9%
11th79.2%56.3%66.1%79.3%58.0%69.0%73.8%57.7%66.5%72.7%63.9%68.1%
All Grades70.5%59.3%65.2%69.8%58.4%64.1%75.2%66.7%71.0%70.8%62.9%66.7%
Goodhue County5th68.9%58.7%63.2%73.2%65.0%69.4%
8th73.8%64.9%69.8%69.4%61.0%65.3%76.0%65.3%70.8%61.5%44.8%52.9%
9th81.5%64.3%72.7%66.7%44.6%55.1%**47.5%62.1%60.7%61.3%
11th79.9%61.8%70.2%74.6%61.0%69.2%50.8%72.2%61.1%62.7%58.8%60.7%
All Grades75.4%62.1%68.6%71.2%57.9%65.0%65.0%64.9%64.9%62.0%54.7%58.1%
Grant County5th72.2%75.0%73.4%60.0%69.8%65.4%
8th68.0%67.6%67.8%77.5%69.0%73.9%64.0%54.3%58.3%85.3%52.0%71.7%
9th80.0%42.3%63.9%80.6%58.8%69.2%86.7%59.4%72.6%51.4%44.4%48.4%
11th86.2%52.0%70.4%61.9%52.8%56.1%80.6%57.1%70.3%60.0%33.3%46.3%
All Grades76.8%60.2%68.9%70.9%62.7%66.5%78.0%56.8%67.2%65.9%43.8%56.4%
Hennepin County5th72.5%68.4%70.4%73.0%70.2%71.6%
8th81.7%74.8%78.3%77.3%70.1%73.8%79.0%72.8%76.1%71.8%66.9%69.4%
9th84.7%78.4%81.6%80.0%73.5%76.8%79.4%72.9%76.3%73.4%67.4%70.6%
11th84.3%76.2%80.3%81.1%71.3%76.4%81.9%71.5%77.1%74.8%67.2%71.3%
All Grades80.8%74.4%77.6%77.5%71.2%74.4%79.9%72.5%76.5%73.2%67.2%70.3%
Houston County5th57.5%57.6%57.6%74.4%58.1%66.4%
8th63.4%56.9%60.4%64.0%55.3%59.9%79.1%77.6%78.5%60.0%60.0%60.0%
9th72.6%60.0%66.7%68.3%57.1%62.0%72.7%65.5%69.6%64.2%47.0%55.0%
11th79.2%68.4%73.2%83.8%60.7%73.8%74.5%75.9%75.1%66.7%50.0%59.5%
All Grades68.8%61.9%65.5%72.4%57.6%65.1%75.2%72.6%74.1%64.1%51.8%57.9%
Hubbard County5th60.5%58.7%59.7%63.3%60.6%62.1%
8th71.3%66.7%69.3%77.3%55.6%67.4%72.7%59.1%66.9%62.1%50.9%57.0%
9th82.8%60.0%73.4%66.7%42.0%55.8%69.6%49.1%61.4%60.0%43.5%52.3%
11th76.6%62.1%69.2%76.1%56.5%66.4%72.1%58.1%66.3%62.7%46.8%54.5%
All Grades72.0%62.0%67.5%70.3%53.7%62.7%71.5%55.6%64.9%61.5%46.8%54.5%
Isanti County5th62.4%60.7%61.5%77.3%56.9%67.0%
8th77.4%62.4%70.1%66.5%54.6%60.6%63.8%60.4%62.1%66.5%60.2%63.1%
9th78.0%66.0%72.0%78.5%67.1%73.0%74.3%69.1%71.9%65.5%61.2%63.3%
11th79.0%67.6%74.1%73.5%50.0%62.0%73.1%60.8%68.0%71.0%62.4%66.7%
All Grades73.8%63.4%68.7%74.0%57.3%65.8%70.2%63.6%67.1%67.3%61.1%64.1%
Itasca County5th63.2%58.0%60.1%69.7%72.3%71.0%
8th69.6%55.3%62.5%74.3%59.6%66.7%74.0%67.5%70.9%53.8%53.2%53.5%
9th76.9%59.6%68.2%66.0%53.9%60.3%77.5%67.7%73.3%70.0%58.1%65.1%
11th76.7%52.5%65.9%71.1%63.3%66.7%82.9%59.1%70.3%67.4%42.9%55.4%
All Grades72.3%56.7%64.4%70.0%62.5%66.2%77.3%65.3%71.6%62.5%51.8%57.6%
