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

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th73.3%70.9%72.1%77.2%75.1%76.1%
8th81.7%77.3%79.5%79.6%75.4%77.6%81.3%77.8%79.6%76.6%72.6%74.7%
9th85.4%81.2%83.4%80.7%76.3%78.5%81.5%78.0%79.9%78.8%73.5%76.2%
11th86.7%82.7%84.7%83.0%77.9%80.5%84.4%80.2%82.3%81.6%75.9%78.8%
All Grades81.8%77.9%79.8%80.0%76.1%78.1%82.2%78.5%80.4%78.7%73.8%76.3%
Aitkin County5th78.8%75.4%77.1%85.7%79.3%81.9%
8th85.0%77.8%81.1%61.9%60.9%61.4%77.5%71.8%74.7%***
9th75.4%70.7%73.2%66.7%66.7%66.7%91.2%63.3%78.1%83.3%62.5%73.5%
11th73.1%80.0%76.3%83.3%66.7%74.5%**74.0%50.0%69.2%57.6%
All Grades78.2%75.9%77.0%76.4%71.1%73.6%81.6%69.5%75.6%68.0%69.2%68.5%
Anoka County5th76.3%72.7%74.5%74.6%71.4%73.0%
8th81.9%77.9%79.9%79.5%76.6%78.1%80.8%75.1%78.1%75.6%72.5%74.3%
9th85.5%80.2%83.0%80.4%77.3%78.9%80.2%75.8%78.2%77.6%68.1%73.2%
11th87.3%84.8%86.1%84.9%78.6%81.7%85.2%81.7%83.6%78.5%69.0%74.0%
All Grades82.3%78.1%80.2%80.8%76.9%78.9%81.6%76.8%79.3%76.8%70.6%73.9%
Becker County5th66.7%75.6%70.9%74.2%68.0%71.1%
8th83.0%79.8%81.4%75.9%70.0%73.0%77.0%72.7%75.1%75.6%71.0%73.1%
9th87.8%88.3%88.0%70.3%67.2%68.8%75.9%82.2%78.9%82.5%71.1%76.0%
11th80.6%75.6%77.9%81.5%64.0%72.6%82.0%78.6%80.3%81.8%69.4%77.0%
All Grades81.5%80.7%81.1%75.2%67.3%71.3%78.0%78.0%78.0%80.3%70.8%75.4%
Beltrami County5th60.6%52.4%56.7%63.6%62.1%62.8%
8th78.1%69.4%73.8%74.0%71.9%73.0%75.4%75.0%75.2%77.8%75.9%76.8%
9th78.6%71.8%75.1%79.2%66.2%72.4%80.5%73.9%77.4%75.6%67.8%71.2%
11th82.7%79.9%81.3%82.2%76.4%79.2%85.9%74.1%80.8%82.1%77.5%79.7%
All Grades75.0%68.6%71.9%73.7%68.4%71.0%80.1%74.4%77.4%77.7%73.5%75.5%
Benton County5thN/AN/AN/A***
8th73.9%73.9%79.5%80.1%72.6%76.5%77.5%78.9%78.2%73.3%73.1%73.2%
9th87.3%87.3%90.7%81.8%73.5%77.6%85.4%76.4%80.9%86.6%76.1%82.0%
11th89.6%89.6%90.4%73.9%63.5%69.3%78.2%69.8%74.2%77.5%77.9%77.6%
All Grades84.2%84.2%87.1%79.3%71.2%75.4%80.4%75.5%78.1%79.9%75.4%77.9%
Big Stone County5th75.0%78.6%76.9%***
8th83.3%90.9%86.5%*****80.0%88.2%58.8%73.5%
9th80.0%90.9%85.7%******57.7%61.5%59.6%
11th90.9%90.5%90.7%******82.4%50.0%64.1%
All Grades83.8%89.2%86.6%*****77.4%73.3%56.9%64.8%
Blue Earth County5th73.5%68.6%71.0%77.3%82.1%79.8%
8th85.1%81.3%83.2%83.3%73.7%78.4%81.0%82.3%81.6%77.0%75.5%76.3%
9th86.9%83.6%85.2%83.9%75.7%79.8%86.5%83.3%84.8%84.0%79.1%81.5%
11th89.4%81.1%85.6%86.9%83.4%85.1%85.0%78.1%81.5%80.9%79.7%80.3%
All Grades83.4%78.4%80.9%82.6%78.7%80.6%84.0%81.5%82.7%80.5%77.9%79.2%
Brown County5th84.3%72.7%77.9%72.9%75.0%74.0%
8th85.4%80.6%82.9%81.4%83.6%82.5%83.1%83.5%83.3%84.0%69.1%77.1%
9th85.1%73.6%79.7%77.8%75.8%76.8%78.8%73.0%76.0%74.4%71.2%72.6%
11th86.4%81.9%84.1%94.1%69.4%81.8%75.8%70.7%73.5%75.6%64.4%68.6%
All Grades85.3%77.2%81.1%81.3%76.4%78.8%79.0%76.1%77.5%79.7%68.2%73.6%
Carlton County5th73.0%69.2%71.1%85.3%85.6%85.5%
8th83.4%77.6%80.6%83.2%77.9%80.6%88.8%77.3%82.2%81.0%75.7%78.1%
9th88.3%81.3%85.0%80.8%77.9%79.3%83.7%82.6%83.2%72.8%72.1%72.5%
11th88.0%83.0%85.5%87.4%79.5%83.5%82.5%83.8%83.2%81.8%76.0%78.7%
All Grades82.9%77.4%80.2%84.0%80.3%82.1%84.8%81.2%82.9%78.4%74.7%76.5%
Carver County5th81.4%72.8%77.2%81.1%70.3%75.4%
8th83.8%77.4%80.6%76.6%78.8%77.7%88.7%85.4%87.0%72.7%58.8%64.3%
