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

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th72.3%69.7%71.0%74.2%72.0%73.1%
8th75.5%66.2%70.9%69.4%60.7%65.1%65.9%56.5%61.3%59.1%54.4%56.8%
9th72.1%61.3%66.8%64.1%55.4%59.8%57.6%48.6%53.3%53.4%45.4%49.5%
11th64.0%47.1%55.6%52.4%40.5%46.6%47.0%36.8%42.0%41.1%32.9%37.2%
All Grades71.2%61.5%66.4%65.5%57.9%61.7%57.7%48.2%53.1%52.2%45.4%48.9%
Aitkin County5th76.9%73.7%75.2%83.9%74.4%78.3%
8th78.3%75.0%76.5%57.1%52.2%54.5%62.5%48.7%55.7%***
9th53.8%58.6%56.1%42.1%51.1%46.1%50.0%56.7%53.1%55.6%31.3%44.1%
11th63.5%44.4%54.6%56.3%42.6%49.0%**44.0%15.0%30.8%21.2%
All Grades67.7%64.7%66.2%60.4%58.3%59.3%57.1%46.3%51.8%40.0%33.3%37.1%
Anoka County5th75.4%69.5%72.4%71.6%69.0%70.3%
8th73.4%63.2%68.3%68.7%62.0%65.5%61.7%54.8%58.4%56.0%54.7%55.5%
9th70.5%56.8%64.1%62.6%56.8%59.8%54.9%47.8%51.7%53.1%44.9%49.1%
11th63.2%47.9%55.9%53.8%40.7%47.2%46.9%39.1%43.3%45.6%34.9%40.5%
All Grades71.3%60.9%66.2%63.1%55.0%59.2%56.1%49.1%52.8%53.0%47.9%50.6%
Becker County5th68.9%73.2%70.9%73.8%66.4%70.1%
8th78.1%70.8%74.4%67.9%51.8%59.9%60.8%60.3%60.6%55.8%53.8%54.7%
9th69.7%79.8%74.9%59.8%47.1%53.7%52.1%51.5%51.8%58.0%47.0%51.7%
11th69.4%50.6%59.5%53.7%37.8%45.7%41.4%30.4%35.9%50.0%27.7%41.5%
All Grades72.3%68.6%70.5%64.0%51.1%57.6%52.3%48.0%50.3%55.1%46.0%50.4%
Beltrami County5th57.0%55.2%56.1%63.7%58.5%61.0%
8th68.0%63.3%65.6%60.6%48.0%54.5%58.4%48.2%53.4%48.7%48.3%48.5%
9th62.9%53.6%58.1%56.3%51.5%53.7%52.9%37.2%45.5%54.3%35.7%44.6%
11th63.5%41.3%52.6%52.7%41.1%46.7%45.6%37.5%42.1%25.6%46.2%35.9%
All Grades63.0%53.9%58.4%59.0%50.7%54.7%53.0%41.6%47.7%47.1%44.0%45.5%
Benton County5thN/AN/AN/A***
8th85.5%69.2%78.6%71.5%53.2%62.6%63.3%51.3%57.8%62.1%48.1%55.1%
9th78.7%77.6%78.1%59.7%55.2%57.4%62.7%52.8%57.8%49.3%46.0%47.8%
11th69.0%57.7%63.8%59.0%34.6%48.3%50.3%33.6%42.4%35.7%22.1%30.1%
All Grades78.0%69.3%74.0%63.8%50.4%57.3%59.5%46.9%53.5%49.3%41.1%45.5%
Big Stone County5th58.3%85.7%73.1%***
8th76.7%77.3%76.9%*****80.0%64.7%41.2%52.9%
9th76.7%69.7%73.0%******52.0%38.5%45.1%
11th78.8%59.5%68.0%******41.2%23.8%31.6%
All Grades75.2%69.4%72.2%*****56.6%52.5%34.4%43.1%
Blue Earth County5th71.7%67.1%69.4%73.6%76.2%74.9%
8th80.5%74.0%77.3%70.8%60.4%65.6%68.1%62.6%65.5%56.8%58.1%57.6%
9th76.0%66.4%71.0%63.3%56.6%60.0%65.8%53.9%59.6%51.7%52.6%52.1%
11th62.3%51.8%57.5%52.7%38.2%45.2%39.8%31.7%35.7%39.6%31.8%35.6%
All Grades73.1%65.9%69.6%65.7%58.8%62.2%59.2%50.3%54.8%50.0%48.5%49.3%
Brown County5th80.7%72.0%75.9%65.9%71.6%68.9%
8th71.8%67.6%69.7%75.5%78.2%76.9%70.1%52.9%60.3%60.9%58.0%59.5%
9th79.2%52.2%66.5%63.9%55.0%59.2%50.8%51.8%51.3%39.5%42.3%41.1%
11th62.1%50.5%56.1%49.4%37.6%43.5%58.5%46.7%53.3%40.0%30.5%34.3%
All Grades73.6%61.3%67.3%64.2%61.5%62.8%58.5%50.9%54.7%50.6%45.3%47.7%
Carlton County5th71.7%66.8%69.3%82.4%75.8%78.6%
8th76.7%63.7%70.4%67.2%60.5%63.8%63.4%49.2%55.3%54.9%48.1%51.5%
9th71.1%64.8%68.1%61.6%56.3%58.9%55.6%46.7%51.2%47.3%45.0%46.2%
11th63.5%45.8%54.5%48.4%38.4%43.5%48.6%34.7%41.2%31.2%30.2%30.7%
All Grades71.1%60.7%66.0%64.6%59.0%61.7%55.7%43.8%49.3%46.5%42.1%44.3%
Carver County5th79.3%72.3%75.9%77.1%71.3%74.1%
8th84.5%62.7%73.9%66.4%56.1%61.5%74.7%64.0%69.1%59.1%52.9%55.4%