Jackson County5th64.3%49.1%55.8%84.8%72.5%79.1%
8th73.6%65.1%69.8%60.0%60.0%60.0%72.7%79.3%75.3%53.6%55.2%54.4%
9th84.4%57.9%69.6%51.2%57.5%54.2%64.9%56.9%59.8%60.0%36.1%47.9%
11th75.9%44.4%60.2%64.1%34.5%51.5%**45.8%75.0%63.0%69.8%
All Grades74.7%53.6%63.8%66.4%57.4%62.1%66.0%56.3%60.3%63.6%50.0%57.1%
Kanabec County5th62.0%47.0%55.2%66.0%61.5%63.4%
8th63.4%53.2%58.4%66.3%48.4%58.8%75.9%63.5%69.2%100.0%42.1%60.7%
9th67.1%57.6%62.8%69.0%55.1%61.7%67.2%60.0%63.5%74.6%45.0%60.2%
11th65.3%47.7%55.3%72.4%56.9%63.8%79.2%47.9%64.4%66.0%48.9%57.6%
All Grades64.3%51.3%57.9%68.3%55.6%61.8%73.6%58.0%65.6%73.1%46.0%59.3%
Kandiyohi County5th60.3%58.6%59.4%72.7%61.2%66.1%
8th75.0%56.1%64.7%76.9%64.2%70.5%68.2%63.3%65.6%65.0%52.5%59.2%
9th72.0%72.5%72.2%76.7%62.7%69.6%72.9%62.9%67.8%61.5%52.6%57.2%
11th74.0%58.3%64.9%74.8%60.4%66.9%78.7%69.4%74.5%75.9%52.2%63.0%
All Grades69.9%61.4%65.4%75.3%62.1%68.3%73.1%64.7%68.9%66.9%52.4%59.7%
Kittson County5th66.7%77.8%71.8%72.2%75.0%73.7%
8th60.9%63.2%61.9%81.0%70.0%75.6%**87.1%***
9th80.0%74.1%77.2%66.7%50.0%58.8%**75.0%***
11th68.4%75.0%71.8%78.6%63.2%72.3%**77.8%***
All Grades69.9%72.6%71.2%75.3%65.3%70.6%83.7%76.9%80.5%75.0%56.3%67.5%
Koochiching County5th48.7%50.0%55.6%***
8th51.9%51.4%53.8%*****62.9%63.6%44.1%55.1%
9th58.8%65.6%62.1%*****70.8%63.0%61.3%62.1%
11th56.5%62.1%59.6%*****58.3%66.7%47.1%58.5%
All Grades55.8%56.3%56.1%***66.0%64.8%65.4%64.2%51.2%58.2%
Lac Qui Parle County5th55.4%69.0%61.2%82.0%61.5%73.0%
8th65.8%53.1%60.0%83.1%68.1%76.4%68.2%72.1%70.1%65.8%67.7%66.7%
9th65.7%62.8%64.1%75.7%80.6%78.1%81.5%73.8%76.8%70.3%56.9%62.5%
11th73.5%67.9%71.0%62.5%52.8%57.4%78.6%69.7%74.7%58.8%66.7%62.1%
All Grades63.8%63.4%63.6%77.5%65.8%72.0%75.2%72.0%73.6%65.1%62.3%63.7%
Lake County5th74.3%64.5%69.7%***
8th75.7%72.7%74.3%***83.0%67.5%76.3%***
9th71.2%82.1%74.7%***77.1%70.2%73.2%***
11th85.0%73.0%77.2%***75.8%56.7%66.7%***
All Grades74.8%72.9%73.9%***79.3%65.8%72.7%***
Lake of the Woods County5th53.8%63.6%60.0%***
8th60.0%76.5%70.4%*****56.3%***
9th91.7%77.8%85.7%*****64.9%82.4%64.3%74.2%
11th75.0%75.0%75.0%*****64.3%***
All Grades70.6%71.7%71.2%***65.2%58.8%61.9%71.4%57.1%64.9%
Le Sueur County5th61.4%60.6%61.0%63.9%54.1%58.9%
8th81.7%60.5%73.0%66.1%61.8%63.7%77.1%62.5%69.0%67.4%51.6%58.3%
9th81.4%69.0%75.2%76.5%69.0%72.5%66.7%55.4%61.4%65.4%52.7%59.5%