9th90.8%90.2%90.5%82.6%73.0%77.9%81.7%78.2%80.2%82.6%72.3%77.7%
11th89.7%82.3%86.1%82.9%82.6%82.7%84.7%88.3%86.3%84.0%63.3%73.7%
All Grades86.5%80.6%83.6%80.3%75.9%78.1%85.6%84.6%85.1%80.6%65.8%72.9%
Cass County5th57.1%61.2%59.3%68.2%60.0%63.7%
8th70.5%71.9%71.2%71.4%64.3%67.6%77.9%75.2%76.5%83.9%60.5%71.0%
9th78.4%79.3%78.9%71.7%62.1%66.8%75.7%76.9%76.3%65.7%70.7%68.4%
11th81.8%77.6%79.7%79.5%74.7%77.1%82.6%84.2%83.3%82.6%60.6%70.2%
All Grades70.6%71.3%71.0%72.0%64.0%67.8%78.2%77.7%77.9%76.4%64.3%69.8%
Chippewa County5th83.3%61.1%72.2%***
8thN/AN/AN/A***83.9%80.0%81.8%***
9thN/AN/AN/A***83.3%80.0%81.6%71.4%75.0%73.0%
11thN/AN/AN/A***77.1%70.5%73.9%94.1%56.3%75.8%
All Grades83.3%61.1%72.2%***81.9%77.8%79.8%82.2%71.8%77.6%
Chisago County5th75.2%79.5%77.5%***
8th81.2%70.0%76.1%***81.4%76.8%79.2%75.0%65.0%70.5%
9th86.1%82.6%84.3%***83.3%72.8%78.6%77.8%79.3%78.6%
11th87.1%79.4%83.4%***84.0%82.5%83.2%76.0%74.4%75.3%
All Grades83.2%77.7%80.5%***82.8%77.4%80.2%76.6%75.5%76.2%
Clay County5th72.0%71.7%71.9%79.3%73.8%76.2%
8th76.9%74.9%75.9%79.9%76.5%78.3%78.8%79.1%78.9%80.7%71.4%76.3%
9th84.2%81.2%82.7%83.5%76.3%79.6%77.6%78.5%78.0%79.2%75.8%77.6%
11th87.6%89.8%88.7%86.3%81.3%83.6%83.2%76.2%80.1%85.7%79.1%82.2%
All Grades79.6%78.8%79.2%82.0%76.8%79.3%79.9%77.9%79.0%81.3%75.4%78.4%
Clearwater County5th76.9%68.6%73.0%72.7%69.1%70.7%
8th83.0%79.5%81.4%78.0%56.8%67.9%******
9th94.9%83.0%88.0%78.6%64.5%70.2%******
11th81.5%75.0%78.4%65.6%85.3%75.8%******
All Grades84.2%77.5%80.9%74.2%68.1%70.9%******
Cook County5th80.0%71.4%75.0%***
8th72.2%61.5%67.7%*****80.6%78.6%64.3%71.4%
9th95.2%88.9%92.3%*****75.0%69.2%46.2%57.7%
11th90.0%75.0%80.8%*****70.0%84.6%91.7%88.0%
All Grades85.2%75.9%80.6%***69.6%81.3%75.5%77.5%66.7%72.2%
Cottonwood County5th70.7%52.3%61.2%81.6%71.4%76.3%
8th58.1%59.6%58.9%81.8%57.1%68.8%82.3%71.4%76.9%78.2%72.1%75.0%
9th80.5%74.0%76.9%73.9%51.1%62.4%66.2%78.8%73.3%85.7%70.7%77.6%
11th94.3%72.7%81.1%84.1%72.5%77.9%88.4%79.7%83.8%74.6%75.0%74.8%
All Grades75.0%65.3%69.7%80.2%63.0%71.2%79.3%76.8%78.0%78.9%72.5%75.7%
Crow Wing County5th68.4%74.7%71.3%***
8th80.0%78.7%79.4%***90.8%85.9%88.4%82.7%79.9%81.4%
9th87.8%84.0%86.0%***87.2%82.9%85.0%76.8%65.0%71.5%
11th83.1%78.6%80.7%***80.1%78.6%79.3%77.7%78.2%77.9%
All Grades79.3%78.9%79.1%***84.9%81.6%83.2%79.4%74.7%77.2%
Dakota County5th77.0%72.6%74.7%79.0%74.6%76.7%
8th82.8%76.4%79.6%82.0%75.1%78.6%81.5%79.7%80.6%76.3%71.4%73.8%
9th86.2%83.8%85.1%81.4%78.0%79.7%83.9%79.6%81.8%79.4%74.7%77.2%
11th88.7%84.8%86.8%85.4%81.9%83.7%87.1%82.4%84.7%83.4%78.8%81.2%
All Grades83.5%79.0%81.3%81.9%77.3%79.6%83.9%80.4%82.2%79.4%74.6%77.1%
Dodge County5th71.7%71.7%71.7%77.4%73.9%75.6%
8th78.8%80.4%79.5%78.3%76.6%77.5%75.5%72.7%74.2%74.6%69.9%72.4%
9th80.4%77.6%79.1%74.6%78.1%76.3%81.4%69.7%75.5%82.4%71.9%77.4%
11th80.8%72.2%76.7%80.2%59.7%71.4%80.5%71.2%75.8%74.7%68.8%71.7%
All Grades77.8%75.6%76.8%77.4%73.3%75.4%78.8%71.3%75.1%77.4%70.3%74.0%
Douglas County5th81.8%80.8%81.3%79.2%82.9%81.0%
8th84.5%80.1%82.4%86.6%75.8%81.4%88.8%82.6%85.8%86.7%82.6%84.7%
9th86.1%81.6%83.7%83.0%82.0%82.5%89.7%83.3%86.8%75.7%67.5%71.9%
11th92.2%84.0%88.7%85.4%77.5%81.1%89.3%84.4%86.8%79.2%72.3%76.1%
All Grades86.3%81.5%84.0%83.5%79.6%81.5%89.2%83.3%86.4%80.2%74.1%77.3%