9th80.0%64.1%72.4%67.4%53.6%60.6%66.0%53.5%60.7%54.3%46.8%50.0%
11th69.9%46.0%58.2%42.7%40.6%41.6%43.0%39.1%41.2%40.0%23.3%29.8%
All Grades78.5%61.7%70.3%65.0%55.8%60.4%63.0%54.9%59.1%51.6%42.3%45.9%
Cass County5th59.6%60.5%60.1%63.3%56.5%59.6%
8th59.1%56.3%57.6%56.3%42.9%49.2%53.2%42.7%47.8%51.6%47.4%49.3%
9th69.3%57.5%63.4%42.5%34.7%38.5%52.7%37.0%45.0%37.1%39.0%38.2%
11th56.1%57.4%56.7%34.6%21.5%28.0%42.0%31.6%37.3%34.8%27.3%29.8%
All Grades61.3%58.1%59.6%50.7%41.6%45.9%50.3%38.3%44.4%41.6%38.4%39.6%
Chippewa County5th83.3%72.2%77.8%***
8thN/AN/AN/A***69.4%60.0%64.2%***
9thN/AN/AN/A***63.9%49.3%56.5%66.7%25.0%48.6%
11thN/AN/AN/A***50.0%34.1%42.4%76.5%12.5%45.5%
All Grades83.3%72.2%77.8%***62.1%50.0%55.9%73.3%28.2%52.9%
Chisago County5th73.3%69.7%71.4%***
8th78.6%64.3%72.1%***57.6%57.8%57.7%54.2%45.0%50.0%
9th75.2%63.6%69.3%***57.7%49.7%54.1%52.2%45.1%48.6%
11th66.8%56.4%61.8%***40.7%36.7%38.6%34.0%29.6%32.1%
All Grades73.9%63.0%68.6%***53.1%48.6%50.9%43.8%38.3%41.1%
Clay County5th70.1%72.2%71.1%75.8%71.2%73.3%
8th74.9%67.8%71.3%72.4%61.9%67.4%70.6%57.9%63.9%61.2%49.2%55.5%
9th74.5%68.2%71.4%66.1%61.3%63.5%52.5%45.5%49.3%57.2%47.6%52.2%
11th65.0%49.7%57.9%58.8%48.9%53.5%54.2%38.2%47.0%41.2%40.7%40.9%
All Grades71.2%65.1%68.3%68.8%61.4%64.9%57.7%47.1%52.7%54.6%46.2%50.3%
Clearwater County5th66.7%73.5%69.9%61.4%55.6%58.2%
8th72.3%64.1%68.6%58.5%43.2%51.3%******
9th71.8%54.7%62.0%76.2%56.5%64.4%******
11th63.0%66.7%64.7%37.5%38.2%37.9%******
All Grades69.1%63.3%66.2%59.7%50.3%54.6%******
Cook County5th80.0%85.7%83.3%***
8th55.6%38.5%48.4%*****36.1%50.0%53.8%51.9%
9th57.1%66.7%61.5%*****35.7%38.5%46.2%42.3%
11th40.0%18.8%26.9%*****31.0%15.4%25.0%20.0%
All Grades55.6%48.1%51.9%***30.4%38.3%34.4%35.0%42.1%38.5%
Cottonwood County5th68.3%56.8%62.4%73.7%64.3%68.8%
8th65.1%57.4%61.1%79.5%49.0%63.4%62.0%57.1%59.6%67.3%60.7%63.8%
9th80.5%71.4%75.6%65.2%47.8%56.5%43.1%50.6%47.3%65.3%51.7%57.9%
11th71.4%55.6%61.8%70.5%39.2%53.7%59.4%36.7%47.3%38.8%42.3%40.3%
All Grades71.3%60.3%65.3%72.1%49.5%60.3%55.4%48.1%51.5%55.6%52.0%53.8%
Crow Wing County5th67.4%73.8%70.5%***
8th62.7%68.8%65.6%***78.5%62.5%70.5%55.3%52.1%53.9%
9th85.2%74.3%80.0%***64.6%57.3%60.9%47.7%43.0%45.6%
11th67.7%44.9%56.0%***51.6%41.0%46.4%30.4%27.6%29.1%
All Grades70.3%66.3%68.3%***61.2%51.7%56.4%46.8%43.5%45.3%
Dakota County5th74.9%71.0%72.9%75.1%71.7%73.3%
8th77.5%65.0%71.3%71.9%61.0%66.4%64.3%56.9%60.6%58.6%53.9%56.2%
9th74.6%61.6%68.2%65.1%55.1%60.2%58.9%50.2%54.7%54.3%45.2%50.0%
11th62.9%45.0%54.0%53.1%39.9%46.5%47.6%36.0%41.8%39.3%33.2%36.4%
All Grades72.6%61.0%66.8%66.5%57.1%61.8%57.7%48.6%53.2%51.6%45.1%48.4%
Dodge County5th66.7%68.5%67.6%78.1%67.0%72.4%
8th70.8%67.9%69.5%73.9%64.5%69.4%70.5%51.9%61.5%56.7%50.0%53.5%
9th69.6%65.6%67.7%55.6%57.0%56.3%61.9%40.4%51.0%55.6%41.1%48.7%
11th55.6%27.8%42.3%57.3%34.7%47.6%40.7%39.0%39.8%41.8%25.0%33.3%
All Grades66.4%59.5%63.1%66.1%57.8%62.1%58.5%44.3%51.4%52.4%39.9%46.4%
Douglas County5th82.4%74.8%78.9%80.5%76.8%78.7%
8th83.8%69.7%77.0%81.8%71.2%76.7%77.4%66.5%72.1%73.7%59.3%66.7%
9th74.3%68.2%71.0%71.9%61.3%66.7%67.8%58.3%63.5%62.6%48.0%55.9%
11th68.9%52.4%61.9%61.0%33.8%46.4%57.1%47.8%52.3%45.5%39.8%42.9%
All Grades77.4%66.7%72.3%74.6%61.2%67.9%69.7%59.4%64.7%61.5%49.8%56.0%
