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Percent of Students Reporting Their Friends Would Feel it is Wrong or Very Wrong for Them to Smoke Cigarettes, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th95.5%92.1%93.8%94.5%91.1%92.8%
8th89.0%83.4%86.3%89.2%85.1%87.2%88.0%83.6%85.9%86.6%86.6%86.6%
9th82.4%76.8%79.7%86.1%82.2%84.2%85.2%79.4%82.4%84.0%83.9%84.0%
11th74.5%64.2%69.4%78.7%71.5%75.1%80.7%74.3%77.6%80.3%78.7%79.5%
All Grades85.6%79.6%82.7%87.5%83.0%85.2%85.0%79.5%82.3%84.0%83.5%83.7%
Aitkin County5th98.0%89.5%93.5%98.2%89.0%92.8%
8th85.0%74.6%79.4%90.9%73.9%82.2%87.5%76.9%82.3%***
9th64.6%67.2%65.9%66.1%89.1%76.2%84.8%66.7%76.2%77.8%57.1%68.8%
11th59.6%33.3%47.4%85.4%56.6%70.3%**60.0%75.0%69.2%72.7%
All Grades76.3%68.4%72.3%83.8%78.9%81.2%81.4%67.4%74.5%77.6%67.6%73.3%
Anoka County5th95.5%92.5%93.9%95.5%92.5%94.0%
8th87.1%81.3%84.2%88.1%84.9%86.6%86.6%83.0%84.9%84.1%84.6%84.4%
9th79.6%72.8%76.4%85.4%83.1%84.3%85.9%79.6%83.0%86.1%85.5%85.9%
11th71.8%57.4%64.9%80.7%74.5%77.6%82.5%78.9%80.9%85.0%81.1%83.2%
All Grades84.8%78.6%81.8%85.9%82.1%84.1%85.4%81.0%83.4%84.8%84.1%84.5%
Becker County5th91.1%90.2%90.7%92.2%85.5%88.9%
8th91.5%78.7%85.0%84.4%80.9%82.6%78.4%79.0%78.7%85.1%83.7%84.3%
9th77.3%75.3%76.3%83.7%77.5%80.7%76.7%78.5%77.6%85.6%77.7%81.1%
11th72.2%57.3%64.3%75.2%58.9%67.0%72.1%60.2%66.2%85.5%81.3%83.9%
All Grades83.0%73.8%78.3%84.2%76.0%80.1%76.0%73.2%74.7%85.4%80.2%82.7%
Beltrami County5th93.1%87.3%90.4%91.0%85.2%88.1%
8th85.1%83.2%84.2%85.6%84.2%84.9%76.8%78.4%77.6%85.6%84.9%85.3%
9th72.1%64.2%68.1%83.1%77.1%79.9%74.4%67.4%71.1%76.3%72.1%74.1%
11th64.9%51.2%58.2%70.5%73.1%71.9%74.5%62.8%69.5%67.5%82.5%75.0%
All Grades78.9%71.6%75.3%83.8%80.5%82.1%75.3%70.7%73.2%80.2%80.5%80.4%
Benton County5thN/AN/AN/A***
8th92.2%83.0%88.3%91.6%81.0%86.5%87.1%82.6%85.1%86.2%87.8%87.0%
9th87.4%70.7%79.1%83.3%72.8%77.9%85.4%77.1%81.3%84.5%83.0%83.9%
11th69.0%50.5%60.5%75.9%68.3%72.6%75.8%59.1%67.8%74.5%72.7%73.8%
All Grades83.5%68.2%76.4%84.6%74.9%79.9%83.4%74.1%79.0%82.0%82.2%82.1%
Big Stone County5th100.0%100.0%100.0%***
8th93.3%95.5%94.2%*****85.0%88.2%82.4%85.3%
9th66.7%81.8%74.6%******92.3%76.9%84.6%
11th69.7%71.4%70.7%******76.5%72.7%74.4%
All Grades79.0%82.9%81.0%*****73.6%86.7%76.9%81.6%
Blue Earth County5th96.1%93.2%94.7%96.3%94.5%95.4%
8th93.3%90.3%91.8%91.4%87.5%89.5%92.0%89.2%90.7%93.9%87.4%90.5%
9th79.1%77.9%78.5%89.3%84.6%86.9%89.8%85.4%87.5%88.9%92.0%90.5%
11th74.8%64.1%70.0%82.5%79.7%81.1%76.5%70.1%73.3%89.6%85.4%87.4%
All Grades86.6%82.9%84.8%90.3%87.0%88.6%86.8%82.2%84.5%90.9%88.3%89.6%
Brown County5th96.6%91.0%93.5%89.5%96.8%93.4%
8th84.8%77.6%81.1%98.0%84.7%91.0%84.8%89.1%87.2%86.2%83.5%85.0%
9th82.7%74.2%78.6%85.3%75.6%80.3%73.5%79.3%76.3%90.5%70.0%79.3%
11th69.3%44.6%56.7%67.4%58.8%63.2%82.1%73.0%78.1%79.1%70.7%74.5%
All Grades83.4%72.9%78.0%85.6%79.5%82.4%79.4%81.1%80.2%85.5%75.9%80.7%
Carlton County5th95.2%91.4%93.3%97.4%94.5%95.8%
8th86.1%80.5%83.4%87.0%86.6%86.8%84.3%80.7%82.2%87.5%80.4%83.8%
9th85.1%79.5%82.5%83.7%81.8%82.7%84.8%75.8%80.4%81.9%85.5%83.6%
11th71.7%59.7%65.7%76.9%63.6%70.4%76.6%71.1%73.6%71.8%65.4%68.4%
All Grades85.1%78.5%81.9%86.1%82.8%84.4%82.1%76.0%78.9%81.7%77.7%79.6%
Carver County5th99.4%92.6%96.1%95.3%90.6%92.9%
8th96.5%92.1%94.3%89.1%83.9%86.6%89.1%90.0%89.6%81.8%82.4%82.1%