Faribault County5th79.2%81.0%80.2%62.8%89.6%76.9%
8th71.2%74.2%72.8%84.8%81.8%83.2%80.9%78.9%79.7%74.5%67.9%71.6%
9th87.5%87.5%87.5%81.8%67.9%74.2%76.7%73.5%75.2%77.8%63.5%70.6%
11th93.9%82.0%87.3%81.5%83.6%82.6%77.8%86.5%82.5%70.0%82.0%77.2%
All Grades83.3%81.2%82.2%78.1%80.6%79.4%78.3%79.7%79.0%74.7%71.2%72.9%
Fillmore County5th82.8%74.6%78.5%81.4%87.1%84.5%
8th86.7%76.5%81.8%74.2%76.8%75.6%89.5%76.7%83.8%***
9th90.7%81.8%86.2%87.3%70.8%79.4%***78.0%75.8%77.0%
11th89.1%84.1%86.2%84.4%73.8%79.2%**84.3%75.9%74.2%75.0%
All Grades87.1%79.1%83.0%82.0%77.4%79.7%89.6%78.3%83.8%78.4%72.2%75.2%
Freeborn County5th76.6%68.7%72.9%80.2%72.5%76.3%
8th79.4%76.2%77.8%73.5%61.9%67.9%82.5%84.4%83.5%80.0%67.0%72.8%
9th81.4%64.5%74.8%71.4%61.6%66.3%77.6%80.2%78.9%80.2%82.0%81.1%
11th84.9%81.4%82.9%86.2%76.5%81.5%84.7%71.8%78.8%81.8%75.4%78.4%
All Grades79.9%72.4%76.4%77.6%67.9%72.8%81.3%79.7%80.5%80.5%74.5%77.3%
Goodhue County5th73.2%69.1%70.9%76.8%74.0%75.5%
8th78.2%78.0%78.1%81.3%64.4%73.0%78.2%73.7%76.0%76.1%58.1%66.8%
9th90.3%82.9%86.6%74.5%62.5%68.2%**60.0%72.0%80.0%76.4%
11th90.3%77.6%83.5%77.1%74.4%76.0%63.3%77.8%70.2%76.1%79.4%77.8%
All Grades82.0%76.1%79.0%77.5%68.4%73.3%72.0%72.6%72.3%74.5%72.1%73.2%
Grant County5th77.8%85.7%81.3%65.7%79.1%73.1%
8th84.0%79.4%81.4%80.5%65.5%74.3%76.0%73.5%74.6%91.4%88.0%90.2%
9th94.3%73.1%85.2%83.9%73.5%78.5%83.3%78.1%80.6%73.0%51.9%64.1%
11th86.2%84.0%85.2%71.4%66.7%68.4%86.1%71.4%79.7%75.0%71.4%73.2%
All Grades85.6%80.5%83.2%75.8%71.8%73.7%82.4%74.5%78.4%80.4%69.9%75.9%
Hennepin County5th76.2%74.7%75.4%77.1%75.4%76.3%
8th83.4%80.4%81.9%79.6%76.0%77.8%82.6%79.6%81.2%77.7%74.2%75.9%
9th87.7%84.9%86.3%82.2%80.1%81.2%81.5%79.0%80.3%80.1%77.7%79.0%
11th88.6%85.9%87.3%81.7%79.4%80.6%84.8%81.7%83.4%81.4%77.4%79.6%
All Grades83.9%81.3%82.7%80.0%77.5%78.8%82.8%79.9%81.5%79.6%76.3%78.0%
Houston County5th71.3%67.7%69.7%87.2%75.7%81.6%
8th76.8%75.0%76.0%73.3%64.5%69.1%83.5%82.1%82.9%70.6%65.0%67.6%
9th86.3%77.6%82.2%74.4%70.8%72.3%77.5%83.3%80.0%71.6%70.7%71.3%
11th87.5%85.3%86.3%85.0%65.6%76.6%80.2%79.7%80.0%85.3%80.4%83.2%
All Grades81.0%77.9%79.5%79.8%69.4%74.7%80.2%81.7%80.9%76.7%71.7%74.2%
Hubbard County5th67.9%68.3%68.1%66.7%71.8%68.9%
8th87.4%75.0%82.1%85.3%81.0%83.3%81.8%78.8%80.5%71.2%53.6%63.1%
9th84.6%73.3%80.0%77.0%69.6%73.7%75.9%66.0%72.0%68.8%58.0%63.8%
11th78.1%83.3%80.8%85.9%88.4%87.1%75.4%83.7%78.8%76.3%54.8%65.3%
All Grades79.5%75.2%77.6%78.0%77.6%77.8%78.1%75.9%77.2%71.7%55.6%64.0%
Isanti County5th71.2%72.8%72.0%82.7%73.0%77.8%
8th79.5%76.9%78.2%75.4%66.7%71.1%75.6%76.0%75.8%70.5%74.1%72.5%
9th85.4%81.2%83.3%81.9%79.3%80.6%82.9%74.3%78.8%76.8%73.6%75.2%
11th87.0%78.4%83.3%79.5%74.3%77.0%82.8%75.5%79.7%82.4%79.8%81.1%
All Grades80.0%76.9%78.5%79.9%73.2%76.6%80.2%75.3%77.9%75.7%75.4%75.7%
Itasca County5th75.9%66.9%70.7%79.4%82.2%80.8%
8th84.8%70.0%77.4%79.5%70.3%74.8%86.8%80.6%83.8%74.4%67.3%70.8%
9th78.6%69.8%74.2%75.5%72.5%74.1%80.8%78.5%79.8%75.0%69.6%72.6%
11th84.9%72.9%79.5%81.6%77.6%79.3%86.3%80.3%83.1%77.2%64.8%71.2%
All Grades81.4%69.7%75.5%78.7%75.7%77.2%84.3%79.8%82.2%75.2%67.2%71.5%
Jackson County5th73.8%63.5%68.1%78.3%77.5%77.9%
8th83.0%79.1%81.3%80.0%80.0%80.0%72.7%72.4%72.6%67.9%62.1%64.9%