Faribault County5th79.2%83.9%81.8%61.9%83.0%73.0%
8th74.5%66.7%70.2%56.5%65.5%61.4%66.0%52.8%58.0%61.1%46.2%54.2%
9th75.0%65.1%70.4%59.1%41.5%49.5%65.0%34.7%51.4%57.1%35.5%46.4%
11th59.2%38.3%47.7%48.1%35.2%41.7%47.7%48.1%47.9%27.5%37.7%33.7%
All Grades72.3%63.7%67.7%55.9%55.5%55.7%60.3%46.2%52.8%51.0%39.4%45.0%
Fillmore County5th75.4%72.1%73.7%82.8%71.4%76.6%
8th80.0%66.2%73.4%59.7%59.4%59.5%54.1%55.2%54.5%***
9th72.2%67.3%69.7%62.9%53.8%58.5%***51.2%48.5%50.0%
11th65.2%41.3%51.4%55.6%42.6%49.2%**31.4%37.9%35.5%36.7%
All Grades74.1%61.5%67.6%64.8%57.4%61.0%53.0%42.6%47.8%47.3%45.6%46.4%
Freeborn County5th76.6%67.7%72.4%78.4%68.3%73.3%
8th76.2%69.8%73.0%62.8%54.8%59.0%67.6%57.8%62.6%66.7%56.7%61.2%
9th64.6%57.4%61.8%53.8%39.4%46.3%55.2%43.2%49.3%62.0%43.8%53.4%
11th54.7%40.8%46.8%49.4%34.6%42.3%53.0%31.0%42.9%45.5%32.8%38.8%
All Grades69.4%59.5%64.7%62.4%51.0%56.7%58.8%45.7%52.4%59.8%46.2%52.9%
Goodhue County5th72.8%63.8%67.8%75.4%67.5%71.7%
8th74.1%66.3%70.6%66.1%51.7%59.1%61.4%48.4%55.2%46.8%41.7%44.2%
9th80.0%61.2%70.5%53.9%37.5%45.3%**27.5%44.8%35.9%39.8%
11th63.2%54.3%58.4%50.0%41.6%46.7%37.9%46.3%42.0%36.9%30.9%33.8%
All Grades72.5%61.6%66.9%62.3%50.7%56.9%51.7%43.4%47.7%43.8%36.9%40.1%
Grant County5th77.8%92.9%84.4%68.6%73.8%71.4%
8th72.0%73.5%72.9%75.6%69.0%72.9%**55.9%64.7%56.0%60.0%
9th74.3%34.6%57.4%64.5%64.7%64.6%66.7%65.6%66.1%48.6%38.5%44.4%
11th86.2%60.0%74.1%28.6%41.7%36.8%69.4%28.6%51.6%35.0%28.6%31.7%
All Grades77.6%66.4%72.3%63.3%62.4%62.8%65.6%50.5%57.8%51.6%41.7%47.0%
Hennepin County5th74.3%73.5%73.9%74.0%72.8%73.4%
8th76.9%66.1%71.6%70.0%59.9%65.0%66.9%57.5%62.5%61.1%56.2%58.7%
9th71.1%60.3%65.9%66.6%55.6%61.2%55.0%47.6%51.5%53.0%48.8%51.0%
11th62.1%42.6%52.5%49.4%37.0%43.4%44.8%34.5%40.1%39.5%33.0%36.5%
All Grades71.4%61.2%66.3%66.2%58.0%62.2%56.3%47.5%52.2%52.1%47.3%49.8%
Houston County5th67.5%63.3%65.7%82.1%77.0%79.6%
8th74.4%65.3%70.1%64.0%52.6%58.6%68.9%64.2%66.9%60.0%51.7%55.5%
9th68.4%54.1%61.7%74.4%54.7%63.3%60.9%58.5%59.9%55.2%41.0%47.0%
11th65.6%55.1%59.8%51.3%29.5%41.8%52.8%44.3%49.2%52.0%30.4%42.7%
All Grades68.8%58.5%63.8%67.8%54.6%61.3%60.5%55.3%58.2%55.2%41.2%48.0%
Hubbard County5th76.3%64.5%71.1%68.9%70.0%69.4%
8th68.6%59.4%64.7%72.0%52.4%63.0%70.5%54.5%63.6%60.6%36.4%49.6%
9th73.8%55.6%66.4%54.0%33.3%44.9%53.2%39.6%47.7%50.0%35.3%43.2%
11th57.8%58.5%58.1%59.2%33.3%46.4%40.0%51.2%44.7%37.3%24.2%30.6%
All Grades69.5%59.7%65.2%63.5%47.2%56.1%56.4%48.8%53.2%49.8%31.9%41.3%
Isanti County5th65.2%66.5%65.9%80.0%67.6%73.7%
8th70.0%64.3%67.3%66.5%51.1%58.9%58.9%52.6%55.8%54.9%48.2%52.0%
9th65.5%59.2%62.4%63.3%56.7%60.1%57.2%47.8%52.8%43.0%48.9%45.9%
11th72.0%52.7%63.8%43.6%40.8%42.2%48.5%49.0%48.7%38.7%26.6%32.6%
All Grades68.0%62.2%65.2%64.1%54.8%59.6%55.2%50.0%52.8%46.6%42.8%44.9%
Itasca County5th71.1%75.8%73.8%73.5%77.2%75.4%
8th80.1%62.6%71.4%65.5%56.3%60.7%61.3%54.2%57.8%54.7%48.5%51.6%
9th70.1%54.0%62.0%52.5%48.3%50.5%49.3%46.5%48.1%52.9%36.6%46.4%
11th66.0%45.8%57.0%48.2%43.9%45.8%46.2%25.2%35.1%31.5%25.6%29.0%
All Grades72.3%60.2%66.2%61.1%57.7%59.3%53.2%43.8%48.7%48.8%39.5%44.5%
Jackson County5th70.7%73.6%72.3%80.4%72.5%76.7%
8th88.7%67.4%79.2%66.7%65.0%65.7%65.9%62.1%64.4%42.9%62.1%52.6%