9th79.5%76.3%78.0%90.4%80.5%85.5%80.3%81.2%80.7%73.9%76.6%75.5%
11th72.8%70.9%71.9%78.6%65.6%71.8%81.3%76.0%78.9%84.0%83.3%80.7%
All Grades87.2%83.2%85.3%89.1%81.0%85.1%84.4%84.2%84.3%78.5%80.2%78.7%
Cass County5th88.5%89.9%89.2%88.2%83.6%85.7%
8th72.7%80.2%76.6%82.3%80.0%81.1%73.2%70.7%71.9%80.6%77.8%79.1%
9th68.2%72.7%70.5%74.2%73.0%73.6%75.2%68.8%72.0%73.5%73.2%73.3%
11th53.0%56.7%54.9%65.4%60.8%63.1%71.0%61.4%66.7%57.1%72.7%67.3%
All Grades72.5%77.3%75.0%78.8%76.2%77.4%73.4%68.1%70.8%72.1%74.5%73.6%
Chippewa County5th94.4%88.9%91.7%***
8thN/AN/AN/A***88.7%81.3%84.7%***
9thN/AN/AN/A***90.3%85.3%87.8%75.0%75.0%75.0%
11thN/AN/AN/A***69.4%41.9%56.5%88.2%62.5%75.8%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***84.2%74.1%79.0%84.1%71.1%78.3%
Chisago County5th97.0%94.7%95.8%***
8th89.4%79.9%85.0%***85.8%86.2%86.0%87.5%85.0%86.4%
9th83.7%76.3%79.9%***82.5%77.3%80.2%77.3%73.8%75.7%
11th64.7%58.5%61.7%***75.2%73.4%74.3%70.6%85.0%76.9%
All Grades82.5%76.0%79.3%***81.8%79.4%80.6%75.2%80.0%77.5%
Clay County5th94.9%93.9%94.5%97.0%94.1%95.4%
8th88.2%81.8%85.0%90.0%88.9%89.5%89.0%83.8%86.2%91.6%87.2%89.5%
9th85.2%88.5%86.9%87.3%90.0%88.7%87.6%83.8%85.9%90.3%88.2%89.1%
11th81.9%68.4%75.6%85.4%77.3%81.1%83.2%75.4%79.7%86.4%79.8%82.9%
All Grades88.1%83.8%86.0%90.1%88.0%89.0%86.4%81.1%83.9%89.8%85.6%87.6%
Clearwater County5th94.9%91.2%93.2%95.7%90.4%92.9%
8th87.2%76.9%82.6%79.1%78.4%78.8%******
9th76.9%67.3%71.4%71.4%71.0%71.2%******
11th61.5%26.1%44.9%50.0%41.2%45.5%******
All Grades82.1%68.9%75.6%76.1%72.4%74.1%******
Cook County5th80.0%100.0%91.7%***
8th84.2%61.5%75.0%*****72.2%78.6%84.6%81.5%
9th71.4%61.1%66.7%*****64.3%69.2%75.0%72.0%
11th60.0%25.0%38.5%*****60.7%***
All Grades74.5%55.6%65.1%***62.2%70.2%66.3%67.5%75.0%71.1%
Cottonwood County5th97.6%79.5%88.2%97.4%81.0%88.8%
8th86.0%80.0%83.0%93.0%79.6%85.9%86.1%88.3%87.2%85.2%93.3%89.5%
9th100.0%79.6%88.9%80.4%70.8%75.5%87.9%75.0%80.7%81.6%80.7%81.1%
11th82.9%78.2%80.0%77.3%54.0%64.9%81.2%70.9%75.7%75.8%78.8%77.1%
All Grades91.9%79.3%85.0%86.5%70.9%78.3%85.0%77.9%81.3%80.5%84.6%82.5%
Crow Wing County5th98.9%91.8%95.5%***
8th88.6%91.7%90.1%***96.9%92.1%94.5%75.7%83.1%79.4%
9th86.7%78.9%83.0%***88.0%84.0%86.0%81.5%75.0%78.6%
11th66.7%48.5%57.5%***75.5%70.0%72.8%75.5%73.6%74.6%
All Grades86.7%79.7%83.3%***84.2%79.6%81.9%77.7%78.3%78.0%
Dakota County5th97.0%92.8%94.9%94.4%90.6%92.5%
8th90.7%84.7%87.7%90.5%87.5%89.0%89.9%85.4%87.7%85.6%85.2%85.4%
9th85.3%80.1%82.7%87.1%84.7%85.9%88.0%83.3%85.7%83.7%85.9%84.7%
11th76.9%71.4%74.2%82.6%78.3%80.4%86.3%81.0%83.7%80.6%82.1%81.3%
All Grades87.8%82.7%85.3%88.7%85.4%87.0%88.2%83.4%85.8%83.5%84.6%84.0%
Dodge County5th95.3%92.9%94.1%97.2%93.9%95.5%
8th84.7%87.4%85.9%92.2%92.5%92.3%93.7%83.7%88.9%87.0%86.9%87.0%
9th87.7%79.2%83.7%88.8%81.6%85.4%89.7%67.0%78.4%81.6%82.3%81.9%
11th69.7%47.8%59.3%82.3%72.2%78.0%80.5%74.4%77.4%85.4%69.9%77.5%
All Grades85.2%78.8%82.2%90.3%86.2%88.4%88.4%75.8%82.2%84.6%80.5%82.6%
Douglas County5th99.4%94.6%97.2%95.5%92.9%94.2%
8th92.1%80.8%86.6%94.5%83.2%89.0%90.9%89.6%90.3%93.2%95.7%94.4%
9th82.5%80.6%81.5%91.5%84.0%87.8%85.0%83.3%84.2%85.5%77.4%81.8%
11th70.3%62.7%67.0%73.2%62.4%67.4%73.8%72.5%73.1%71.4%73.2%72.2%
All Grades86.0%79.9%83.1%89.6%81.0%85.3%85.2%83.4%84.4%84.2%82.9%83.6%