9th86.7%64.9%74.5%67.4%45.0%56.6%81.1%76.9%78.4%65.7%55.6%60.6%
11th94.4%81.5%88.0%64.1%48.3%57.4%**69.4%72.2%74.1%73.0%
All Grades85.1%71.8%78.3%71.3%61.2%66.5%76.7%72.2%74.1%68.7%63.0%66.0%
Kanabec County5th63.8%57.4%60.8%81.3%75.4%77.9%
8th79.3%74.7%77.0%73.0%65.6%69.9%83.3%80.6%81.9%88.9%78.9%82.1%
9th84.3%74.6%79.8%71.8%64.6%68.0%77.6%81.4%79.6%84.1%65.0%74.8%
11th73.5%75.4%74.6%75.9%70.8%73.1%84.9%71.4%78.4%87.2%68.9%78.3%
All Grades75.1%70.5%72.8%74.8%68.9%71.8%81.6%78.5%80.0%85.7%68.5%77.0%
Kandiyohi County5th66.7%69.5%68.1%80.0%72.3%75.6%
8th81.1%67.5%73.7%82.6%69.2%75.9%75.5%77.8%76.7%72.3%62.8%67.9%
9th80.5%80.0%80.2%79.1%71.2%75.1%80.5%76.1%78.3%72.9%64.4%68.8%
11th82.1%73.2%77.0%81.7%72.7%76.8%85.8%82.9%84.5%80.5%75.5%77.8%
All Grades77.2%72.6%74.8%80.8%71.4%75.8%80.4%78.5%79.5%74.9%67.8%71.4%
Kittson County5th66.7%83.3%74.4%66.7%90.0%78.9%
8th73.9%73.7%73.8%95.2%85.0%90.2%**83.9%***
9th80.0%88.9%84.2%66.7%75.0%70.6%**83.3%***
11th78.9%85.0%82.1%85.7%84.2%85.1%**92.6%***
All Grades75.3%83.3%79.1%80.0%84.0%81.9%90.7%82.1%86.6%87.5%81.3%85.0%
Koochiching County5th67.5%64.2%80.0%***
8th59.3%74.3%77.5%*****88.9%77.3%82.4%79.5%
9th70.6%78.1%74.2%*****81.6%77.8%80.6%79.3%
11th78.3%75.9%76.9%*****70.8%79.2%70.6%75.6%
All Grades72.9%73.5%73.2%***81.1%82.1%81.7%77.9%79.3%78.5%
Lac Qui Parle County5th63.6%85.0%72.6%86.0%74.4%80.9%
8th76.3%71.9%74.3%83.1%85.1%84.0%72.7%77.3%75.0%81.6%74.2%78.3%
9th65.7%76.7%71.8%86.5%88.9%87.7%81.5%85.7%84.1%75.7%82.4%79.5%
11th85.3%78.6%82.3%68.8%80.6%75.0%85.7%84.8%85.3%82.4%87.5%84.5%
All Grades71.6%78.3%74.8%82.0%82.3%82.1%79.6%82.4%81.0%79.8%81.1%80.5%
Lake County5th80.0%84.4%82.1%***
8th78.4%81.8%80.0%***90.6%72.5%82.8%***
9th73.3%100.0%81.8%***82.9%77.1%79.5%***
11th95.0%88.9%91.1%***85.3%76.7%81.3%***
All Grades78.9%88.4%83.3%***86.9%75.4%81.3%***
Lake of the Woods County5th61.5%85.0%75.8%***
8th80.0%88.2%85.2%*****81.3%***
9th100.0%55.6%81.0%*****81.1%82.4%92.9%87.1%
11th93.8%66.7%82.1%*****75.9%***
All Grades84.3%77.6%80.7%***84.8%75.0%79.6%85.7%85.7%85.7%
Le Sueur County5th69.4%68.9%69.1%70.8%70.7%70.8%
8th84.5%67.1%77.4%78.3%74.3%76.1%84.3%81.8%82.9%78.7%69.4%73.4%
9th89.8%76.7%83.3%76.7%78.9%77.9%79.8%65.1%72.9%76.9%59.8%69.0%
11th81.7%82.9%82.4%87.3%83.9%85.8%89.4%81.9%85.0%85.9%70.7%78.5%
All Grades82.3%74.6%78.4%78.3%76.4%77.3%83.9%76.6%80.0%80.4%65.8%73.2%
Lincoln County5th73.3%70.6%71.9%***
8th87.0%83.3%85.7%*****76.3%94.1%88.0%90.5%
9th86.7%75.0%79.5%*****82.1%87.5%80.0%84.1%
11th95.7%100.0%97.6%*****75.0%90.5%77.3%83.7%
All Grades86.8%81.9%84.5%***87.3%69.0%77.9%90.3%82.1%86.0%
Lyon County5th65.2%62.3%63.7%73.8%78.3%76.1%
8th81.8%72.9%76.5%78.9%75.7%77.2%77.8%74.5%76.2%81.1%63.8%73.0%
9th79.1%80.8%80.0%79.2%72.3%75.7%84.6%70.4%77.7%82.0%72.6%76.9%
11th79.8%81.1%80.4%79.8%67.1%73.9%79.0%74.8%76.8%80.0%76.1%78.4%
All Grades77.1%75.5%76.3%78.0%73.7%75.8%80.4%73.3%76.9%81.0%71.1%76.2%
McLeod County5th100.0%85.7%94.7%***
8th78.9%72.7%76.7%*****78.8%66.7%86.7%75.8%
9th88.9%85.7%87.5%******84.6%77.8%80.6%
11th75.0%78.6%76.9%*****83.3%***
All Grades84.6%79.5%82.4%***86.1%75.0%80.3%76.3%82.6%79.8%
Mahnomen County5th59.3%47.8%52.1%56.3%57.9%57.1%
8th62.1%65.4%63.6%84.0%57.9%68.3%**48.0%***
9th70.4%75.0%73.1%58.1%71.4%65.2%79.4%85.3%82.4%***