9th77.8%56.1%65.7%65.1%50.0%57.8%48.6%41.5%44.1%28.6%38.9%33.8%
11th63.0%37.0%50.0%59.0%31.0%47.1%**29.2%44.4%51.9%47.6%
All Grades75.1%58.0%66.3%68.5%55.0%62.1%54.4%39.6%45.7%38.4%50.0%44.0%
Kanabec County5th67.9%56.1%62.5%76.1%70.8%73.0%
8th67.1%63.3%65.2%59.6%54.7%57.5%59.3%66.7%63.2%77.8%63.2%67.9%
9th72.9%61.0%67.4%52.1%39.2%45.3%52.2%41.4%46.7%49.2%43.3%46.3%
11th53.1%41.5%46.5%48.3%38.9%43.1%54.7%33.3%44.6%40.4%35.6%38.0%
All Grades66.3%55.8%61.1%58.0%50.0%53.9%55.2%48.1%51.5%47.9%43.5%45.7%
Kandiyohi County5th68.6%67.3%68.0%77.6%66.7%71.3%
8th72.0%60.9%66.0%73.3%56.0%64.7%64.4%59.0%61.6%64.3%49.2%57.3%
9th67.7%61.9%64.8%63.8%50.9%57.2%58.7%47.8%53.2%53.1%42.5%48.0%
11th55.3%43.1%48.3%53.0%36.0%43.7%49.6%31.5%41.5%55.7%37.0%45.5%
All Grades66.3%58.0%61.9%67.9%53.8%60.4%57.9%47.9%52.9%57.8%42.6%50.3%
Kittson County5th76.2%82.4%78.9%66.7%70.0%68.4%
8th78.3%63.2%71.4%76.2%75.0%75.6%**74.2%***
9th76.7%63.0%70.2%55.6%56.3%55.9%**75.0%***
11th68.4%55.0%61.5%57.1%55.6%56.5%**55.6%***
All Grades75.3%65.1%70.5%63.5%64.9%64.2%76.7%59.0%68.3%79.2%43.8%65.0%
Koochiching County5th62.5%62.7%75.6%***
8th63.0%67.6%72.2%*****80.0%54.5%72.7%62.3%
9th61.8%62.5%62.1%*****59.2%55.6%51.6%53.4%
11th39.1%51.7%46.2%*****20.8%62.5%41.2%53.7%
All Grades62.8%61.5%62.1%***52.8%61.8%57.4%56.8%58.0%57.4%
Lac Qui Parle County5th68.5%81.0%74.0%86.0%71.1%79.5%
8th70.3%65.6%68.1%78.0%74.5%76.4%61.4%55.8%58.6%64.1%54.8%60.0%
9th58.8%76.7%68.8%62.2%72.2%67.1%66.7%59.5%62.3%73.0%58.0%64.4%
11th82.4%75.0%79.0%56.3%58.3%57.4%64.3%57.6%61.3%52.9%54.2%53.4%
All Grades69.8%75.2%72.4%73.0%69.4%71.3%63.7%57.6%60.6%63.6%56.2%60.0%
Lake County5th77.1%80.6%78.8%***
8th64.9%84.4%73.9%***73.6%65.0%69.9%***
9th60.3%72.4%64.4%***58.8%40.4%48.1%***
11th55.0%43.2%47.4%***42.4%50.0%46.0%***
All Grades64.7%69.0%66.7%***60.8%51.3%56.1%***
Lake of the Woods County5th46.2%86.4%71.4%***
8th60.0%64.7%63.0%*****68.8%***
9th75.0%33.3%57.1%*****64.9%58.8%57.1%58.1%
11th73.3%50.0%63.0%*****35.7%***
All Grades64.0%65.0%64.5%***60.9%54.9%57.7%50.0%45.7%48.1%
Le Sueur County5th72.3%68.3%70.1%75.2%61.5%68.2%
8th75.2%73.7%74.6%68.4%59.0%63.2%68.6%60.2%63.9%60.9%59.0%59.8%
9th76.9%63.8%70.4%68.4%62.2%65.1%48.9%48.2%48.6%50.4%37.3%44.3%
11th62.0%49.6%55.2%51.7%40.9%46.9%36.4%35.1%35.6%34.3%31.5%33.0%
All Grades72.1%62.9%67.5%65.9%57.0%61.3%51.3%47.5%49.3%46.3%40.3%43.4%
Lincoln County5th66.7%56.3%61.3%***
8th68.2%63.6%66.7%*****83.8%58.8%52.2%55.0%
9th60.0%70.8%66.7%*****59.0%69.6%30.0%51.2%
11th73.9%33.3%56.1%*****50.0%47.6%54.5%51.2%
All Grades68.0%56.5%62.5%***79.6%50.0%64.3%59.0%46.2%52.4%
Lyon County5th63.6%62.3%63.0%75.7%74.5%75.1%
8th81.8%66.7%72.8%74.0%69.3%71.5%77.8%65.3%71.8%66.0%47.8%57.6%
9th72.2%60.0%66.0%67.7%61.0%64.3%76.7%54.1%65.7%70.5%55.6%62.4%
11th72.3%51.1%62.0%62.6%45.9%54.9%56.6%46.8%51.4%62.5%34.8%50.9%
All Grades72.4%60.0%65.9%70.1%63.8%66.9%70.6%55.0%62.9%66.3%47.6%57.3%
McLeod County5th91.7%85.7%89.5%***
8th63.2%72.7%66.7%*****75.8%44.4%80.0%60.6%
9th88.9%85.7%87.5%******30.8%38.9%35.5%
11th66.7%21.4%42.3%*****60.9%***
All Grades75.0%59.0%68.1%***80.0%62.5%70.7%42.1%52.2%47.6%
Mahnomen County5th48.1%39.1%42.5%43.8%52.6%48.6%
8th50.0%56.0%52.8%40.0%21.1%28.6%**18.0%***
