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Percent of Students Reporting They Live with Someone with Depression or Mental Illness, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2019
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th30.0%17.1%23.7%
9th33.5%19.2%26.6%
11th36.3%21.6%29.1%
All Grades33.0%19.1%26.2%
Aitkin County8th31.0%14.3%22.6%
9th41.7%14.7%28.6%
11th**38.0%
All Grades38.6%18.4%28.4%
Anoka County8th32.8%17.6%25.6%
9th32.1%17.5%25.4%
11th34.5%22.9%29.1%
All Grades32.9%18.7%26.3%
Becker County8th29.1%15.8%23.2%
9th33.6%21.7%27.7%
11th37.5%24.8%31.1%
All Grades33.0%20.7%27.2%
Beltrami County8th46.6%26.1%36.6%
9th39.9%25.8%33.2%
11th41.4%22.1%32.8%
All Grades42.8%25.0%34.4%
Benton County8th37.9%19.0%29.5%
9th37.5%20.2%28.8%
11th42.8%28.3%35.8%
All Grades39.1%22.0%31.0%
Big Stone County8th**20.0%
9th***
11th***
All Grades**21.2%
Blue Earth County8th30.9%15.0%23.4%
9th31.9%15.9%23.5%
11th38.9%18.1%28.2%
All Grades33.5%16.2%24.8%
Brown County8th42.7%11.8%25.5%
9th32.5%21.7%27.3%
11th30.9%18.4%25.0%
All Grades34.8%17.4%26.1%
Carlton County8th35.3%16.7%24.5%
9th43.6%26.8%35.3%
11th39.6%27.9%33.2%
All Grades40.0%23.7%31.3%
Carver County8th29.0%18.8%23.8%
9th29.0%14.4%22.7%
11th33.3%16.7%25.6%
All Grades30.3%17.2%24.0%
Cass County8th38.0%22.5%30.3%
9th39.6%22.7%31.2%
11th36.2%20.9%28.7%
All Grades38.2%22.2%30.3%
Chippewa County8th31.1%18.4%24.1%
9th33.3%13.0%23.0%
11th22.9%19.6%21.3%
All Grades29.9%16.6%23.0%
Chisago County8th35.8%13.1%24.9%
9th31.3%22.9%27.5%
11th39.6%20.7%29.4%
All Grades35.2%18.7%27.1%
Clay County8th32.3%16.5%23.8%
9th37.4%17.8%28.5%
11th36.2%23.9%30.7%
All Grades35.7%19.3%27.9%
Clearwater County8th***
9th***
11th***
All Grades***
Cook County8th**15.4%
9th**41.4%
11th**16.1%
All Grades29.4%16.7%23.2%
Cottonwood County8th35.1%15.2%25.0%
9th36.4%9.4%21.2%
11th31.0%16.0%23.0%
All Grades34.1%13.5%23.1%
Crow Wing County8th32.3%16.7%24.4%
9th35.8%20.4%28.1%
11th34.6%27.1%30.9%
All Grades34.9%22.5%28.7%
Dakota County8th29.0%15.8%22.4%
9th32.8%18.3%25.7%
11th38.7%23.3%31.0%
All Grades33.1%18.8%26.1%
Dodge County8th30.5%21.2%26.0%
9th29.3%20.2%24.6%
11th36.3%21.7%28.8%
All Grades32.0%21.1%26.5%
Douglas County8th23.5%14.3%19.0%
9th33.5%19.2%27.0%
11th34.1%15.1%23.7%
All Grades29.7%16.3%23.2%
Faribault County8th34.0%18.3%24.6%
9th37.3%17.3%27.9%
11th35.6%11.3%22.4%
All Grades35.8%15.9%25.1%
Fillmore County8th40.0%25.0%33.3%
9th***
11th**28.3%
All Grades37.7%23.3%30.3%
Freeborn County8th32.1%13.1%22.5%
9th37.6%21.4%29.5%
11th38.6%22.7%31.3%
All Grades36.0%18.7%27.5%
Goodhue County8th29.8%23.5%26.7%
9th**37.8%
11th38.8%17.5%29.0%
All Grades35.2%21.9%28.8%
Grant County8th52.0%21.1%33.3%
9th48.3%15.2%30.6%
11th32.4%20.7%27.3%
All Grades42.9%19.0%30.4%
Hennepin County8th25.9%14.7%20.6%
9th30.6%18.5%24.9%
11th34.7%20.9%28.3%
All Grades30.1%17.8%24.4%
Houston County8th24.5%15.7%20.7%
9th36.3%14.6%26.7%
11th38.9%24.4%32.8%
All Grades33.7%18.1%27.0%
Hubbard County8th16.7%22.1%19.0%
9th38.0%23.0%31.4%
11th37.1%18.8%29.1%
All Grades29.4%21.5%26.0%
Isanti County8th40.7%20.5%30.9%