11th91.7%75.0%84.1%89.5%79.3%83.3%**75.0%***
All Grades70.1%63.6%66.5%69.2%65.7%67.2%71.6%67.5%69.5%***
Marshall County5th60.6%52.4%56.0%91.3%80.0%84.1%
8th83.3%73.7%78.4%81.8%83.7%82.9%***81.8%81.8%81.8%
9th88.7%83.3%86.3%90.0%74.2%83.1%**71.4%***
11th97.7%79.6%88.0%85.7%75.0%79.7%******
All Grades84.2%72.5%78.3%87.1%78.7%82.5%**71.4%63.6%72.5%68.5%
Martin County5th63.5%67.4%65.4%***
8th89.3%76.9%83.6%***87.3%79.6%83.8%81.0%65.4%73.6%
9th91.6%72.7%81.5%***73.9%66.7%71.2%76.6%60.9%70.0%
11th86.3%75.7%81.3%***86.5%86.5%86.5%67.3%78.8%71.8%
All Grades82.1%72.7%77.5%***81.3%78.8%80.1%75.3%67.2%71.8%
Meeker County5th75.0%75.4%75.2%73.9%77.3%75.6%
8th82.1%82.4%82.3%75.4%81.5%78.3%76.7%84.8%81.0%68.0%54.1%59.4%
9th81.0%76.5%78.6%74.8%72.6%73.6%**83.0%79.3%63.6%71.0%
11th71.7%60.9%65.9%87.2%68.1%78.2%**86.0%62.1%63.0%62.5%
All Grades78.3%75.4%76.8%77.1%75.5%76.3%81.7%84.1%83.0%69.9%59.8%64.3%
Mille Lacs County5th55.6%61.6%58.7%79.9%67.1%73.1%
8th73.5%69.7%71.6%80.4%77.1%78.6%75.0%79.1%77.2%82.5%76.2%79.3%
9th85.2%80.7%82.9%73.9%62.4%68.5%79.6%70.5%75.5%70.7%62.5%67.1%
11th86.5%76.3%81.5%83.0%73.4%78.3%87.5%79.4%83.5%82.6%67.6%75.5%
All Grades77.8%73.4%75.5%79.1%70.4%74.6%80.3%77.0%78.6%78.4%69.6%74.2%
Morrison County5th64.0%66.4%65.2%71.9%75.6%74.0%
8th84.4%74.4%79.4%82.5%72.6%77.7%83.2%66.7%75.0%74.6%73.9%74.5%
9th83.7%80.0%81.8%82.4%73.5%77.7%78.2%72.1%75.2%59.8%60.5%59.9%
11th88.6%77.3%83.2%90.5%78.0%84.8%89.4%70.2%80.6%73.4%71.2%72.2%
All Grades80.5%74.8%77.7%82.5%74.8%78.6%83.2%69.7%76.7%69.2%68.0%68.6%
Mower County5th63.4%60.1%61.7%62.9%68.3%65.6%
8th78.5%67.4%73.0%76.5%73.8%75.1%78.0%77.4%77.7%66.5%65.1%65.7%
9th85.2%74.8%80.3%85.4%78.3%81.8%79.3%80.4%79.8%72.9%74.6%73.5%
11th84.3%84.5%84.4%85.7%69.6%77.4%75.0%76.3%75.7%72.5%74.4%73.5%
All Grades76.2%69.9%73.0%76.6%72.7%74.6%77.8%78.0%77.9%69.9%69.8%69.8%
Murray County5th74.1%69.7%71.7%82.9%75.8%79.4%
8th87.2%71.0%80.0%87.8%87.1%87.5%83.3%80.0%81.8%73.5%72.2%72.9%
9th85.3%82.9%84.1%88.6%81.0%84.4%85.3%66.7%76.1%70.6%80.8%75.0%
11th89.5%72.4%82.1%83.8%89.5%86.7%89.2%72.4%81.8%86.2%79.2%83.0%
All Grades84.8%74.2%79.7%85.8%83.3%84.6%86.0%72.8%79.9%76.3%76.7%76.5%
Nicollet County5th65.3%78.1%71.2%***
8th76.8%71.4%74.3%******68.7%69.7%69.2%
9th87.3%82.3%84.6%***77.9%61.0%70.1%71.4%61.9%66.2%
11th100.0%85.5%92.3%***83.8%87.5%85.4%79.7%75.0%77.4%
All Grades80.4%79.6%80.0%***81.0%73.9%77.8%73.5%68.5%71.0%
Nobles County5th66.0%67.4%66.7%61.5%63.4%62.4%
8th76.8%81.1%78.9%76.4%70.7%73.8%66.7%73.7%70.0%81.2%62.7%72.5%
9th77.8%70.3%74.1%57.1%66.0%62.1%70.1%73.1%71.6%***
11th76.4%79.5%77.8%69.5%69.9%69.7%84.8%75.5%80.4%***
All Grades74.5%74.5%74.5%66.8%67.2%67.0%73.9%74.1%74.0%81.2%62.7%72.5%
Norman County5th71.1%71.9%71.6%84.4%78.3%81.8%
8th81.1%70.0%76.1%75.6%74.1%74.7%91.2%78.1%84.8%***
9th89.7%86.1%88.0%62.1%83.9%73.3%******
11th86.7%83.3%85.0%67.9%52.2%60.8%**74.1%***
All Grades81.5%77.1%79.3%73.1%73.3%73.2%90.2%79.3%84.4%***
Olmsted County5th75.3%76.5%75.9%76.2%71.5%73.8%
8th84.5%78.3%81.2%79.1%71.0%75.2%77.9%76.0%77.0%69.4%66.3%67.9%
9th89.0%80.5%84.7%82.5%73.0%78.1%85.8%75.9%81.1%78.1%70.4%74.4%
11th86.5%84.6%85.4%82.1%74.2%78.2%85.2%80.9%83.1%83.3%79.3%81.1%
All Grades84.6%79.9%82.1%79.6%72.2%76.0%82.2%77.3%79.8%76.4%71.6%74.0%