9th59.3%41.0%48.5%29.0%40.0%34.8%24.2%23.5%23.9%***
11th50.0%55.0%52.3%47.4%41.4%43.8%**22.2%***
All Grades51.9%45.4%48.3%39.3%38.6%38.9%21.9%21.3%21.6%***
Marshall County5th63.6%52.5%57.5%91.3%72.5%79.4%
8th80.6%60.5%70.3%69.7%69.8%69.7%***81.8%61.9%68.8%
9th79.2%73.8%76.8%72.5%41.9%59.2%**57.1%***
11th83.7%51.0%66.3%67.9%55.6%60.9%******
All Grades77.6%59.2%68.3%74.2%61.3%67.2%**50.0%56.3%56.4%56.3%
Martin County5th67.4%66.7%67.0%***
8th77.0%65.7%71.6%***76.2%55.6%66.7%70.7%50.0%60.9%
9th80.2%63.3%71.0%***58.0%23.5%45.3%54.2%41.3%48.6%
11th62.0%56.3%59.3%***57.7%50.7%53.6%38.5%30.3%35.3%
All Grades71.7%63.2%67.5%***63.5%44.4%54.6%55.0%42.0%49.3%
Meeker County5th71.2%74.6%72.9%70.3%73.1%71.7%
8th78.9%74.4%76.6%69.5%71.0%70.2%58.6%69.7%64.5%62.5%43.2%49.2%
9th74.0%69.6%71.6%68.0%62.8%65.3%**62.3%65.5%45.5%54.8%
11th61.7%46.4%53.5%66.7%55.1%61.2%**51.2%27.6%37.0%32.1%
All Grades72.9%68.6%70.6%68.8%66.5%67.7%62.9%58.0%60.1%51.2%42.3%45.9%
Mille Lacs County5th57.8%66.3%62.2%78.0%63.9%70.5%
8th72.8%60.9%66.8%67.9%69.4%68.7%64.4%62.3%63.3%61.8%62.7%62.2%
9th71.6%64.2%67.8%57.2%42.7%50.4%55.1%44.3%50.2%47.4%35.2%41.8%
11th67.7%40.8%54.5%47.9%40.6%44.3%41.4%37.1%39.3%39.2%31.2%35.4%
All Grades68.9%57.8%63.3%63.6%56.4%59.9%54.4%50.3%52.4%50.7%45.6%48.2%
Morrison County5th66.7%63.6%65.2%70.1%81.4%76.6%
8th80.8%70.2%75.5%74.1%61.8%68.2%73.3%56.3%64.9%67.6%62.5%65.7%
9th77.0%65.7%71.2%72.2%63.0%67.4%59.0%49.0%54.1%47.7%47.3%47.3%
11th76.2%50.4%63.9%57.4%51.1%54.5%54.9%36.5%46.5%35.1%42.3%38.9%
All Grades75.6%63.5%69.6%68.4%64.9%66.6%62.3%48.0%55.5%51.0%50.0%50.6%
Mower County5th61.0%54.2%57.5%60.8%68.3%64.6%
8th67.1%55.2%61.3%60.1%56.0%57.9%59.7%54.7%57.4%48.0%47.4%47.7%
9th75.4%61.5%68.8%62.9%57.3%60.1%53.4%40.7%47.8%57.5%43.7%50.4%
11th69.7%45.0%56.1%51.4%41.1%46.1%33.8%38.7%36.4%38.5%40.4%39.4%
All Grades67.4%54.0%60.6%59.5%57.0%58.2%52.5%46.5%49.7%48.9%44.8%46.7%
Murray County5th81.5%72.7%76.7%79.4%75.8%77.6%
8th92.3%67.7%81.4%80.5%60.0%71.8%83.3%76.7%80.3%44.1%55.9%50.0%
9th79.4%68.6%73.9%91.4%65.9%77.6%70.6%48.5%59.7%58.8%53.8%56.7%
11th68.4%69.0%68.7%70.3%57.9%64.0%62.2%44.8%54.5%75.9%33.3%56.6%
All Grades80.4%69.5%75.2%80.3%64.8%72.7%72.0%56.5%64.8%58.8%48.8%54.1%
Nicollet County5th68.0%78.1%72.7%***
8th70.9%63.3%67.3%******56.1%57.6%56.8%
9th81.8%64.5%72.7%***49.3%39.7%44.8%54.8%41.7%47.6%
11th71.4%45.5%57.7%***30.1%42.9%35.7%37.8%30.6%34.2%
All Grades72.7%63.5%68.1%***39.3%41.5%40.3%49.0%42.8%45.9%
Nobles County5th66.0%69.7%67.7%63.4%66.3%64.9%
8th72.1%75.7%73.9%62.7%64.1%63.4%56.5%49.5%53.1%71.8%46.7%60.0%
9th60.3%54.1%57.3%57.1%59.0%58.2%58.1%47.6%53.2%***
11th79.3%49.4%65.1%52.4%44.4%48.7%48.6%37.6%43.4%***
All Grades68.9%62.7%65.9%59.5%59.5%59.5%54.5%44.9%49.9%71.8%46.7%60.0%
Norman County5th73.3%68.4%70.6%84.4%77.3%81.5%
8th67.6%70.0%68.7%68.9%63.0%65.7%61.8%43.8%53.0%***
9th79.5%69.4%74.7%51.7%64.5%58.3%******
11th73.3%60.0%66.7%42.9%26.1%35.3%**48.1%***
All Grades73.5%67.3%70.4%63.4%59.2%61.4%58.8%44.8%51.4%***
Olmsted County5th74.1%77.6%75.9%72.5%70.5%71.5%
8th77.2%70.0%73.3%65.3%57.1%61.3%63.4%55.0%59.2%55.5%53.6%54.5%
9th75.3%62.4%68.8%66.2%50.0%58.7%64.2%47.2%56.1%49.8%43.5%46.8%
11th61.5%45.4%52.2%57.1%40.3%48.8%49.4%37.2%43.2%45.7%33.7%39.7%