9th41.9%27.1%34.8%
11th38.8%25.5%33.1%
All Grades40.6%24.1%32.8%
Itasca County8th32.8%17.5%25.4%
9th40.0%28.5%35.0%
11th46.7%20.7%33.1%
All Grades38.8%22.1%30.8%
Jackson County8th37.2%7.1%25.4%
9th37.5%18.8%26.0%
11th**20.3%
All Grades34.9%16.1%24.1%
Kanabec County8th32.1%18.8%25.0%
9th50.0%20.8%34.8%
11th56.9%30.6%44.0%
All Grades46.2%22.7%34.1%
Kandiyohi County8th27.6%17.4%22.2%
9th28.7%13.7%21.1%
11th23.4%18.5%21.2%
All Grades26.7%16.3%21.5%
Kittson County8th**19.4%
9th**20.8%
11th**29.6%
All Grades30.2%15.4%23.2%
Koochiching County8th**14.3%
9th46.2%29.6%37.7%
11th**30.8%
All Grades35.0%21.3%28.1%
Lac Qui Parle County8th29.8%13.3%21.7%
9th44.4%20.5%29.6%
11th48.8%18.2%35.5%
All Grades40.2%17.2%28.5%
Lake County8th37.0%16.7%28.1%
9th28.6%13.5%19.5%
11th34.3%13.8%25.0%
All Grades33.9%14.6%24.3%
Lake of the Woods County8th**21.2%
9th**35.1%
11th**24.1%
All Grades36.2%19.2%27.3%
Le Sueur County8th40.0%18.9%28.1%
9th33.7%19.0%26.8%
11th42.4%20.2%29.4%
All Grades38.1%19.4%28.1%
Lincoln County8th**7.5%
9th**17.5%
11th**21.1%
All Grades17.5%13.1%15.3%
Lyon County8th20.7%14.1%17.6%
9th21.1%15.5%18.4%
11th33.3%14.5%23.3%
All Grades24.8%14.7%19.8%
McLeod County8th**12.1%
9th***
11th**29.2%
All Grades19.4%17.9%18.7%
Mahnomen County8th30.0%12.0%21.8%
9th59.5%17.9%38.2%
11th**29.7%
All Grades45.7%17.2%31.0%
Marshall County8th***
9th**20.0%
11th***
All Grades**20.5%
Martin County8th26.9%10.3%19.2%
9th28.6%28.0%28.4%
11th32.1%12.0%20.3%
All Grades28.9%15.8%22.8%
Meeker County8th48.4%12.1%29.7%
9th**24.6%
11th**25.6%
All Grades41.1%15.4%26.8%
Mille Lacs County8th37.0%16.2%25.7%
9th50.0%27.4%39.4%
11th42.6%22.8%32.7%
All Grades42.8%21.2%31.8%
Morrison County8th28.7%16.7%22.8%
9th31.1%19.2%25.4%
11th37.1%15.1%27.0%
All Grades32.1%17.2%25.0%
Mower County8th30.2%21.4%26.2%
9th36.1%14.9%26.9%
11th29.6%24.1%26.7%
All Grades32.1%20.1%26.5%
Murray County8th17.5%6.7%12.9%
9th26.5%26.5%26.5%
11th11.1%17.2%13.8%
All Grades18.2%17.2%17.7%
Nicollet County8th***
9th23.5%18.3%21.1%
11th38.4%16.7%29.1%
All Grades31.2%18.6%25.5%
Nobles County8th16.5%13.5%15.0%
9th23.7%11.3%17.9%
11th22.5%8.7%15.8%
All Grades21.0%11.1%16.3%
Norman County8th47.1%21.2%34.3%
9th***
11th**33.3%
All Grades50.0%22.0%35.1%
Olmsted County8th32.5%18.4%25.4%
9th35.1%22.6%29.1%
11th42.4%26.8%34.5%
All Grades35.8%21.8%28.9%
Otter Tail County8th28.3%22.3%25.5%
9th38.5%20.1%29.7%
11th39.2%17.4%27.2%
All Grades34.7%20.0%27.4%
Pennington County8th31.2%30.9%31.0%
9th44.1%19.7%30.8%
11th27.1%42.2%33.7%
All Grades33.8%29.3%31.7%
Pine County8th25.6%21.2%23.2%
9th45.6%23.1%34.2%
11th45.1%23.1%34.9%
All Grades38.2%22.3%30.1%
Pipestone County8th14.3%20.6%17.4%
9th23.1%25.9%24.5%
11th**23.4%
All Grades19.0%23.5%21.3%
Polk County8th24.3%21.7%23.0%
9th30.5%19.3%24.9%
11th32.2%21.5%27.4%
All Grades29.0%20.8%25.0%
Pope County8th8.6%13.3%10.8%
9th36.7%17.6%26.6%
11th14.3%17.1%15.9%
All Grades19.4%16.2%17.7%
Ramsey County8th29.2%18.8%24.2%
9th33.1%18.2%25.9%
11th35.7%22.9%29.5%
All Grades32.3%19.8%26.3%
Red Lake County8th**13.2%
9th17.2%19.2%18.2%