Otter Tail County5th76.8%75.7%76.2%79.5%78.7%79.1%
8th74.4%69.8%72.2%80.6%79.7%80.1%87.5%79.2%83.6%82.7%72.2%77.8%
9th87.5%81.0%84.3%76.1%72.7%74.4%78.1%76.3%77.3%71.2%80.9%75.8%
11th86.4%80.6%83.5%80.5%71.6%76.1%81.7%83.3%82.6%87.0%69.8%77.9%
All Grades81.1%76.6%78.8%79.1%75.9%77.5%82.7%79.5%81.2%79.6%74.4%77.1%
Pennington County5th30.0%0.0%23.1%***
8th80.0%76.9%78.6%***84.6%73.5%79.5%75.5%74.5%75.0%
9th85.5%84.0%84.7%***82.1%67.2%74.0%71.2%65.5%69.0%
11th91.1%70.6%80.2%***66.1%66.7%66.3%69.0%68.1%68.6%
All Grades81.9%76.8%79.4%***78.4%69.5%74.2%71.7%69.4%70.7%
Pine County5th55.7%48.3%52.1%70.8%75.0%72.9%
8th81.4%75.6%78.3%81.6%75.2%78.5%70.3%71.0%70.7%62.5%70.2%66.0%
9th81.4%75.5%78.7%72.1%65.1%68.5%76.8%75.5%76.1%58.6%63.2%61.1%
11th78.6%77.6%78.1%77.1%70.2%73.4%80.2%67.9%74.6%79.5%84.9%82.4%
All Grades76.7%72.0%74.3%75.9%70.8%73.4%75.4%71.8%73.6%66.8%73.0%69.9%
Pipestone County5th68.2%52.6%58.3%***
8th87.5%61.8%72.4%***85.7%75.0%80.6%73.0%41.7%57.5%
9th89.7%93.1%91.4%*****80.8%76.3%63.8%69.4%
11th88.9%67.9%78.2%*****77.3%69.4%75.0%71.9%
All Grades84.3%67.4%74.9%***85.4%74.1%79.8%73.0%59.5%66.2%
Polk County5th68.7%67.2%68.0%75.3%80.6%78.0%
8th80.2%78.1%79.3%78.5%75.6%77.1%84.1%77.7%80.8%64.3%81.7%72.1%
9th83.1%79.2%81.3%80.5%78.5%79.4%71.6%71.2%71.4%72.7%73.8%73.3%
11th90.7%77.5%83.7%83.5%77.9%81.0%85.6%77.4%82.0%83.5%75.6%80.0%
All Grades80.2%75.5%78.0%79.3%78.2%78.8%80.7%75.5%78.2%73.0%76.7%74.8%
Pope County5th76.7%70.0%72.9%81.8%81.6%81.7%
8th84.4%78.0%80.8%84.4%81.0%82.4%74.3%71.4%73.0%***
9th93.5%73.3%81.6%92.0%80.0%85.5%90.0%75.9%83.1%***
11th80.0%90.3%84.8%87.0%81.1%83.3%89.3%84.4%86.7%***
All Grades83.6%77.1%80.0%85.8%81.0%83.1%83.9%77.5%80.8%***
Ramsey County5th67.1%65.3%66.2%71.4%69.4%70.4%
8th76.6%77.3%76.9%74.6%72.3%73.5%76.8%73.5%75.2%76.5%73.3%75.2%
9th81.9%77.4%79.7%79.5%75.6%77.7%77.8%74.3%76.1%80.6%73.7%77.2%
11th84.5%81.5%83.0%79.3%77.4%78.3%82.8%79.7%81.3%81.7%73.8%78.0%
All Grades77.3%74.8%76.1%75.9%73.4%74.7%78.8%75.5%77.2%79.2%73.6%76.6%
Red Lake County5th77.8%56.0%67.3%81.5%73.9%78.0%
8th66.7%45.0%56.8%87.5%66.7%77.8%**75.5%50.0%42.1%45.2%
9th74.1%78.1%76.3%76.2%78.3%77.3%72.4%64.0%68.5%71.4%84.2%80.8%
11th87.5%78.3%83.0%87.0%52.6%71.4%**76.7%76.9%71.4%74.1%
All Grades76.5%66.0%71.3%83.2%68.6%76.2%75.0%71.4%73.3%65.6%65.4%65.5%
Redwood County5th77.6%63.5%70.9%79.2%78.1%78.6%
8th85.1%79.6%82.2%82.6%62.1%72.6%88.1%77.2%81.9%78.6%68.4%73.2%
9th76.5%77.4%77.0%80.0%68.3%74.4%83.8%71.9%78.0%83.9%68.2%74.7%
11th81.3%72.9%76.6%84.3%63.8%73.4%78.7%75.9%77.2%81.5%74.3%77.4%
All Grades79.9%73.6%76.6%81.8%66.7%74.1%83.9%75.1%79.2%80.5%69.6%74.5%
Renville County5th67.6%75.6%72.0%81.8%62.9%70.2%
8th81.4%68.0%76.5%85.2%81.3%83.2%81.1%70.4%76.6%78.8%62.9%72.4%
9th94.4%72.7%84.1%75.5%60.0%68.8%81.6%85.0%83.3%65.3%62.0%63.6%
11th74.2%79.2%76.4%83.9%51.4%71.7%**82.6%86.1%72.7%79.7%
All Grades79.9%74.0%77.2%81.8%66.5%74.6%83.3%77.9%80.9%75.9%65.3%71.0%
Rice County5th73.7%71.2%72.5%86.0%77.4%81.6%
8th87.3%81.9%84.5%83.1%81.2%82.2%83.2%77.9%80.8%67.0%76.2%72.0%
9th87.2%85.3%86.2%86.7%82.0%84.4%84.9%81.7%83.2%89.2%77.7%84.3%
11th89.2%89.9%89.6%93.1%89.5%91.4%87.7%80.1%84.2%86.8%82.8%84.8%
All Grades84.3%81.9%83.1%86.7%81.7%84.2%85.2%80.1%82.7%82.9%79.2%81.2%