11th74.2%63.6%68.5%77.1%64.5%71.6%69.7%63.8%66.3%64.6%38.0%51.8%
All Grades75.7%63.8%69.7%70.9%62.3%66.5%70.7%60.8%65.4%65.5%47.4%56.6%
Lincoln County5th53.3%58.8%56.3%***
8th63.6%58.3%61.8%*****68.4%64.7%62.5%63.4%
9th66.7%79.2%74.4%*****69.2%65.2%25.0%46.5%
11th65.2%52.6%59.5%*****72.2%76.2%40.9%58.1%
All Grades62.7%63.9%63.3%***80.0%60.3%69.9%68.9%43.9%55.9%
Lyon County5th62.1%55.7%58.8%69.9%66.0%67.9%
8th69.7%62.5%65.4%73.0%70.7%71.8%75.0%63.6%69.6%81.1%59.6%71.0%
9th75.7%65.8%70.6%73.8%60.6%67.0%80.8%61.2%71.3%80.3%69.9%74.6%
11th75.5%62.2%69.0%74.7%64.7%70.1%72.0%65.8%68.7%71.9%50.0%62.7%
All Grades71.8%62.2%66.8%72.9%65.6%69.2%76.0%63.6%69.8%77.5%61.4%69.8%
McLeod County5th91.7%85.7%89.5%***
8th57.9%63.6%60.0%*****78.8%44.4%86.7%63.6%
9th88.9%85.7%87.5%******61.5%66.7%64.5%
11th75.0%42.9%57.7%*****66.7%***
All Grades75.0%64.1%70.3%***77.8%75.0%76.3%57.9%67.4%63.1%
Mahnomen County5th44.4%44.7%44.6%43.8%55.3%50.0%
8th60.7%53.8%57.4%60.0%39.5%47.6%**42.0%***
9th63.0%62.5%62.7%64.5%57.1%60.6%47.1%70.6%58.8%***
11th75.0%65.0%70.5%89.5%65.5%75.0%**55.6%***
All Grades60.4%54.9%57.3%61.7%53.6%57.1%51.4%53.8%52.6%***
Marshall County5th50.0%50.0%50.0%82.6%65.0%71.4%
8th75.0%60.5%67.6%75.8%69.8%72.4%***63.6%72.7%69.7%
9th81.1%71.4%76.8%70.0%58.1%64.8%**75.0%***
11th83.7%59.2%70.7%78.6%63.9%70.3%******
All Grades74.4%60.4%67.3%75.8%64.7%69.7%**66.7%51.5%62.5%57.5%
Martin County5th64.1%58.7%61.4%***
8th75.7%67.7%71.9%***76.2%68.5%72.6%72.4%53.8%63.6%
9th79.6%65.1%71.8%***70.5%41.2%59.7%66.7%58.7%63.3%
11th68.8%62.9%66.0%***75.0%60.8%66.7%65.4%60.6%63.5%
All Grades72.0%63.4%67.7%***73.4%57.5%66.0%68.2%57.3%63.5%
Meeker County5th65.4%68.4%67.0%70.3%71.6%70.9%
8th72.4%69.6%71.0%73.7%66.4%70.2%75.9%63.6%69.4%66.7%43.2%50.8%
9th78.0%60.0%68.4%73.8%61.1%67.1%**62.3%69.0%45.5%56.5%
11th68.3%47.8%57.4%78.2%60.9%70.1%**74.4%44.8%59.3%51.8%
All Grades71.3%63.1%67.0%73.7%65.3%69.6%74.3%63.6%68.4%59.8%48.5%53.0%
Mille Lacs County5th48.9%51.5%50.3%77.5%58.7%67.4%
8th69.7%61.7%65.6%76.6%64.6%70.0%75.4%75.3%75.4%64.9%60.4%62.6%
9th76.5%71.0%73.7%72.1%54.8%64.0%76.2%59.0%68.4%64.1%52.0%58.8%
11th79.1%58.0%68.8%74.1%54.5%64.5%75.9%68.1%72.0%68.3%50.5%59.8%
All Grades71.2%62.0%66.5%75.1%58.8%66.8%75.8%69.0%72.4%65.5%55.1%60.6%
Morrison County5th54.3%48.9%51.7%63.0%66.9%65.2%