All Grades73.4%64.0%68.4%66.2%56.8%61.6%60.0%48.1%54.1%50.7%44.3%47.5%
Otter Tail County5th71.8%74.9%73.5%72.4%76.3%74.3%
8th70.5%65.5%68.1%74.1%69.2%71.4%72.6%53.2%63.5%59.2%49.4%54.7%
9th70.7%68.0%69.4%61.3%57.7%59.6%59.3%47.8%54.0%50.0%46.8%48.5%
11th74.9%60.3%67.5%56.9%44.9%51.0%49.4%54.0%51.9%53.2%31.8%42.0%
All Grades71.8%67.3%69.5%66.2%62.6%64.4%62.1%51.7%57.0%54.3%42.9%48.7%
Pennington County5th50.0%0.0%38.5%***
8th72.5%62.1%67.8%***70.5%52.9%62.3%49.0%45.5%47.1%
9th65.2%60.8%62.9%***55.4%51.5%53.2%47.9%34.5%41.9%
11th69.8%50.0%59.1%***31.6%20.0%26.8%46.6%36.2%41.9%
All Grades68.3%57.5%63.0%***54.5%44.9%49.9%47.8%38.9%43.5%
Pine County5th57.4%55.0%56.2%68.3%70.3%69.3%
8th68.6%63.0%65.6%70.4%63.2%66.9%55.1%52.3%53.6%47.3%58.5%52.4%
9th65.6%52.7%59.7%55.7%45.2%50.4%42.3%40.0%41.2%31.4%35.6%33.8%
11th48.0%51.4%49.8%38.6%36.2%37.3%40.0%39.7%39.9%38.6%30.4%34.3%
All Grades60.6%55.8%58.2%58.8%52.4%55.5%46.4%45.0%45.7%40.4%41.8%41.1%
Pipestone County5th78.3%58.3%66.1%***
8th79.2%50.0%62.1%***77.1%62.5%70.1%62.2%36.1%49.3%
9th75.9%69.0%72.4%*****55.8%60.5%43.5%51.2%
11th56.0%32.1%43.4%*****43.2%61.1%37.0%50.8%
All Grades72.3%52.8%61.4%***67.1%49.4%58.3%61.3%39.4%50.5%
Polk County5th70.7%66.1%68.5%72.4%76.2%74.4%
8th81.8%68.1%75.8%69.8%62.8%66.3%66.2%54.1%60.0%53.9%53.8%53.8%
9th76.2%59.2%68.4%60.7%60.5%60.6%54.9%43.5%49.2%56.2%49.6%52.8%
11th78.5%59.2%68.3%55.4%34.5%46.0%52.4%37.4%45.8%42.3%30.5%37.2%
All Grades76.6%62.8%70.1%64.9%60.5%62.7%57.9%45.9%52.1%51.4%45.7%48.7%
Pope County5th76.7%61.5%68.1%72.7%86.8%80.3%
8th65.6%68.3%67.1%75.0%66.7%70.3%62.9%60.7%61.9%***
9th71.0%66.7%68.4%68.0%56.7%61.8%66.7%48.3%57.6%***
11th51.4%48.4%50.0%60.9%40.5%48.3%57.1%43.8%50.0%***
All Grades65.6%62.2%63.7%69.9%63.3%66.2%62.4%50.6%56.6%***
Ramsey County5th67.5%64.3%65.8%69.2%66.2%67.7%
8th68.8%61.5%65.3%64.2%56.0%60.2%58.9%50.3%54.8%59.0%53.5%56.4%
9th66.7%56.4%61.8%61.5%53.3%57.6%52.7%47.1%50.0%50.9%41.0%46.0%
11th59.9%46.4%53.2%49.6%40.6%45.1%45.0%35.0%40.2%39.1%33.2%36.1%
All Grades65.7%57.3%61.6%61.7%54.9%58.4%53.0%44.8%49.0%51.2%43.9%47.7%
Red Lake County5th77.8%54.2%66.7%77.8%61.9%70.8%
8th58.3%70.0%63.6%62.5%57.1%60.0%**71.2%8.3%36.8%25.8%
9th66.7%50.0%57.6%52.4%52.2%52.3%65.5%40.0%53.7%57.1%47.4%50.0%
11th70.8%47.8%59.6%52.2%31.6%42.9%**41.9%46.2%21.4%33.3%
All Grades68.6%54.5%61.7%62.1%51.2%57.0%63.3%48.6%56.4%34.4%36.5%35.7%
Redwood County5th69.0%59.6%64.5%91.7%71.9%80.4%
8th63.8%70.4%67.3%66.7%48.5%57.8%74.6%51.9%61.6%61.4%49.4%55.0%
9th68.0%67.7%67.9%63.1%63.3%63.2%64.7%42.9%54.2%54.8%37.2%44.6%
11th68.8%47.4%57.1%60.8%43.1%51.4%47.8%35.8%41.4%51.9%45.7%48.4%
All Grades67.5%61.3%64.3%67.0%54.6%60.7%63.6%44.6%53.5%57.8%45.2%50.9%
Renville County5th73.5%75.6%74.7%72.7%62.9%66.7%
8th74.4%60.0%69.1%63.9%65.6%64.8%78.4%44.4%64.1%65.4%40.0%55.2%
9th97.2%60.6%79.7%71.7%67.5%69.9%52.6%75.0%64.1%38.8%44.0%41.4%
11th71.0%33.3%54.5%62.9%40.5%54.5%**47.8%38.9%36.4%37.7%
All Grades79.2%60.2%70.4%66.7%60.2%63.6%62.7%57.0%60.1%48.9%40.7%45.1%
Rice County5th72.5%72.9%72.7%81.2%74.5%77.8%
8th82.7%72.4%77.5%73.4%68.8%71.1%68.1%59.0%63.9%58.2%58.2%58.5%
9th75.2%65.1%70.0%73.3%60.2%67.0%51.6%46.2%48.8%54.9%36.7%47.3%
11th71.1%56.1%63.9%63.5%50.3%57.3%50.0%36.4%43.7%36.2%39.3%37.8%