Rock County5th80.0%87.5%83.3%***
8th85.7%74.4%80.2%***85.1%85.7%85.4%***
9th94.3%88.6%91.4%***87.9%80.4%83.5%***
11th94.1%81.6%87.5%***93.9%80.6%87.5%***
All Grades88.1%82.6%85.4%***88.5%82.1%85.3%***
Roseau County5th70.7%72.4%71.5%77.3%75.0%76.0%
8th80.9%72.5%75.6%85.7%80.0%82.8%80.3%73.8%77.3%73.0%62.5%68.1%
9th90.1%80.8%85.5%83.5%80.0%81.7%85.3%79.7%82.4%60.0%80.0%70.9%
11th90.3%79.2%84.6%89.1%70.8%78.0%81.1%81.4%81.3%91.7%83.3%88.1%
All Grades83.3%76.2%79.5%83.6%76.8%79.9%82.3%78.4%80.3%74.4%73.8%74.1%
St. Louis County5th70.8%66.5%68.7%81.1%75.2%78.2%
8th80.5%77.4%79.0%77.0%76.5%76.8%84.5%81.2%83.0%78.8%74.7%76.9%
9th88.3%81.6%85.1%82.0%79.3%80.6%80.2%80.7%80.5%79.5%72.6%76.0%
11th83.8%78.5%81.4%84.4%78.9%81.6%83.4%79.2%81.2%85.2%79.2%82.2%
All Grades80.9%75.8%78.5%81.1%77.5%79.3%82.5%80.5%81.5%80.6%75.1%78.0%
Scott County5th81.3%76.5%78.9%82.4%82.3%82.4%
8th82.3%78.3%80.3%82.2%79.1%80.7%84.3%83.1%83.8%74.4%72.5%73.6%
9th83.3%82.1%82.7%83.6%75.8%79.6%83.6%81.3%82.5%77.9%74.6%76.3%
11th86.5%83.9%85.2%86.0%80.6%83.4%87.0%84.6%85.8%85.6%80.2%82.9%
All Grades83.3%80.1%81.7%83.4%79.4%81.4%84.8%82.9%83.9%78.6%75.2%76.9%
Sherburne County5th74.8%73.5%74.1%80.7%79.4%80.0%
8th83.9%78.4%81.0%84.2%81.2%82.6%85.3%81.5%83.6%80.9%79.3%80.1%
9th88.0%82.5%85.4%79.9%81.9%80.9%82.7%84.4%83.5%81.7%74.9%78.6%
11th84.7%81.4%83.0%82.0%77.8%79.9%87.2%83.5%85.3%86.4%78.1%82.4%
All Grades82.8%78.8%80.8%81.8%80.2%81.0%84.9%83.1%84.0%82.7%77.6%80.3%
Sibley County5th74.6%66.2%70.2%65.5%72.4%69.0%
8th88.5%81.6%85.1%74.2%67.7%70.9%64.4%63.5%64.0%60.0%72.2%66.1%
9th82.4%77.2%79.6%70.9%55.1%63.5%69.4%78.7%74.0%71.2%68.0%69.6%
11th87.3%82.4%84.9%83.1%72.1%78.4%77.2%73.6%75.5%75.6%64.6%69.7%
All Grades82.9%76.1%79.5%73.6%67.0%70.4%70.2%72.3%71.2%68.2%68.4%68.3%
Stearns County5th68.9%66.3%67.5%73.1%75.6%74.3%
8th80.0%78.9%79.5%76.1%71.7%73.9%76.5%73.4%74.9%75.1%75.2%75.1%
9th83.3%81.3%82.3%79.1%75.1%77.1%82.0%74.4%78.6%79.9%72.7%76.6%
11th86.7%82.7%84.8%78.0%70.8%74.5%82.5%73.4%78.1%76.0%73.6%74.9%
All Grades80.1%77.5%78.8%76.4%73.4%75.0%80.1%73.7%77.0%76.7%74.1%75.5%
Steele County5th57.4%71.7%65.0%76.0%76.0%76.0%
8th86.5%85.4%86.0%75.0%80.7%77.8%83.4%77.7%80.6%66.1%61.9%64.4%
9th81.7%86.9%84.2%83.0%79.5%81.2%83.6%72.6%78.1%80.5%70.4%76.8%
11th88.4%85.3%87.0%77.0%79.1%78.0%82.1%73.0%77.8%84.5%80.7%82.8%
All Grades83.5%84.5%84.0%77.6%78.7%78.2%83.2%74.4%78.9%77.9%71.9%75.5%
Stevens County5th83.9%82.5%83.1%93.3%80.6%86.4%
8th83.7%69.6%76.8%85.7%81.0%83.1%***75.0%84.8%80.0%
9th81.8%83.3%82.7%91.2%76.2%82.9%**74.1%86.1%66.7%76.8%
11th87.0%64.7%77.5%78.6%78.1%78.4%***83.3%63.6%73.0%
All Grades83.8%76.8%80.1%86.5%78.9%82.6%**77.8%80.9%73.2%77.0%
Swift County5th77.8%75.0%76.6%***
8th91.7%70.6%81.4%*********
9th70.4%76.9%73.6%*********
11th76.0%73.7%74.6%*********
All Grades79.8%73.8%76.8%*********
Todd County5th73.5%72.2%72.8%76.9%66.3%71.4%
8th73.2%67.7%70.5%74.5%80.8%77.6%88.8%71.1%79.6%53.6%51.9%52.7%
9th80.0%82.1%80.9%82.8%77.8%80.1%87.3%78.8%83.2%70.4%70.3%70.3%
11th80.4%83.3%81.6%77.4%71.7%74.5%77.8%83.9%80.9%68.0%60.7%64.2%
All Grades77.2%75.9%76.6%77.7%74.1%75.9%85.4%76.6%80.9%63.8%62.0%62.8%
Traverse County5th72.7%60.0%65.4%***
8th92.9%90.9%91.7%*****72.7%***