Faribault County5th94.1%97.0%95.7%89.1%93.9%91.6%
8th88.7%85.5%87.0%84.8%85.5%85.1%84.4%80.3%81.9%90.7%77.4%83.3%
9th80.3%70.8%75.7%86.4%75.9%80.6%81.7%64.6%74.1%79.0%87.3%83.2%
11th61.2%41.7%50.5%50.0%73.2%61.8%71.1%76.9%74.2%67.5%69.5%68.7%
All Grades81.3%74.3%77.6%76.3%81.8%79.2%79.3%74.9%76.9%80.1%78.3%78.9%
Fillmore County5th96.4%90.8%93.4%93.3%94.2%93.8%
8th88.0%82.1%85.2%80.6%75.0%77.7%92.1%80.0%86.8%***
9th83.3%63.6%73.4%87.3%73.8%80.9%***85.4%81.8%83.8%
11th73.9%57.1%64.2%75.0%60.7%68.0%**70.6%75.0%80.6%78.0%
All Grades86.1%74.0%79.8%84.0%76.4%80.2%83.6%76.8%80.1%82.2%82.3%82.2%
Freeborn County5th94.6%93.1%93.9%96.5%89.3%92.8%
8th95.0%90.5%92.7%80.5%88.2%84.2%85.6%81.5%83.5%87.1%83.5%85.3%
9th69.1%72.6%70.5%83.1%75.8%79.3%81.0%85.5%83.2%83.0%84.3%83.6%
11th67.9%55.6%60.8%78.4%54.3%66.9%65.9%70.4%67.9%85.5%80.3%82.8%
All Grades82.8%79.2%81.0%85.1%78.7%81.9%78.4%80.3%79.3%85.0%83.0%84.0%
Goodhue County5th94.6%88.4%91.2%92.3%83.9%88.3%
8th88.4%85.5%87.1%85.4%73.1%79.3%82.4%81.1%81.7%77.1%81.6%79.4%
9th81.8%78.9%80.3%78.4%59.8%68.7%**57.5%84.3%86.1%85.3%
11th80.6%69.7%74.8%75.2%59.0%68.8%66.1%79.6%72.6%78.8%80.6%79.7%
All Grades87.0%81.2%84.1%83.4%70.2%77.2%74.2%78.0%76.0%80.3%83.4%82.0%
Grant County5th97.2%96.4%96.9%100.0%91.1%95.0%
8th88.0%94.1%91.5%95.2%86.2%91.5%80.0%80.6%80.3%85.3%91.7%88.1%
9th74.3%69.2%72.1%93.8%88.2%90.9%86.7%74.2%80.3%81.1%66.7%75.0%
11th89.7%72.0%81.5%52.4%58.3%56.1%94.4%50.0%75.0%70.0%70.0%70.0%
All Grades87.2%84.1%85.7%89.2%81.3%85.0%87.9%69.5%78.5%80.2%76.1%78.5%
Hennepin County5th96.0%93.2%94.6%94.2%91.0%92.6%
8th91.2%86.3%88.8%89.9%84.5%87.3%89.6%85.7%87.8%89.4%88.6%89.0%
9th86.0%83.0%84.5%89.2%86.1%87.7%88.1%82.8%85.6%86.3%85.5%85.9%
11th81.1%71.7%76.4%79.3%74.3%76.8%83.1%77.9%80.7%81.0%81.5%81.2%
All Grades88.8%83.9%86.4%88.9%84.8%86.9%87.3%82.5%85.0%85.9%85.6%85.8%
Houston County5th93.8%90.3%92.3%97.5%94.7%96.2%
8th92.8%93.2%92.9%93.0%84.9%89.3%88.0%89.6%88.7%80.8%86.2%83.6%
9th94.7%79.8%87.7%91.5%82.9%86.6%81.8%86.9%84.0%80.3%78.3%79.3%
11th87.5%71.2%78.5%86.3%77.0%82.3%81.9%76.9%79.8%80.0%85.5%82.3%
All Grades92.1%81.6%87.0%92.1%85.0%88.6%83.7%84.3%84.0%80.3%82.7%81.5%
Hubbard County5th90.2%85.9%88.4%92.2%95.7%93.7%
8th88.2%74.2%82.3%89.6%77.8%84.3%90.9%80.3%86.4%76.9%72.7%75.0%
9th86.4%68.9%79.3%71.3%56.7%64.9%78.5%61.5%71.8%79.0%75.4%77.3%
11th73.4%57.8%65.6%77.5%62.9%70.2%67.8%59.5%64.4%79.7%75.8%77.7%
All Grades85.2%71.9%79.3%82.8%73.2%78.5%80.5%68.8%75.6%78.5%74.7%76.7%
Isanti County5th94.9%93.0%93.9%96.2%89.8%93.0%
8th77.3%69.7%73.7%89.9%78.9%84.6%87.7%82.9%85.4%83.0%79.3%81.3%
9th72.5%69.8%71.1%76.3%72.9%74.6%79.6%66.4%73.4%77.1%85.6%81.4%
11th72.7%63.0%68.6%60.3%58.1%59.2%76.3%60.2%69.5%71.4%74.8%73.1%
All Grades80.3%76.2%78.3%81.5%75.9%78.7%81.6%71.4%76.9%78.0%80.2%79.2%
Itasca County5th95.0%94.2%94.5%95.0%90.9%93.0%
8th91.1%71.6%81.3%83.9%80.3%82.1%80.4%81.6%81.0%81.4%84.9%83.1%
9th76.4%64.6%70.5%79.9%73.7%77.0%75.1%81.0%77.6%77.4%74.7%76.5%
11th63.9%56.8%60.7%70.2%68.0%69.0%76.9%70.5%73.6%78.0%54.8%67.0%
All Grades81.3%72.1%76.7%83.7%79.1%81.4%77.5%78.4%77.9%79.3%74.9%77.3%
Jackson County5th97.6%92.5%94.7%91.3%85.0%88.4%
8th96.2%86.0%91.7%86.7%70.0%77.1%86.0%93.1%88.9%82.1%75.9%78.9%
9th84.4%73.7%78.4%77.3%77.5%77.4%78.4%64.1%69.3%69.4%89.2%79.5%