8th72.1%55.6%63.8%69.6%59.2%64.6%68.7%55.8%62.3%60.2%53.9%57.8%
9th78.9%64.0%71.3%74.7%63.0%68.6%66.7%49.3%58.3%53.3%47.4%50.0%
11th74.8%61.3%68.4%78.1%58.9%69.4%74.6%53.8%65.0%60.6%49.0%54.5%
All Grades70.5%57.7%64.1%72.0%62.2%67.0%69.7%52.8%61.5%58.0%49.8%54.0%
Mower County5th58.5%48.3%53.2%55.7%63.5%59.6%
8th71.1%59.4%65.4%65.4%63.7%64.5%74.2%72.8%73.6%64.2%56.5%60.1%
9th85.2%72.1%79.0%81.5%70.7%76.0%76.5%73.6%75.2%70.9%66.4%68.5%
11th78.7%72.5%75.3%80.0%60.7%70.0%67.6%68.4%68.1%62.6%65.2%63.9%
All Grades71.6%60.9%66.1%69.4%64.9%67.1%73.7%71.9%72.9%66.0%61.2%63.5%
Murray County5th85.2%54.5%68.3%77.1%63.6%70.6%
8th74.4%54.8%65.7%78.0%58.1%69.4%77.8%66.7%72.7%55.9%65.7%60.9%
9th79.4%71.4%75.4%82.9%66.7%74.0%61.8%62.5%62.1%55.9%53.8%55.0%
11th71.1%51.7%62.7%75.7%68.4%72.0%70.3%58.6%65.2%75.9%54.2%66.0%
All Grades76.8%58.6%68.0%78.4%64.6%71.6%70.1%62.6%66.7%61.9%58.8%60.4%
Nicollet County5th64.0%67.2%65.5%***
8th72.7%65.3%69.2%******59.7%57.6%58.6%
9th76.4%75.8%76.1%***70.6%44.1%58.3%58.1%53.6%55.8%
11th89.8%63.6%76.0%***71.6%64.3%68.5%67.6%61.1%64.4%
All Grades74.4%68.3%71.3%***71.1%54.6%63.6%62.1%57.2%59.6%
Nobles County5th59.8%68.5%64.0%59.2%60.4%59.8%
8th69.6%66.0%67.9%73.6%67.4%70.8%67.6%58.6%63.3%72.3%54.7%63.9%
9th66.7%61.3%64.0%58.4%65.0%62.1%68.4%66.7%67.6%***
11th75.0%58.2%67.1%65.9%61.6%63.9%79.5%64.1%72.1%***
All Grades67.6%63.6%65.7%64.8%63.7%64.2%71.8%63.2%67.7%72.3%54.7%63.9%
Norman County5th68.9%56.1%61.8%75.0%56.5%67.3%
8th70.3%46.7%59.7%75.6%59.3%66.7%82.4%56.3%69.7%***
9th84.6%72.2%78.7%82.8%74.2%78.3%******
11th73.3%53.3%63.3%71.4%34.8%54.9%**63.0%***
All Grades74.2%57.5%65.8%76.1%58.0%67.2%80.4%55.2%67.0%***
Olmsted County5th68.6%62.8%65.7%69.8%67.1%68.5%
8th78.1%70.9%74.2%74.6%66.0%70.4%69.3%66.0%67.6%64.5%59.2%61.8%
9th72.6%66.4%69.5%79.1%66.1%73.1%76.4%67.1%72.0%69.2%58.3%64.0%
11th78.1%64.6%70.4%78.2%66.0%72.2%79.6%71.2%75.3%74.8%63.4%69.0%
All Grades75.1%67.4%71.0%74.9%66.4%70.7%74.1%67.7%70.9%69.1%60.1%64.7%
Otter Tail County5th64.4%60.0%62.0%69.1%70.7%69.9%
8th69.7%56.8%63.5%71.6%61.4%66.0%75.0%61.7%68.7%71.8%51.1%62.2%
9th77.2%68.4%72.9%71.2%62.7%67.0%73.1%59.1%66.7%62.1%69.1%65.5%
11th83.1%62.6%72.7%78.6%58.0%68.3%72.6%69.0%70.6%74.0%50.6%61.7%
All Grades73.5%61.9%67.7%72.5%63.3%67.8%73.7%63.2%68.5%68.9%57.2%63.2%
Pennington County5th20.0%0.0%15.4%***