9th90.9%91.7%91.3%*****81.5%***
11th66.7%75.0%69.2%******66.7%57.9%60.0%
All Grades79.6%80.7%80.2%***74.3%76.9%75.7%87.1%56.4%70.0%
Wabasha County5th57.3%70.6%64.6%76.3%72.4%74.4%
8th80.8%78.0%79.6%77.1%70.4%73.6%81.2%72.7%77.1%73.3%68.8%71.0%
9th88.8%80.5%84.9%86.6%80.0%83.6%80.6%78.5%79.6%85.2%73.1%79.2%
11th81.8%82.9%82.3%84.0%70.6%77.9%80.2%75.6%78.1%84.4%73.4%79.4%
All Grades78.1%78.1%78.1%81.0%73.4%77.4%80.7%75.4%78.2%81.1%71.6%76.5%
Wadena County5th68.7%61.9%64.9%82.8%74.7%78.7%
8th84.7%83.3%84.1%82.7%66.3%73.5%79.5%75.9%77.7%81.3%70.0%77.6%
9th90.7%81.8%86.8%77.5%81.0%79.1%84.5%70.2%77.4%83.9%78.7%81.7%
11th80.0%73.3%76.9%81.5%73.8%78.2%88.9%81.2%84.8%75.9%66.0%71.0%
All Grades81.9%74.7%78.5%81.2%73.2%77.3%83.7%76.1%79.9%80.6%71.4%76.8%
Waseca County5th80.2%77.5%79.0%79.4%72.4%76.2%
8th83.7%85.5%84.6%74.2%72.0%73.3%81.7%65.6%74.1%77.3%72.5%75.3%
9th91.3%81.1%85.9%86.7%82.4%84.5%76.2%78.9%77.7%72.4%75.8%74.2%
11th91.6%87.0%89.4%90.2%75.3%82.8%81.9%81.0%81.6%83.0%67.9%75.5%
All Grades86.3%82.7%84.5%82.3%75.9%79.3%80.1%74.3%77.3%76.8%72.8%74.9%
Washington County5th75.7%74.5%75.0%83.9%83.4%83.6%
8th83.4%76.0%79.8%82.4%80.1%81.2%83.0%78.9%81.1%80.6%76.0%78.5%
9th86.7%82.0%84.3%83.3%79.0%81.3%82.7%80.9%81.8%82.8%79.0%81.0%
11th87.9%86.1%87.0%86.7%85.1%85.9%87.0%84.1%85.5%85.6%79.9%82.8%
All Grades83.5%79.5%81.5%84.0%81.7%82.9%84.0%81.1%82.6%82.8%78.2%80.6%
Watonwan County5th71.4%50.0%58.8%79.5%61.0%70.6%
8th75.5%61.3%70.0%68.0%68.1%68.1%68.0%53.7%61.5%50.0%40.5%46.2%
9th88.1%84.8%86.7%65.7%59.4%62.5%75.0%68.6%71.7%65.2%45.5%57.0%
11th84.8%82.9%83.8%63.0%64.0%63.5%67.6%80.4%74.7%68.8%55.0%63.5%
All Grades81.7%74.8%78.5%68.4%63.3%65.8%70.4%68.1%69.2%59.7%45.6%54.0%
Wilkin County5th64.3%52.0%58.5%86.7%64.3%75.9%
8th75.0%83.3%78.6%78.1%75.7%76.8%80.0%66.7%73.1%66.7%78.3%72.7%
9th93.9%76.7%87.3%78.4%68.8%72.9%**78.7%75.0%66.7%70.8%
11th92.9%88.2%90.8%67.5%82.6%73.0%**62.2%92.3%52.2%73.5%
All Grades83.6%76.5%80.6%77.0%72.1%74.5%72.5%70.7%71.5%78.9%65.7%72.3%
Winona County5th70.9%74.0%72.5%71.8%70.4%71.1%
8th82.9%83.7%83.3%79.6%79.0%79.3%82.8%78.5%80.5%76.5%63.6%69.6%
9th84.1%81.7%82.9%81.3%83.0%82.1%87.1%77.3%82.0%77.9%68.4%72.4%
11th82.0%82.5%82.3%87.4%82.9%85.2%84.7%86.3%85.5%74.2%69.5%71.7%
All Grades80.7%80.9%80.8%80.2%79.2%79.7%84.3%79.7%82.0%76.2%67.1%71.2%
Wright County5th74.7%71.0%72.9%82.0%78.7%80.2%
8th84.3%79.4%81.9%83.3%79.7%81.5%85.9%80.2%83.1%81.3%80.6%81.0%
9th85.1%79.5%82.2%81.1%75.4%78.2%84.8%81.2%83.0%84.4%74.3%79.5%
11th86.8%81.0%83.9%83.3%75.7%79.5%85.0%76.4%81.0%81.2%75.9%78.5%
All Grades82.7%77.8%80.3%82.4%77.5%79.9%85.3%79.6%82.5%82.4%77.1%79.8%
Yellow Medicine County5th77.8%75.0%75.9%67.4%65.2%66.3%
8th64.3%75.0%69.2%75.9%63.6%68.5%64.6%77.5%70.5%86.0%68.4%78.4%
9th73.0%76.7%75.0%78.9%79.1%79.0%78.4%71.1%75.3%78.0%75.0%76.7%
11th87.0%70.7%79.3%84.4%72.7%78.5%**83.1%78.0%80.6%79.2%
All Grades76.7%74.2%75.4%75.9%69.9%72.7%72.7%78.3%75.4%80.9%74.6%78.0%

About the Indicator:

Students were asked specifically how much they thought people risked harming themselves physically or in other ways if they smoked cigarettes.  Low perceived risk of harm increases the likelihood of use.
"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.