All Grades75.7%67.1%71.4%73.7%65.3%69.6%56.6%47.4%52.2%49.3%43.8%46.9%
Rock County5th82.1%87.5%84.5%***
8th79.1%74.4%76.8%***74.5%60.0%68.3%***
9th85.7%77.1%81.4%***75.8%36.2%52.5%***
11th58.8%50.0%54.2%***48.5%12.9%31.3%***
All Grades76.8%71.5%74.2%***67.3%37.2%52.2%***
Roseau County5th65.3%69.7%67.6%71.2%72.5%71.9%
8th76.6%66.3%70.1%67.5%68.8%68.2%76.8%61.7%69.8%56.8%46.9%52.2%
9th84.0%73.1%78.6%70.6%50.5%60.0%74.6%70.3%72.3%44.0%60.0%52.7%
11th79.2%50.0%64.0%56.5%38.9%45.8%54.7%35.6%44.6%45.8%33.3%40.5%
All Grades76.4%64.7%70.2%67.5%57.8%62.2%69.8%57.0%63.4%50.0%48.8%49.4%
St. Louis County5th68.6%65.0%66.8%75.3%72.3%73.8%
8th68.1%64.4%66.3%64.4%57.4%61.0%63.1%54.8%59.3%55.9%49.4%53.0%
9th69.8%57.4%63.8%57.5%54.7%56.1%53.0%46.1%49.7%48.2%39.6%43.8%
11th55.4%49.6%52.8%41.3%40.4%40.8%37.8%31.9%34.8%30.9%24.3%27.5%
All Grades65.9%59.6%62.9%60.6%57.0%58.8%52.9%45.1%49.2%47.0%39.0%43.0%
Scott County5th80.6%75.3%77.9%80.4%80.1%80.2%
8th77.4%68.4%73.0%74.0%66.0%70.0%71.4%62.9%67.3%58.3%54.7%56.4%
9th76.5%61.1%68.9%62.3%58.9%60.6%62.2%51.4%56.8%55.0%44.5%50.0%
11th63.3%42.9%53.0%55.6%41.2%48.7%49.9%39.2%44.6%44.3%35.3%40.0%
All Grades74.7%62.4%68.6%68.8%62.9%65.8%62.3%52.2%57.4%53.5%46.0%49.9%
Sherburne County5th73.6%70.4%72.0%78.9%78.4%78.7%
8th76.4%70.0%73.0%70.7%65.5%68.0%72.6%59.2%66.4%58.4%58.8%58.6%
9th75.5%62.0%69.0%62.9%54.4%58.6%60.6%46.5%53.9%54.4%47.8%51.4%
11th63.2%45.1%53.9%50.7%36.6%43.7%46.5%40.2%43.2%39.8%29.5%35.0%
All Grades72.6%62.6%67.5%67.0%60.4%63.7%61.7%49.2%55.7%51.7%46.8%49.4%
Sibley County5th78.0%63.1%70.2%67.3%69.0%68.1%
8th78.4%67.3%73.0%64.5%43.1%53.5%44.8%56.9%50.5%45.5%51.9%48.6%
9th73.5%61.4%67.0%63.6%38.8%51.9%49.2%49.2%49.2%46.2%39.6%43.0%
11th64.8%60.8%62.9%47.5%41.9%45.1%33.9%29.6%31.8%41.5%27.1%33.7%
All Grades73.7%63.1%68.3%60.6%48.8%54.9%42.9%45.2%44.0%44.6%40.0%42.3%
Stearns County5th69.0%64.8%66.8%71.5%71.2%71.3%
8th75.8%69.4%72.7%67.1%59.8%63.5%68.0%56.6%62.3%59.3%56.2%57.8%
9th73.0%65.4%69.2%67.0%59.7%63.4%65.9%51.8%59.6%61.8%53.1%57.6%
11th67.8%48.3%58.4%56.5%41.7%49.3%49.1%36.7%43.1%44.9%33.2%38.9%
All Grades71.4%61.9%66.7%66.1%59.3%62.8%61.8%49.2%55.8%57.2%50.3%53.9%
Steele County5th60.9%67.3%64.3%72.9%72.2%72.6%
8th78.0%69.9%74.2%65.6%68.0%66.8%69.4%55.9%62.9%51.7%48.8%50.5%
9th75.3%65.0%70.3%73.9%66.8%70.3%58.7%50.2%54.4%47.1%31.4%41.6%
11th66.7%57.5%62.6%62.0%51.7%57.0%48.6%40.5%44.7%49.3%33.3%42.2%
All Grades72.6%65.0%69.0%68.6%64.9%66.8%59.9%49.8%55.0%49.1%36.9%44.2%
Stevens County5th83.9%89.7%87.1%86.7%80.6%83.3%
8th77.6%60.9%69.5%82.4%73.8%77.6%***62.8%73.9%68.5%
9th78.8%72.9%75.3%88.2%64.3%75.0%**59.3%66.7%42.4%55.1%
11th78.3%52.9%67.5%64.3%56.3%60.8%***40.0%39.4%39.7%
All Grades79.4%71.3%75.2%79.3%69.1%74.0%**60.0%57.8%54.5%56.1%
Swift County5th75.0%75.0%75.0%***
8th91.7%70.6%81.4%*********
9th66.7%61.5%64.2%*********
11th76.0%39.5%54.0%*********
All Grades78.2%60.3%69.2%*********
Todd County5th68.7%76.7%72.8%70.0%68.0%68.9%
8th75.0%67.7%71.4%66.7%62.6%64.7%75.3%53.6%64.0%28.6%40.7%34.5%
9th70.2%63.1%67.2%71.3%55.6%62.9%58.2%50.9%54.6%59.3%37.8%46.9%
11th67.0%65.4%66.3%60.9%49.5%55.0%46.3%44.6%45.5%50.0%40.7%45.1%
All Grades70.1%68.4%69.3%67.1%58.9%62.9%62.6%50.5%56.4%45.6%39.6%42.4%