8th69.6%60.6%65.5%***79.5%63.2%71.9%67.3%50.9%58.7%
9th78.3%71.6%74.8%***71.4%61.8%66.1%64.4%50.9%58.9%
11th90.7%65.4%76.8%***70.2%57.5%64.9%67.2%59.6%63.8%
All Grades74.6%65.1%69.9%***74.3%61.4%68.1%66.1%53.5%60.4%
Pine County5th44.3%46.7%45.5%64.1%58.7%61.4%
8th69.6%62.2%65.6%70.4%59.0%64.9%65.3%53.4%59.0%46.8%58.5%52.2%
9th69.0%59.1%64.4%74.6%58.7%66.5%66.4%58.2%62.3%45.7%41.9%43.6%
11th66.0%57.9%61.9%62.7%57.4%59.9%75.6%53.8%65.5%64.6%54.3%59.2%
All Grades64.6%57.8%61.2%69.0%58.5%63.7%68.6%55.2%61.9%52.1%51.8%52.0%
Pipestone County5th73.9%52.6%60.7%***
8th65.2%55.9%59.6%***77.1%56.3%67.2%51.4%40.0%45.8%
9th82.8%75.9%79.3%*****59.6%57.9%52.2%54.8%
11th72.0%46.4%58.5%*****81.8%69.4%37.0%55.6%
All Grades74.0%57.4%64.6%***75.6%61.7%68.7%59.5%44.4%52.1%
Polk County5th62.4%55.7%59.3%73.2%67.9%70.5%
8th75.8%65.3%71.2%67.7%63.9%65.8%76.0%62.4%69.1%54.8%61.3%57.7%
9th77.7%68.8%73.6%72.7%67.4%69.9%68.7%61.8%65.3%66.7%66.7%66.7%
11th80.4%70.6%75.2%83.5%66.4%75.8%74.8%57.4%67.2%72.2%54.3%64.2%
All Grades73.8%65.2%69.8%74.0%66.4%70.2%73.3%60.8%67.3%64.2%61.7%63.0%
Pope County5th60.0%62.5%61.4%81.8%73.7%77.5%
8th78.1%65.9%71.2%75.0%64.3%68.9%62.9%60.7%61.9%***
9th80.6%75.6%77.6%88.0%70.0%78.2%83.3%65.5%74.6%***
11th80.0%58.1%69.7%78.3%56.8%65.0%75.0%65.6%70.0%***
All Grades75.0%66.2%70.2%80.5%66.0%72.3%73.1%64.0%68.7%***
Ramsey County5th65.9%60.6%63.2%68.0%64.6%66.4%
8th74.9%68.5%71.9%72.5%65.4%69.0%74.4%67.1%70.9%69.8%60.8%65.7%
9th78.8%70.2%74.6%79.4%71.5%75.7%74.8%70.1%72.5%73.6%64.3%69.0%
11th83.5%72.9%78.3%78.0%71.6%74.8%78.7%71.8%75.3%76.6%67.3%72.2%
All Grades75.5%67.7%71.7%74.1%68.0%71.2%75.7%69.4%72.7%72.8%63.7%68.5%
Red Lake County5th63.0%56.0%59.6%63.0%54.5%59.2%
8th50.0%30.0%40.9%75.0%61.9%68.9%**69.8%25.0%42.1%35.5%
9th77.8%68.8%72.9%66.7%65.2%65.9%71.4%44.0%58.5%57.1%52.6%53.8%
11th83.3%60.9%72.3%69.6%36.8%54.8%**60.5%69.2%35.7%51.9%
All Grades68.6%56.0%62.4%68.4%55.3%62.2%70.9%54.3%63.1%50.0%44.2%46.4%
Redwood County5th67.2%55.8%61.8%70.8%62.5%66.1%
8th76.6%57.4%66.3%79.7%56.1%68.1%69.5%53.2%60.1%57.1%53.2%55.0%
9th74.5%62.9%68.1%75.4%61.7%68.8%76.5%59.4%68.2%71.0%50.0%58.7%
11th70.8%51.7%60.4%68.6%44.8%56.0%74.5%45.3%59.0%70.4%42.9%54.8%
All Grades72.1%57.1%64.2%74.6%55.6%64.9%73.6%53.1%62.7%63.3%50.0%55.9%
Renville County5th67.6%56.1%61.3%63.6%57.1%59.6%