11th75.9%42.6%59.3%74.4%51.7%64.7%**61.1%75.0%70.4%73.0%
All Grades88.1%72.9%80.3%81.9%72.9%77.7%82.4%65.7%72.7%75.0%79.6%77.2%
Kanabec County5th97.5%85.9%92.4%93.8%93.5%93.6%
8th81.7%82.3%82.0%83.0%77.8%80.8%81.5%71.4%76.1%100.0%78.9%85.7%
9th85.7%55.9%72.1%82.9%76.9%79.7%56.7%61.4%59.1%82.5%91.7%87.0%
11th53.1%43.1%47.4%72.4%58.3%64.6%49.1%62.5%55.4%63.8%79.5%71.4%
All Grades82.2%67.8%75.2%82.6%76.0%79.2%62.1%65.2%63.7%76.5%85.4%81.0%
Kandiyohi County5th96.0%92.3%94.1%94.8%88.5%91.2%
8th85.0%81.4%83.0%90.1%82.3%86.3%87.8%81.0%84.2%87.1%88.7%87.8%
9th82.2%72.5%77.4%86.7%70.9%78.7%82.1%80.9%81.5%82.7%84.1%83.4%
11th79.8%69.5%73.9%75.4%67.6%71.2%87.2%72.7%80.7%83.8%84.2%84.0%
All Grades86.0%78.7%82.1%87.6%78.3%82.7%85.6%78.8%82.3%84.6%85.5%85.1%
Kittson County5th96.0%100.0%97.7%100.0%88.9%94.4%
8th100.0%85.7%93.2%95.5%90.0%92.9%**90.3%***
9th76.7%81.5%78.9%83.3%50.0%67.6%**87.5%***
11th94.7%66.7%80.0%71.4%84.2%76.6%**88.9%***
All Grades90.7%83.0%87.0%86.0%79.5%83.0%90.7%87.2%89.0%87.5%81.3%85.0%
Koochiching County5th96.7%92.5%94.3%***
8th75.6%77.1%76.3%*****91.7%88.4%88.2%88.3%
9th61.8%75.0%68.2%*****61.2%77.8%62.1%69.6%
11th47.8%46.4%47.1%*****52.2%82.6%75.0%79.5%
All Grades72.0%74.8%73.4%***63.0%75.9%69.4%83.9%75.9%80.2%
Lac Qui Parle County5th96.4%95.2%95.9%92.0%87.2%89.9%
8th92.1%93.8%92.9%91.5%91.5%91.5%91.1%79.1%85.2%94.6%90.3%92.6%
9th85.7%68.3%76.3%89.2%86.1%87.7%81.5%81.0%81.2%89.2%91.8%90.7%
11th88.6%71.4%81.0%87.5%75.0%80.9%80.5%63.6%73.0%85.3%83.3%84.5%
All Grades91.4%82.5%87.3%90.4%85.4%88.1%85.0%75.4%80.1%89.8%89.4%89.6%
Lake County5th89.5%96.8%92.8%***
8th94.7%96.9%95.7%***85.2%77.5%81.9%***
9th66.1%80.0%70.8%***65.7%70.8%68.7%***
11th55.0%51.4%52.6%***78.1%62.1%70.5%***
All Grades77.4%80.0%78.6%***77.7%70.9%74.4%***
Lake of the Woods County5th100.0%95.0%97.0%***
8th80.0%70.6%74.1%*****81.3%***
9th75.0%25.0%55.0%*****75.7%64.7%78.6%71.0%
11th68.8%50.0%60.7%*****71.4%***
All Grades80.4%68.4%74.1%***80.4%72.5%76.3%71.4%71.4%71.4%
Le Sueur County5th95.3%89.6%92.1%95.9%87.8%91.8%
8th91.0%80.3%86.6%89.7%85.6%87.4%85.7%83.1%84.3%91.7%88.1%89.7%
9th81.4%74.6%78.0%77.6%80.5%79.1%80.0%78.0%79.1%83.6%76.1%80.2%
11th58.1%45.9%51.5%63.5%62.2%62.9%72.3%55.3%62.3%80.6%69.6%75.3%
All Grades81.6%71.9%76.7%81.8%80.5%81.2%79.6%71.7%75.4%83.9%76.5%80.3%
Lincoln County5th100.0%94.1%97.0%***
8th68.2%66.7%67.6%*****89.2%88.2%72.0%78.6%
9th80.0%62.5%69.2%*****74.4%77.3%80.0%78.6%
11th39.1%21.1%31.0%*****75.0%52.4%86.4%69.8%
All Grades68.4%59.7%64.2%***85.2%74.1%79.5%71.7%79.1%75.6%
Lyon County5th95.6%80.6%87.9%97.0%91.4%94.2%
8th87.9%79.2%82.7%91.9%85.1%88.3%89.8%83.8%87.0%90.7%87.2%89.1%
9th89.4%70.8%79.8%87.0%78.1%82.5%91.2%85.6%88.4%91.8%89.7%90.7%
11th84.9%62.2%73.8%76.5%69.4%73.2%83.0%73.0%77.7%87.5%88.6%88.0%
All Grades89.1%72.8%80.5%88.3%81.6%84.9%88.1%80.5%84.3%89.9%88.7%89.3%
McLeod County5th100.0%100.0%100.0%***
8th73.7%63.6%70.0%*****81.8%94.4%100.0%97.0%
9th100.0%57.1%81.3%******61.5%83.3%74.2%
11th66.7%46.2%56.0%*****87.5%***
All Grades82.7%63.2%74.4%***97.2%77.5%86.8%78.9%84.8%82.1%
Mahnomen County5th72.0%80.9%77.8%81.3%87.2%84.5%
8th69.0%75.0%71.7%68.0%52.6%58.7%**59.6%***
9th67.9%69.2%68.7%54.8%76.5%66.2%44.1%69.7%56.7%***
11th41.7%40.0%40.9%73.7%51.7%60.4%**42.9%***
