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Percent of Students Reporting Using a Menthol Tobacco Product on One or More Days within the Past 30 Days, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2019
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th3.0%2.9%3.0%
9th5.1%4.4%4.8%
11th9.5%9.5%9.5%
All Grades5.5%5.3%5.4%
Aitkin County8th2.3%2.4%2.4%
9th5.7%9.1%7.4%
11th**8.0%
All Grades4.9%6.0%5.4%
Anoka County8th3.5%3.3%3.4%
9th3.4%3.3%3.3%
11th5.6%7.6%6.5%
All Grades3.9%4.2%4.1%
Becker County8th7.2%2.5%5.1%
9th8.2%9.9%9.1%
11th15.3%14.7%15.0%
All Grades9.8%8.9%9.3%
Beltrami County8th5.5%4.0%4.8%
9th9.6%8.2%8.9%
11th11.8%7.5%9.9%
All Grades8.7%6.4%7.6%
Benton County8th3.7%4.1%3.9%
9th2.4%5.3%3.9%
11th11.4%14.9%13.0%
All Grades5.4%7.5%6.4%
Big Stone County8th**0.0%
9th***
11th***
All Grades**7.5%
Blue Earth County8th1.8%1.3%1.5%
9th2.5%2.0%2.2%
11th9.2%10.9%10.0%
All Grades4.1%4.4%4.2%
Brown County8th11.0%3.9%7.1%
9th8.3%6.4%7.4%
11th12.8%14.0%13.3%
All Grades10.4%7.7%9.1%
Carlton County8th4.4%2.2%3.1%
9th8.9%7.4%8.2%
11th11.1%11.8%11.5%
All Grades8.3%7.0%7.6%
Carver County8th0.9%2.9%1.9%
9th3.4%3.7%3.5%
11th7.4%8.4%7.9%
All Grades3.5%4.6%4.0%
Cass County8th10.7%8.3%9.5%
9th6.4%7.2%6.8%
11th13.0%17.5%15.2%
All Grades9.7%9.9%9.8%
Chippewa County8th4.8%2.6%3.6%
9th1.4%2.7%2.0%
11th12.2%10.9%11.6%
All Grades5.4%4.5%5.0%
Chisago County8th4.4%1.4%3.0%
9th6.3%5.5%5.9%
11th10.2%10.1%10.2%
All Grades6.6%5.5%6.1%
Clay County8th1.4%4.3%3.0%
9th4.0%3.0%3.5%
11th8.6%6.4%7.6%
All Grades5.0%4.5%4.8%
Clearwater County8th***
9th***
11th***
All Grades***
Cook County8th**5.1%
9th**10.7%
11th**15.6%
All Grades12.0%8.2%10.1%
Cottonwood County8th1.3%1.2%1.3%
9th3.0%2.3%2.6%
11th10.0%13.8%12.0%
All Grades4.6%5.7%5.2%
Crow Wing County8th1.5%1.5%1.5%
9th5.0%3.5%4.2%
11th10.7%15.2%12.9%
All Grades6.8%7.6%7.2%
Dakota County8th1.9%1.8%1.8%
9th4.6%3.5%4.1%
11th8.7%7.9%8.3%
All Grades4.8%4.1%4.5%
Dodge County8th2.1%2.2%2.2%
9th5.1%6.5%5.8%
11th8.0%8.5%8.2%
All Grades4.8%5.5%5.2%
Douglas County8th1.1%1.8%1.4%
9th6.0%4.6%5.4%
11th8.0%17.6%13.2%
All Grades4.5%6.6%5.5%
Faribault County8th4.3%9.6%7.6%
9th6.6%3.8%5.3%
11th6.5%5.9%6.2%
All Grades5.9%6.8%6.4%
Fillmore County8th5.1%3.3%4.3%
9th***
11th**9.4%
All Grades7.4%7.0%7.2%
Freeborn County8th5.6%1.8%3.7%
9th6.8%5.3%6.1%
11th14.9%20.3%17.4%
All Grades8.7%7.7%8.2%
Goodhue County8th7.7%8.3%8.0%
9th**16.7%
11th14.9%7.0%11.3%
All Grades11.5%8.6%10.1%
Grant County8th4.0%2.7%3.2%
9th6.7%0.0%3.2%
11th8.1%24.1%15.2%
All Grades6.5%8.2%7.4%
Hennepin County8th1.8%1.8%1.8%
9th3.4%3.0%3.2%
11th9.4%7.9%8.7%
All Grades4.5%3.9%4.2%
Houston County8th2.2%1.5%1.9%
9th9.1%1.1%5.6%
11th11.2%11.4%11.3%