8th72.1%64.0%69.1%77.0%67.2%72.0%78.4%55.6%68.8%65.4%48.6%58.6%
9th100.0%63.6%82.6%79.2%67.5%74.2%71.1%77.5%74.4%61.2%46.0%53.5%
11th67.7%66.7%67.3%80.6%51.4%69.7%**65.2%61.1%48.5%55.1%
All Grades77.1%61.8%70.0%77.3%61.9%70.1%73.5%66.3%70.2%62.8%47.5%55.7%
Rice County5th65.6%64.4%65.0%80.0%66.9%73.4%
8th82.9%72.7%77.7%79.3%70.5%74.9%77.1%69.7%73.7%59.5%65.6%63.0%
9th82.6%78.9%80.7%83.9%76.6%80.3%77.7%66.8%72.1%76.2%67.3%72.5%
11th81.9%78.3%80.2%88.7%78.3%83.8%83.3%67.0%75.8%75.0%75.5%75.2%
All Grades78.3%73.5%75.9%82.4%72.2%77.3%79.2%67.8%73.7%71.7%69.9%71.0%
Rock County5th71.8%68.8%70.4%***
8th79.1%57.5%68.7%***83.0%60.0%73.2%***
9th94.3%82.9%88.6%***81.8%59.6%68.8%***
11th85.3%78.9%81.9%***78.8%41.9%60.9%***
All Grades82.1%71.7%77.0%***81.4%54.9%68.1%***
Roseau County5th56.0%61.8%58.9%69.7%57.5%63.0%
8th66.0%63.8%64.6%74.0%63.3%68.6%77.5%52.5%65.9%70.3%50.0%60.9%
9th88.9%66.7%78.0%76.5%63.2%69.4%79.1%67.6%73.0%48.0%70.0%60.0%
11th76.4%53.8%64.7%84.8%57.7%68.4%78.8%59.3%68.5%70.8%55.6%64.3%
All Grades72.7%61.5%66.8%75.5%60.6%67.4%78.4%60.3%69.3%64.0%58.8%61.4%
St. Louis County5th63.0%55.9%59.5%74.3%64.4%69.4%
8th72.1%65.3%68.8%73.3%66.7%70.0%77.7%70.4%74.3%69.3%60.1%65.1%
9th79.2%67.6%73.6%77.4%67.0%72.2%72.8%65.4%69.3%69.1%56.6%63.0%
11th73.6%60.3%67.5%77.2%62.2%69.5%74.9%60.7%67.7%67.8%52.0%59.9%
All Grades72.1%62.4%67.4%75.5%65.2%70.4%75.1%65.8%70.6%68.8%56.6%63.0%
Scott County5th75.5%70.2%72.7%76.8%74.4%75.6%
8th78.3%72.6%75.5%78.9%71.0%75.0%78.8%72.0%75.5%65.9%65.1%65.5%
9th79.6%74.6%77.1%77.9%70.0%73.8%76.8%67.3%72.0%69.3%64.0%66.7%
11th82.9%68.0%75.4%80.3%67.4%74.1%77.3%67.7%72.5%75.3%68.0%71.8%
All Grades79.0%71.4%75.2%78.4%70.9%74.7%77.7%69.1%73.4%69.6%65.4%67.6%
Sherburne County5th67.9%60.6%64.2%73.6%66.0%69.9%
8th77.7%68.4%72.8%78.5%69.2%73.7%78.1%70.7%74.7%65.7%67.8%66.7%
9th80.8%70.2%75.7%77.1%70.7%73.9%76.9%69.4%73.4%67.3%61.6%64.7%
11th78.5%68.3%73.2%76.5%59.0%67.8%78.0%69.9%73.8%71.0%55.6%63.7%
All Grades76.2%66.8%71.4%76.4%66.6%71.5%77.7%70.0%74.0%67.7%62.3%65.2%
Sibley County5th69.5%43.1%55.6%52.7%58.6%55.8%
8th78.4%65.3%72.0%75.8%55.4%65.4%54.2%49.0%51.8%49.1%51.9%50.5%
9th68.6%68.4%68.5%70.9%51.0%61.5%65.6%63.9%64.8%59.6%45.8%53.0%
11th72.7%56.9%65.1%66.1%58.1%62.7%59.6%41.5%50.9%61.0%46.8%53.4%
All Grades72.2%57.7%64.8%66.7%55.8%61.4%59.9%52.1%56.1%56.1%48.3%52.2%