All Grades63.2%70.0%66.9%69.2%67.9%68.4%50.7%57.9%54.4%***
Marshall County5th88.2%92.9%90.8%100.0%97.5%98.4%
8th91.7%84.6%88.0%93.9%90.7%92.1%***81.8%86.4%84.8%
9th84.9%78.6%82.1%97.5%93.5%95.8%**72.4%***
11th86.0%53.1%68.5%78.6%47.2%60.9%******
All Grades87.3%76.2%81.7%92.7%82.7%87.2%**60.5%78.1%76.9%77.5%
Martin County5th96.9%89.4%93.2%***
8th80.3%81.8%81.0%***90.5%79.6%85.5%79.3%90.4%84.5%
9th82.3%69.6%75.5%***82.8%74.5%79.7%85.5%75.0%81.1%
11th62.5%61.4%62.0%***69.8%70.3%70.1%86.3%75.0%81.9%
All Grades81.4%75.7%78.6%***81.8%74.3%78.3%83.6%81.3%82.6%
Meeker County5th95.2%88.5%91.7%91.2%89.1%90.1%
8th90.2%85.6%87.9%88.1%89.7%88.9%86.2%97.0%91.9%91.7%72.2%80.3%
9th78.0%74.8%76.3%85.3%81.4%83.3%**77.8%93.1%81.8%87.1%
11th65.0%52.2%58.1%73.1%71.0%72.1%**81.0%75.9%63.0%69.6%
All Grades84.5%78.0%81.1%85.4%84.0%84.7%84.5%83.9%84.2%86.6%72.9%79.3%
Mille Lacs County5th87.5%84.0%85.6%95.7%90.1%92.7%
8th89.8%74.1%81.8%87.5%87.9%87.7%85.1%79.2%81.9%83.6%88.2%85.9%
9th71.6%78.7%75.3%81.9%62.7%72.9%75.5%77.5%76.4%81.3%74.4%78.2%
11th67.1%60.9%64.1%71.4%61.7%66.7%66.7%62.9%64.8%74.2%69.5%72.0%
All Grades78.1%73.8%75.9%84.9%78.1%81.4%76.5%73.9%75.2%80.3%78.9%79.6%
Morrison County5th96.5%91.2%93.9%92.2%94.1%93.3%
8th92.4%83.2%87.8%93.6%87.7%90.8%87.1%71.1%79.2%77.5%84.1%80.6%
9th78.4%78.3%78.4%92.2%78.3%84.9%73.9%66.9%70.5%71.3%80.2%75.5%
11th66.4%52.5%59.8%78.3%66.4%72.8%71.9%53.4%63.4%75.5%75.5%75.5%
All Grades84.0%77.6%80.8%89.0%82.0%85.4%77.6%64.6%71.4%74.8%79.7%77.1%
Mower County5th92.0%88.9%90.4%88.6%88.6%88.6%
8th86.6%74.1%80.5%84.4%87.5%86.0%83.2%80.4%81.9%77.6%84.1%81.2%
9th80.5%79.2%79.9%86.8%84.0%85.3%77.6%67.0%72.9%84.9%80.7%82.6%
11th77.0%63.3%69.4%85.7%67.6%76.4%73.5%66.7%69.9%78.7%72.2%75.4%
All Grades85.3%77.9%81.5%86.5%83.2%84.8%79.4%73.0%76.4%80.2%80.6%80.3%
Murray County5th96.4%97.0%96.7%91.4%87.9%89.7%
8th97.4%83.9%91.4%92.7%87.1%90.3%88.6%90.0%89.2%75.8%86.1%81.2%
9th88.2%74.3%81.2%88.6%81.0%84.4%100.0%66.7%83.3%75.8%88.0%81.0%
11th63.2%41.4%53.7%83.8%70.3%77.0%75.7%65.5%71.2%89.7%66.7%79.2%
All Grades85.6%75.0%80.5%89.2%81.1%85.2%87.6%73.9%81.2%80.0%81.2%80.6%
Nicollet County5th87.8%84.4%86.2%***
8th92.7%81.6%87.5%******82.1%92.2%87.0%
9th90.9%85.5%88.0%***82.4%72.9%78.0%73.0%85.5%80.3%
11th81.6%65.5%73.1%***83.6%78.6%81.4%77.0%81.9%79.5%
All Grades88.4%79.6%84.0%***83.0%74.8%79.2%77.5%86.3%82.1%
Nobles County5th93.9%95.6%94.7%89.7%96.0%92.8%
8th88.4%80.2%84.4%85.6%87.8%86.6%84.4%84.7%84.5%91.7%85.5%88.8%
9th76.9%65.5%71.4%78.9%81.6%80.5%82.1%81.1%81.6%***
11th74.2%70.5%72.5%85.0%77.3%81.3%83.8%63.7%74.2%***
All Grades83.5%77.7%80.7%85.3%86.3%85.8%83.4%76.5%80.1%91.7%85.5%88.8%
Norman County5th95.6%93.1%94.2%93.9%91.3%92.9%
8th86.5%89.7%87.9%93.5%90.9%92.1%88.6%80.6%84.8%***
9th79.5%72.2%76.0%80.0%93.5%86.9%******
11th83.3%73.3%78.3%71.4%40.9%58.0%**70.4%***
All Grades86.8%83.7%85.2%86.1%83.2%84.7%82.7%78.9%80.7%***
Olmsted County5th98.9%93.3%96.1%92.1%91.2%91.6%
8th87.3%89.3%88.4%89.6%85.2%87.5%87.2%81.9%84.5%89.2%85.9%87.6%
9th87.7%75.2%81.4%88.4%82.0%85.4%86.4%81.4%84.1%87.8%85.7%86.9%
11th77.9%58.9%67.0%84.6%80.6%82.6%82.6%81.2%81.9%83.2%81.2%82.1%
All Grades87.6%80.2%83.7%89.2%85.6%87.4%85.8%81.6%83.7%87.0%84.4%85.7%
Otter Tail County5th96.1%88.2%91.8%93.2%90.4%91.9%
8th86.7%85.1%86.0%83.6%88.0%86.1%89.1%84.7%87.1%90.9%90.6%90.8%