Traverse County5th63.6%73.3%69.2%***
8th57.1%86.4%75.0%*****51.5%***
9th63.6%83.3%73.9%*****44.4%***
11th61.1%62.5%61.5%******16.7%21.1%20.0%
All Grades61.1%78.9%70.3%***45.7%43.6%44.6%48.4%33.3%40.0%
Wabasha County5th66.3%73.8%70.4%72.0%69.0%70.5%
8th72.7%67.1%70.2%63.6%57.9%60.6%70.1%55.4%63.1%60.0%50.0%54.8%
9th79.6%69.8%75.0%66.5%57.4%62.3%60.4%53.3%57.0%58.0%38.5%48.4%
11th62.8%61.0%62.0%52.7%33.0%43.8%42.9%36.7%40.0%42.9%42.2%42.6%
All Grades69.6%67.6%68.6%64.2%55.8%60.1%59.5%49.9%55.0%53.6%43.7%48.8%
Wadena County5th71.6%61.9%66.2%68.6%73.3%70.9%
8th81.6%71.8%77.3%78.7%63.2%70.0%67.0%62.1%64.6%65.3%67.5%65.5%
9th79.1%69.7%75.0%66.2%61.9%64.2%70.7%59.6%65.2%64.5%48.9%57.8%
11th62.9%56.7%60.0%65.4%54.1%60.6%66.7%59.4%62.9%43.4%45.3%44.3%
All Grades74.8%65.3%70.3%69.6%63.9%66.8%67.9%60.6%64.2%58.9%52.9%56.2%
Waseca County5th72.7%75.9%74.2%78.4%73.3%76.1%
8th86.0%82.9%84.6%64.9%60.0%62.8%70.6%50.0%61.0%58.8%55.9%57.6%
9th91.1%69.2%79.4%75.5%65.7%70.5%58.3%46.3%52.0%48.3%46.2%47.2%
11th78.3%40.3%60.0%65.9%45.7%55.8%44.6%43.1%44.0%43.4%30.2%36.8%
All Grades81.6%67.2%74.6%71.5%61.6%66.8%59.1%47.0%53.3%51.5%45.3%48.6%
Washington County5th76.4%73.7%75.0%82.3%79.9%81.1%
8th76.6%62.2%69.6%74.1%62.4%68.1%67.3%57.3%62.6%67.3%57.0%62.4%
9th67.2%53.4%60.3%64.7%53.4%59.3%58.3%48.0%53.3%57.7%51.8%54.9%
11th62.6%43.9%53.3%51.0%42.5%46.9%43.7%33.7%38.7%43.5%30.3%36.9%
All Grades70.8%58.6%64.7%68.5%60.5%64.6%57.8%47.2%52.7%57.0%47.0%52.2%
Watonwan County5th385.7%300.0%335.3%69.8%53.7%61.9%
8th68.8%58.1%64.6%61.2%55.1%57.6%63.3%34.1%50.0%33.9%40.5%36.6%
9th71.4%62.5%67.6%52.2%46.4%49.3%45.8%51.0%48.5%44.4%30.3%38.5%
11th78.8%41.5%58.1%37.0%40.0%38.5%45.9%39.1%42.2%28.1%15.0%23.1%
All Grades72.3%51.8%62.7%54.0%48.9%51.4%52.2%42.0%47.1%36.1%31.1%34.1%
Wilkin County5th64.3%56.0%60.4%80.0%60.7%70.7%
8th65.0%56.7%61.4%65.6%67.6%66.7%**64.7%42.9%69.6%56.8%
9th81.3%63.3%74.4%62.2%56.3%58.8%**56.5%54.2%33.3%43.8%
11th73.8%58.8%67.1%32.5%43.5%36.5%**31.1%50.0%30.4%40.8%
All Grades72.2%58.8%66.4%58.3%58.1%58.2%52.9%50.0%51.4%49.3%44.3%46.8%
Winona County5th71.6%77.1%74.4%69.8%67.1%68.5%
8th77.6%72.1%74.8%70.1%63.1%66.6%70.3%58.7%64.2%56.5%51.0%53.6%
9th72.0%64.0%68.0%71.3%60.4%65.8%68.9%53.8%61.1%46.0%42.7%44.0%
11th57.5%51.1%54.2%51.9%42.1%47.0%59.3%37.3%49.1%41.9%29.5%35.4%
All Grades70.2%65.9%68.0%65.8%58.0%61.9%67.3%53.3%60.2%48.1%41.2%44.3%
Wright County5th74.7%69.6%72.2%74.5%78.2%76.5%
8th84.2%77.4%80.9%78.3%66.6%72.5%74.7%59.6%67.1%65.2%66.9%66.0%
9th79.1%70.0%74.4%69.1%61.8%65.4%64.8%54.2%59.6%61.0%46.4%53.9%
11th69.8%49.4%59.6%57.7%43.2%50.5%54.3%37.1%46.3%45.2%35.4%40.3%
All Grades77.3%67.1%72.2%70.2%63.5%66.8%65.2%51.7%58.7%58.2%50.9%54.6%
Yellow Medicine County5th88.9%75.0%79.3%60.9%65.2%63.0%
8th60.7%66.7%63.5%72.4%61.4%65.8%47.9%67.5%56.8%74.0%44.7%61.4%
9th54.1%65.1%60.0%65.8%65.1%65.4%58.8%36.8%49.4%44.0%57.5%50.0%
11th76.1%46.3%62.1%50.0%45.5%47.7%**49.2%47.5%47.2%47.4%
All Grades66.7%60.9%63.7%62.1%60.2%61.1%55.4%48.7%52.1%55.7%50.0%53.1%

About the Indicator:

Students were asked specifically how much they thought people risked harming themselves physically or in other ways if they smoked marijuana 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.