Stearns County5th62.6%56.2%59.4%69.7%64.7%67.3%
8th73.6%63.0%68.4%69.2%60.1%64.7%73.7%61.4%67.5%64.9%62.0%63.5%
9th78.2%70.3%74.2%76.4%65.9%71.2%77.5%62.1%70.6%70.1%56.9%63.8%
11th78.5%63.5%71.2%70.7%60.2%65.6%71.0%56.0%63.7%68.0%56.5%62.1%
All Grades73.6%63.5%68.6%71.5%62.9%67.3%74.2%60.0%67.4%67.0%59.3%63.3%
Steele County5th52.2%56.9%54.6%63.2%63.8%63.5%
8th74.0%68.2%71.3%68.3%69.9%69.1%76.6%63.1%70.1%50.8%54.8%52.5%
9th79.2%73.9%76.6%80.7%70.8%75.6%79.8%59.8%69.7%68.6%43.4%58.6%
11th82.8%68.7%76.5%75.4%68.4%72.0%80.0%59.5%70.3%69.0%64.3%66.9%
All Grades76.3%68.9%72.8%71.6%68.1%69.9%78.7%60.9%70.0%63.9%54.3%59.8%
Stevens County5th67.7%56.4%61.4%80.0%74.3%76.9%
8th73.5%63.0%68.4%77.1%57.1%66.2%***63.6%71.7%67.8%
9th78.8%70.8%74.1%85.3%66.7%75.0%**55.6%66.7%57.6%62.3%
11th91.3%52.9%75.0%83.3%56.3%71.6%***63.3%51.5%57.1%
All Grades76.5%62.7%69.2%81.6%63.6%72.3%**55.6%64.5%61.6%63.1%
Swift County5th61.1%78.6%68.8%***
8th77.8%64.7%71.4%*********
9th63.0%61.5%62.3%*********
11th68.0%47.4%55.6%*********
All Grades67.7%61.9%64.8%*********
Todd County5th59.0%63.3%61.3%65.6%59.4%62.3%
8th64.9%52.7%58.9%70.6%59.6%65.2%79.8%57.7%68.3%39.3%40.7%40.0%
9th72.2%60.7%67.3%70.1%68.7%69.4%74.5%54.7%64.8%48.1%48.6%48.4%
11th71.7%66.7%69.6%75.0%60.6%67.5%61.1%69.6%65.5%52.0%40.7%46.2%
All Grades67.6%60.6%64.4%70.4%62.1%66.1%73.2%60.2%66.6%46.3%44.0%45.0%
Traverse County5th63.6%66.7%65.4%***
8th71.4%77.3%75.0%*****54.5%***
9th81.8%83.3%82.6%*****85.2%***
11th38.9%50.0%42.3%******66.7%31.6%40.0%
All Grades61.1%71.9%66.7%***68.6%64.1%66.2%58.1%41.0%48.6%
Wabasha County5th60.7%59.6%60.1%70.0%64.8%67.5%
8th66.7%64.6%65.7%66.4%60.5%63.4%69.3%57.6%63.7%57.3%47.5%52.3%
9th80.6%69.8%75.5%76.8%57.4%67.9%73.9%59.8%67.2%72.8%51.3%62.3%
11th77.7%69.9%74.2%74.8%52.3%64.6%69.5%65.6%67.7%64.9%57.8%61.7%
All Grades72.4%66.0%69.3%72.1%59.2%65.9%70.9%60.4%65.9%65.2%51.8%58.7%
Wadena County5th64.2%59.5%61.6%69.0%66.7%67.8%
8th75.5%62.8%69.9%76.0%57.9%65.9%68.2%63.2%65.7%68.0%60.0%65.5%
9th84.9%66.7%77.0%77.5%65.1%71.6%75.9%73.7%74.8%75.8%59.6%68.8%
11th68.6%61.7%65.4%79.0%59.0%70.4%73.0%62.3%67.4%71.7%50.9%61.3%
All Grades74.1%62.5%68.6%75.2%62.1%68.7%71.8%65.7%68.7%71.6%56.4%65.3%
Waseca County5th73.5%71.3%72.5%76.7%51.2%65.1%
8th81.2%69.7%75.8%71.1%65.3%68.6%79.8%54.6%68.0%67.0%58.8%63.6%