9th84.6%82.1%83.4%85.8%85.1%85.5%79.3%73.7%76.7%84.8%86.0%85.4%
11th71.7%68.3%69.9%76.1%63.3%69.7%73.6%76.0%74.9%77.3%75.6%76.4%
All Grades85.0%81.4%83.1%85.0%82.2%83.6%81.8%78.4%80.2%84.9%84.2%84.6%
Pennington County5th80.0%100.0%84.6%***
8th92.7%85.1%89.3%***83.3%80.9%82.2%85.7%85.2%85.4%
9th71.4%64.4%67.8%***85.7%76.5%80.6%80.8%73.2%76.9%
11th71.1%59.6%64.9%***78.9%61.0%71.4%71.9%79.5%75.2%
All Grades80.2%70.8%75.6%***82.7%74.6%78.8%79.3%79.2%79.0%
Pine County5th85.0%78.7%81.8%89.4%85.9%87.7%
8th77.7%79.3%78.6%87.2%87.3%87.2%87.3%77.3%82.0%74.1%86.7%79.7%
9th69.8%59.1%64.9%82.9%70.6%76.7%73.0%68.1%70.5%71.8%79.1%75.8%
11th49.5%45.8%47.6%61.0%57.9%59.3%65.6%59.7%62.9%67.1%66.7%66.9%
All Grades68.9%64.7%66.8%80.8%74.9%77.8%76.2%69.9%73.0%71.3%77.4%74.4%
Pipestone County5th100.0%89.7%93.3%***
8th100.0%68.6%81.4%***80.0%87.5%83.6%82.4%72.7%77.6%
9th79.3%53.6%66.7%*****71.2%83.8%68.2%75.3%
11th46.2%25.0%35.2%*****65.9%83.3%71.4%78.1%
All Grades80.0%62.3%70.0%***80.5%69.1%74.8%83.2%70.5%76.9%
Polk County5th93.3%89.6%91.6%95.5%93.8%94.6%
8th90.9%79.4%85.8%88.7%87.0%87.9%89.9%81.3%85.5%85.5%85.6%85.5%
9th84.4%73.4%79.3%84.7%78.7%81.5%88.7%74.2%81.5%87.5%86.4%86.9%
11th76.6%70.2%73.2%75.5%62.2%69.6%81.6%67.0%75.2%89.6%78.0%84.4%
All Grades86.6%77.9%82.5%86.4%81.8%84.1%86.7%74.9%81.0%87.4%83.8%85.7%
Pope County5th96.9%84.6%90.1%97.1%97.4%97.3%
8th96.9%95.0%95.8%93.8%78.0%84.9%75.0%85.7%79.7%***
9th77.4%84.4%81.6%92.0%76.7%83.6%86.2%79.3%82.8%***
11th45.7%54.8%50.0%82.6%77.8%79.7%92.6%78.1%84.7%***
All Grades78.5%81.3%80.0%92.2%82.9%87.0%83.7%80.9%82.3%***
Ramsey County5th93.3%90.2%91.8%92.6%89.0%90.8%
8th86.4%80.6%83.7%87.1%81.7%84.4%86.5%80.0%83.4%86.4%84.9%85.6%
9th79.2%71.3%75.4%85.6%82.7%84.2%85.5%78.7%82.2%86.1%81.9%84.1%
11th73.3%63.9%68.7%81.2%73.1%77.2%84.7%80.5%82.7%81.2%80.5%80.9%
All Grades83.4%77.1%80.3%87.1%82.2%84.7%85.6%79.7%82.8%85.0%82.7%83.9%
Red Lake County5th100.0%96.0%98.1%100.0%96.0%98.1%
8th75.0%85.0%79.5%83.3%85.7%84.4%**90.6%66.7%89.5%80.6%
9th51.9%78.1%66.1%81.0%82.6%81.8%72.4%76.0%74.1%100.0%63.2%73.1%
11th70.8%72.7%71.7%69.6%57.9%64.3%**74.4%64.3%71.4%67.9%
All Grades74.5%82.8%78.6%84.4%81.8%83.2%78.8%81.4%80.0%72.7%75.0%74.1%
Redwood County5th96.5%94.4%95.5%95.8%84.4%89.3%
8th91.8%87.0%89.3%91.7%83.3%87.7%89.8%79.7%84.1%88.4%75.3%81.5%
9th88.2%67.7%77.0%83.3%84.5%83.9%86.6%79.7%83.2%75.9%75.6%75.7%
11th70.2%44.8%56.2%76.5%65.5%70.6%80.4%66.7%73.0%85.2%77.1%80.6%
All Grades87.3%72.8%79.6%85.9%79.0%82.4%86.0%76.1%80.8%84.8%75.8%79.9%
Renville County5th93.9%90.2%91.9%100.0%82.9%89.5%
8th90.7%80.0%86.8%85.2%89.1%87.2%86.5%66.7%78.1%88.2%97.1%91.8%
9th97.2%75.8%87.0%88.7%82.5%86.0%94.7%87.5%91.0%75.0%82.0%78.6%
11th83.9%25.0%58.2%82.3%67.6%76.8%**87.0%80.6%90.9%85.5%
All Grades91.6%71.5%82.3%86.9%81.8%84.5%88.2%82.6%85.6%81.5%88.9%84.9%
Rice County5th96.6%95.0%95.8%95.8%95.4%95.6%
8th88.8%86.7%87.7%92.9%89.7%91.3%89.8%88.2%89.1%85.5%88.3%87.1%
9th83.6%82.4%82.9%89.3%86.0%87.7%85.1%79.5%82.2%83.7%87.3%85.1%
11th75.5%81.5%78.4%83.5%86.5%84.9%84.7%82.8%83.8%82.2%87.7%85.0%
All Grades86.5%86.5%86.5%91.1%90.0%90.6%86.6%83.1%84.9%83.6%87.7%85.6%
Rock County5th95.0%100.0%97.2%***
8th95.3%90.0%92.8%***95.7%82.9%90.2%***
9th91.7%79.4%85.7%***84.4%76.6%79.7%***