11th**16.7%
All Grades21.3%10.0%16.0%
Redwood County8th28.3%29.6%29.1%
9th40.0%23.5%31.9%
11th27.7%23.2%25.2%
All Grades32.8%25.9%29.1%
Renville County8th26.3%3.4%16.4%
9th30.8%10.0%20.3%
11th**15.2%
All Grades26.0%8.0%17.7%
Rice County8th37.4%22.5%30.4%
9th36.8%22.8%29.6%
11th37.3%23.3%30.7%
All Grades37.1%22.8%30.2%
Rock County8th22.9%14.3%19.3%
9th23.5%25.0%24.4%
11th36.4%6.3%21.5%
All Grades27.0%16.8%21.8%
Roseau County8th31.0%11.9%21.7%
9th35.3%14.3%24.1%
11th41.5%15.5%27.9%
All Grades35.4%13.9%24.4%
St. Louis County8th33.9%18.1%26.5%
9th37.8%22.2%30.4%
11th41.3%25.2%33.0%
All Grades37.2%21.6%29.7%
Scott County8th28.0%15.5%22.0%
9th33.5%20.5%26.9%
11th37.6%23.0%30.3%
All Grades32.6%19.4%26.0%
Sherburne County8th30.8%19.4%25.5%
9th35.6%21.1%28.7%
11th40.1%20.2%29.9%
All Grades34.9%20.3%27.8%
Sibley County8th39.0%21.4%30.4%
9th31.8%21.5%26.7%
11th42.1%21.8%32.1%
All Grades37.4%21.6%29.6%
Stearns County8th25.4%14.7%20.1%
9th31.5%15.8%24.3%
11th28.5%16.1%22.4%
All Grades28.3%15.5%22.1%
Steele County8th37.4%20.0%29.1%
9th36.0%22.2%29.1%
11th46.3%23.7%35.4%
All Grades39.2%21.9%30.7%
Stevens County8th***
9th**39.3%
11th***
All Grades**28.3%
Swift County8th***
9th***
11th***
All Grades***
Todd County8th31.8%12.9%21.7%
9th36.4%14.3%25.2%
11th34.5%20.7%27.4%
All Grades33.8%15.3%24.2%
Traverse County8th**29.4%
9th**25.0%
11th***
All Grades32.4%23.1%27.6%
Wabasha County8th26.8%13.8%20.6%
9th32.1%15.6%24.3%
11th29.4%15.6%22.9%
All Grades29.3%14.9%22.5%
Wadena County8th26.7%5.6%16.1%
9th27.6%15.8%21.7%
11th36.9%20.0%28.1%
All Grades30.0%12.9%21.4%
Waseca County8th37.2%25.5%31.8%
9th32.2%24.0%27.8%
11th45.2%21.3%35.2%
All Grades38.0%23.9%31.3%
Washington County8th30.8%18.2%24.8%
9th31.5%18.6%25.2%
11th35.5%22.9%29.2%
All Grades32.4%19.7%26.2%
Watonwan County8th33.3%11.9%23.7%
9th28.6%21.8%25.0%
11th27.0%8.2%16.3%
All Grades29.9%14.4%21.9%
Wilkin County8th30.8%14.8%22.6%
9th19.2%20.0%19.6%
11th**33.3%
All Grades26.8%23.1%24.8%
Winona County8th30.9%14.9%22.5%
9th34.4%13.4%23.7%
11th33.3%13.7%24.6%
All Grades32.3%14.3%23.3%
Wright County8th28.3%17.8%23.0%
9th35.2%16.6%26.0%
11th33.6%22.5%28.4%
All Grades32.3%18.6%25.6%
Yellow Medicine County8th36.7%9.5%24.2%
9th36.5%25.6%31.9%
11th**23.8%
All Grades36.0%17.5%26.9%

About the Indicator:

In 2019, the MSS added the question, "Do you live with anyone who is depressed or has any other mental health issues?" In previous years, an incarcerated parent or guardian had been the most commonly reported adverse childhood experience (ACE); in 2019, this ACE was the most prevalent, with over a quarter of students reporting living with someone with mental illness. 

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic experiences, including abuse, neglect and a range of household dysfunction. ACEs put individuals at risk for a number of negative outcomes across the lifespan, including: alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; anxiety; hopelessness; depression; and suicidal ideation and attempts.

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.