9th81.3%71.4%76.0%76.5%67.6%72.0%70.2%61.7%65.7%65.5%57.1%61.2%
11th84.3%68.8%76.9%81.5%54.3%67.9%80.7%58.6%71.6%64.2%49.1%56.6%
All Grades79.8%70.4%75.2%76.3%59.9%68.5%77.2%58.2%68.2%65.8%55.7%61.0%
Washington County5th69.3%67.0%68.1%77.0%74.5%75.8%
8th78.3%66.9%72.8%78.9%71.1%74.9%76.6%69.4%73.2%74.2%66.1%70.5%
9th79.9%71.3%75.6%80.0%72.2%76.3%79.4%70.6%75.1%73.9%69.3%71.7%
11th84.6%70.6%77.6%83.4%76.5%80.1%79.3%68.8%74.0%73.9%64.3%69.1%
All Grades78.1%68.9%73.5%79.7%73.4%76.6%78.3%69.6%74.0%74.0%66.6%70.5%
Watonwan County5th71.4%30.0%47.1%68.2%48.8%58.8%
8th81.6%64.5%75.0%62.0%55.1%58.0%68.0%48.8%59.3%46.4%37.8%43.0%
9th78.6%57.6%69.3%62.7%45.6%54.1%68.8%62.7%65.7%54.5%36.4%46.8%
11th87.9%70.7%78.4%64.8%59.2%62.1%70.3%67.4%68.7%56.3%45.0%51.9%
All Grades81.7%61.7%72.4%64.2%52.0%57.9%68.9%60.1%64.5%51.5%38.9%46.4%
Wilkin County5th66.7%44.0%55.8%60.0%53.6%56.9%
8th65.0%73.3%68.6%68.8%51.4%59.4%76.0%48.1%61.5%42.9%65.2%54.5%
9th83.3%60.0%74.4%73.0%57.4%64.3%**72.3%66.7%58.3%62.5%
11th81.0%70.6%76.3%55.0%54.2%54.7%**53.3%73.1%39.1%57.1%
All Grades75.2%63.0%69.9%64.0%54.4%59.3%71.0%54.7%62.5%62.0%54.3%58.2%
Winona County5th64.1%61.3%62.7%63.8%58.5%61.2%
8th68.2%68.5%68.3%72.6%63.7%68.2%80.5%65.0%72.3%65.5%53.1%58.8%
9th76.1%67.0%71.6%78.5%69.2%73.8%71.0%60.0%65.4%67.8%57.7%62.2%
11th71.7%75.7%73.8%83.0%66.5%74.8%72.9%66.7%70.0%64.4%48.4%56.0%
All Grades70.5%68.3%69.4%74.8%64.8%69.8%76.3%64.1%70.1%65.9%53.1%59.0%
Wright County5th67.6%60.8%64.3%73.4%69.8%71.5%
8th79.0%68.7%74.0%78.7%71.0%74.9%80.5%68.4%74.4%70.2%69.7%70.0%
9th80.3%70.8%75.5%80.6%70.0%75.3%76.8%68.7%72.9%74.4%63.1%68.8%
11th79.2%63.5%71.3%81.9%67.1%74.5%79.0%64.3%72.2%69.7%57.5%63.6%
All Grades76.6%66.2%71.4%78.7%69.6%74.0%78.7%67.5%73.3%71.5%64.0%67.8%
Yellow Medicine County5th77.8%55.0%62.1%67.4%60.9%64.1%
8th64.3%62.5%63.5%72.4%63.6%67.1%62.5%67.5%64.8%72.0%57.9%65.9%
9th64.9%69.8%67.5%81.6%60.5%70.4%74.5%50.0%64.0%60.0%52.5%56.7%
11th67.4%51.2%59.8%71.9%66.7%69.2%**66.1%62.5%52.8%57.9%
All Grades66.7%60.2%63.3%73.1%62.7%67.5%66.1%63.5%64.8%65.0%54.4%60.2%

About the Indicator:

Students were asked specifically how much they thought people risked harming themselves physically or in other ways if they have 5 or more drinks of alcohol once or twice per week.

"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.