11th88.2%78.9%83.3%***75.0%58.1%66.7%***
All Grades92.8%86.8%89.9%***86.5%73.5%79.9%***
Roseau County5th95.9%93.4%94.7%95.4%93.7%94.4%
8th85.1%80.0%81.9%96.1%85.0%90.4%91.3%77.6%85.0%83.8%78.1%81.2%
9th88.8%72.7%80.9%82.4%79.2%80.7%82.1%77.8%79.9%83.3%83.3%83.3%
11th66.2%56.4%61.1%76.1%62.0%67.5%67.9%61.0%64.3%91.7%72.2%83.3%
All Grades84.2%75.6%79.6%88.3%80.4%84.0%81.5%72.5%77.0%85.9%78.8%82.4%
St. Louis County5th93.9%89.7%91.8%96.5%91.2%93.9%
8th83.3%78.4%80.9%84.5%85.2%84.8%84.6%83.4%84.0%84.3%84.1%84.2%
9th80.8%72.0%76.6%80.3%79.3%79.8%80.2%75.8%78.2%76.2%77.2%76.5%
11th70.8%59.4%65.5%76.4%68.3%72.3%70.0%60.4%65.1%71.4%68.9%70.1%
All Grades82.7%75.9%79.4%84.9%81.6%83.2%79.3%74.2%76.8%78.2%77.4%77.8%
Scott County5th96.9%94.4%95.7%97.7%93.6%95.7%
8th88.1%79.8%84.0%92.0%90.8%91.4%90.1%88.9%89.5%87.2%88.6%87.9%
9th84.4%76.2%80.3%83.0%81.8%82.4%90.0%79.8%84.9%83.9%84.2%84.0%
11th73.9%61.9%67.9%77.3%73.1%75.3%84.2%79.0%81.6%83.3%81.6%82.5%
All Grades86.2%78.6%82.4%88.2%85.6%86.9%88.5%82.8%85.7%85.0%85.2%85.1%
Sherburne County5th96.5%93.6%95.1%94.5%91.5%93.0%
8th93.4%89.0%91.1%86.9%85.4%86.2%90.4%83.8%87.3%84.2%92.2%88.1%
9th83.2%73.6%78.6%82.4%82.0%82.2%86.5%81.2%84.0%84.7%86.9%85.7%
11th73.9%60.3%66.9%78.3%65.4%71.8%80.2%75.8%77.9%76.6%77.6%77.0%
All Grades87.3%80.1%83.7%86.2%82.1%84.2%86.4%80.5%83.6%82.1%86.2%84.1%
Sibley County5th98.4%88.9%93.5%93.3%88.1%90.8%
8th92.2%65.3%79.0%79.0%62.5%70.6%81.0%53.1%68.2%82.1%84.9%83.5%
9th79.2%75.0%76.9%87.3%70.2%79.4%85.7%72.1%79.0%81.5%84.8%83.0%
11th60.0%48.0%54.3%66.1%48.8%58.8%73.2%38.5%56.5%78.6%56.5%67.0%
All Grades82.8%70.6%76.7%81.4%68.5%75.3%80.2%55.6%68.4%80.9%75.9%78.5%
Stearns County5th93.5%89.3%91.4%92.9%89.8%91.4%
8th88.9%80.9%84.9%91.1%82.6%86.9%88.4%81.3%84.9%85.7%88.8%87.1%
9th81.2%77.5%79.3%89.5%82.1%85.9%83.9%76.2%80.4%85.5%87.9%86.7%
11th75.5%59.2%67.7%75.1%71.1%73.1%78.6%71.2%75.0%79.7%82.8%81.1%
All Grades84.3%76.6%80.5%88.0%82.1%85.1%84.0%76.8%80.6%84.4%87.3%85.7%
Steele County5th97.9%88.9%93.1%93.2%91.5%92.3%
8th85.5%84.1%84.9%86.3%81.4%83.9%85.6%81.6%83.6%94.9%76.2%87.1%
9th82.9%79.6%81.3%87.7%83.1%85.3%86.0%71.9%78.9%85.5%86.5%86.0%
11th73.4%64.9%69.5%77.0%69.9%73.6%74.3%73.0%73.7%82.4%83.6%82.9%
All Grades82.3%78.1%80.3%86.2%81.9%84.0%82.9%75.5%79.3%87.1%82.6%85.3%
Stevens County5th96.8%95.2%95.9%100.0%94.3%96.9%
8th93.9%89.1%91.6%85.7%90.5%88.3%***93.0%88.9%90.9%
9th93.9%87.8%90.2%88.2%85.4%86.7%**67.9%80.6%81.8%81.2%
11th95.7%76.5%87.5%63.4%69.7%66.2%***83.3%72.7%77.8%
All Grades94.9%89.0%91.7%82.9%85.4%84.2%**65.2%86.2%82.0%84.1%
Swift County5th100.0%92.9%96.9%***
8th88.9%85.3%87.1%*********
9th70.4%80.8%75.5%*********
11th64.0%65.8%65.1%*********
All Grades83.1%80.2%81.6%*********
Todd County5th94.0%93.4%93.7%97.8%88.3%92.9%
8th83.7%75.3%79.6%80.6%74.0%77.3%84.1%75.0%79.3%59.3%80.8%69.8%
9th81.4%67.5%75.5%85.1%71.1%77.7%74.5%66.0%70.4%76.9%78.4%77.8%
11th71.9%64.9%69.1%78.3%63.6%70.7%63.0%66.1%64.5%80.0%59.3%69.2%
All Grades81.9%75.9%79.1%85.3%74.4%79.7%75.6%70.2%72.9%71.8%73.3%72.6%
Traverse County5th90.9%93.3%92.3%***
8th85.7%90.9%88.9%*****66.7%***
9th100.0%100.0%100.0%*****81.5%***
11th72.2%62.5%69.2%******83.3%73.7%76.0%
All Grades85.2%89.5%87.4%***62.9%79.5%71.6%90.3%80.0%84.5%
Wabasha County5th92.3%94.4%93.5%96.9%93.1%95.1%
8th95.1%92.9%94.1%91.4%85.3%88.3%92.2%80.6%86.7%95.9%84.0%89.7%
9th85.3%84.5%84.9%85.5%81.9%83.9%88.1%80.0%84.3%79.0%85.5%82.2%
11th77.6%77.5%77.5%80.2%62.7%72.2%80.0%71.1%75.9%79.2%64.1%72.3%
All Grades86.4%86.9%86.6%88.8%81.9%85.5%87.5%77.9%83.0%84.5%78.7%81.7%
Wadena County5th100.0%90.4%94.6%93.3%89.0%91.2%
8th95.9%88.3%92.5%89.5%73.7%80.7%81.8%79.5%80.7%82.4%85.0%82.6%
9th83.7%74.2%79.6%89.0%82.5%86.0%84.5%71.9%78.3%80.6%85.1%82.6%
11th58.6%41.7%50.8%77.8%62.3%71.1%73.4%57.4%65.2%69.8%84.0%76.7%
All Grades85.3%75.9%80.8%87.5%77.7%82.7%80.0%70.4%75.2%78.3%84.7%80.7%
Waseca County5th98.0%86.6%92.9%97.1%88.6%93.2%
8th94.0%90.8%92.5%90.5%84.2%87.7%81.8%79.2%80.6%88.5%88.4%88.5%
9th87.3%82.8%84.9%87.0%75.7%81.3%77.4%76.6%77.0%79.1%86.7%83.0%
11th78.3%50.6%65.0%86.6%75.3%81.0%78.3%63.8%72.3%73.1%66.0%69.5%
All Grades89.9%78.0%84.1%90.6%80.7%85.9%79.4%74.6%77.1%81.6%82.1%81.8%
Washington County5th96.8%93.0%94.8%97.3%94.2%95.8%
8th90.5%80.2%85.5%91.9%86.1%88.9%90.1%85.0%87.7%90.4%91.7%91.1%
9th80.6%73.5%77.1%86.4%83.9%85.2%87.3%80.7%84.1%85.6%88.0%86.7%
11th74.9%64.2%69.6%81.0%75.1%78.2%84.1%77.8%81.0%82.6%83.0%82.8%
All Grades85.8%78.1%81.9%89.4%85.4%87.4%87.5%81.5%84.6%86.5%87.8%87.1%
Watonwan County5th100.0%90.0%94.1%100.0%80.5%90.2%
8th87.2%83.9%85.9%75.5%73.5%74.4%86.0%70.7%79.1%83.9%69.4%78.3%
9th75.6%77.1%76.3%85.1%73.5%79.3%85.4%70.6%77.8%64.4%51.5%59.0%
11th72.7%61.5%66.7%75.9%68.0%72.1%67.6%78.3%73.5%84.4%70.0%78.8%
All Grades80.5%74.8%77.8%83.4%73.6%78.3%80.7%73.2%76.9%77.4%62.9%71.6%
Wilkin County5th96.4%80.0%88.7%93.5%75.0%84.7%
8th82.1%86.2%83.8%88.2%94.4%91.4%92.3%96.2%94.2%81.0%91.3%86.4%
9th87.5%63.3%78.2%84.2%75.0%79.1%**83.0%70.8%69.6%70.2%
11th83.3%37.1%62.3%65.0%66.7%65.6%**68.2%84.6%65.2%75.5%
All Grades86.6%64.7%77.2%81.8%78.7%80.3%84.3%80.8%82.5%78.9%75.4%77.1%
Winona County5th93.3%93.4%93.3%94.6%92.2%93.4%
8th85.1%85.2%85.1%89.3%89.1%89.2%85.9%85.3%85.6%84.7%78.6%81.4%
9th83.5%84.7%84.1%85.9%88.5%87.2%90.6%81.8%86.2%76.7%77.9%76.9%
11th74.0%72.5%73.2%77.2%72.0%74.6%91.7%84.3%88.3%82.6%64.9%73.3%
All Grades83.9%83.8%83.8%86.6%85.3%86.0%88.5%84.2%86.3%81.3%73.9%77.2%
Wright County5th96.5%94.0%95.3%97.7%92.8%95.1%
8th91.9%85.8%89.0%93.1%90.5%91.8%91.9%87.0%89.5%90.5%90.0%90.1%
9th86.0%77.7%81.8%91.8%83.1%87.4%86.7%82.6%84.7%87.5%88.0%87.7%
11th71.0%60.3%65.6%78.8%63.1%70.9%82.0%70.7%76.8%85.2%75.4%80.4%
All Grades86.8%79.7%83.3%90.6%83.1%86.8%87.1%81.1%84.2%88.0%85.2%86.6%
Yellow Medicine County5th100.0%100.0%100.0%89.1%86.7%87.9%
8th89.3%87.5%88.5%90.0%90.7%90.4%83.7%85.0%84.3%96.0%92.1%94.3%
9th64.9%67.4%66.3%84.2%81.0%82.5%76.5%75.7%76.1%85.7%70.3%79.1%
11th82.6%48.8%66.7%84.4%64.5%74.6%**79.7%79.5%60.0%70.3%
All Grades80.0%70.3%75.0%87.0%82.0%84.4%81.1%78.9%80.1%87.7%74.5%81.9%

About the Indicator: The Minnesota Student Survey question about peer disapproval changed in 2013. In prior years, students were asked about the extent to which their close friends would approve or disapprove of them smoking one or more packs of cigarettes a day. In 2013, this question was dropped and students were instead asked how wrong their friends would feel it would be for them to smoke cigarettes. Therefore, 9th grade trend data are available only for 2013 and 2016.

"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.