All Grades7.7%4.7%6.4%
Hubbard County8th2.2%2.9%2.5%
9th8.8%3.6%6.7%
11th18.3%12.2%15.6%
All Grades8.7%5.8%7.5%
Isanti County8th4.1%3.8%3.9%
9th9.2%12.9%11.0%
11th10.1%9.2%9.7%
All Grades7.6%8.3%7.9%
Itasca County8th8.9%6.7%7.8%
9th6.5%7.8%7.1%
11th15.0%10.2%12.5%
All Grades9.3%8.0%8.7%
Jackson County8th9.1%0.0%5.4%
9th14.6%9.4%11.4%
11th**16.0%
All Grades13.0%9.6%11.0%
Kanabec County8th7.1%11.3%9.3%
9th21.2%12.7%16.8%
11th15.1%8.2%11.8%
All Grades14.9%11.0%12.9%
Kandiyohi County8th3.2%1.1%2.1%
9th5.6%0.6%3.1%
11th8.7%8.8%8.7%
All Grades5.7%2.9%4.3%
Kittson County8th**9.7%
9th**4.2%
11th**7.4%
All Grades9.3%5.1%7.3%
Koochiching County8th**4.9%
9th23.1%0.0%11.8%
11th**26.9%
All Grades16.7%8.6%12.7%
Lac Qui Parle County8th2.1%0.0%1.1%
9th0.0%4.5%2.8%
11th18.6%12.5%16.0%
All Grades7.7%5.0%6.3%
Lake County8th7.4%4.8%6.3%
9th14.3%8.0%10.6%
11th20.0%3.3%12.3%
All Grades12.9%5.7%9.3%
Lake of the Woods County8th**3.2%
9th**5.4%
11th**3.3%
All Grades6.4%2.0%4.1%
Le Sueur County8th8.5%2.2%5.0%
9th6.3%3.5%5.0%
11th15.2%9.6%11.9%
All Grades9.4%5.2%7.2%
Lincoln County8th**2.5%
9th**7.5%
11th**10.8%
All Grades1.8%11.7%6.8%
Lyon County8th1.8%2.0%1.9%
9th7.1%1.0%4.2%
11th8.8%6.1%7.4%
All Grades5.9%3.2%4.5%
McLeod County8th**3.0%
9th***
11th**8.3%
All Grades5.6%2.5%3.9%
Mahnomen County8th**11.3%
9th30.6%5.4%17.8%
11th**13.9%
All Grades20.3%9.6%14.8%
Marshall County8th***
9th**6.7%
11th***
All Grades**17.8%
Martin County8th3.1%5.4%4.1%
9th7.7%5.7%6.9%
11th15.1%14.7%14.8%
All Grades8.1%9.2%8.7%
Meeker County8th3.2%3.0%3.1%
9th**5.5%
11th**0.0%
All Grades2.7%3.4%3.1%
Mille Lacs County8th5.9%6.0%6.0%
9th6.7%11.0%8.7%
11th12.8%11.7%12.2%
All Grades8.3%9.0%8.6%
Morrison County8th5.2%7.4%6.3%
9th9.7%9.9%9.8%
11th8.2%17.0%12.3%
All Grades7.8%10.9%9.3%
Mower County8th4.9%2.2%3.6%
9th5.9%10.5%8.0%
11th8.7%10.5%9.7%
All Grades6.0%6.8%6.4%
Murray County8th2.6%0.0%1.4%
9th2.9%6.3%4.5%
11th8.3%10.3%9.2%
All Grades4.6%5.5%5.0%
Nicollet County8th***
9th4.3%3.3%3.9%
11th8.0%5.4%6.9%
All Grades6.3%4.2%5.3%
Nobles County8th6.4%2.0%4.3%
9th6.7%2.8%4.8%
11th4.4%12.4%8.3%
All Grades5.8%5.7%5.8%
Norman County8th5.7%6.3%6.0%
9th***
11th**18.5%
All Grades7.5%10.3%9.0%
Olmsted County8th2.0%2.8%2.4%
9th4.7%3.0%3.9%
11th8.2%7.4%7.8%
All Grades4.4%4.1%4.2%
Otter Tail County8th3.3%3.8%3.6%
9th9.4%4.6%7.2%
11th14.7%8.5%11.3%
All Grades8.3%5.5%7.0%
Pennington County8th5.1%1.5%3.4%
9th12.1%8.3%10.0%
11th8.6%25.0%15.7%
All Grades8.2%9.8%9.0%
Pine County8th0.8%2.3%1.6%
9th13.2%9.8%11.5%
11th13.3%6.5%10.2%
All Grades8.7%5.9%7.3%
Pipestone County8th5.7%5.7%5.7%
9th11.5%10.7%11.1%
11th**6.5%
All Grades8.3%7.0%7.6%
Polk County8th3.2%2.5%2.9%
9th11.8%6.5%9.2%
11th14.2%8.3%11.5%
All Grades9.6%5.5%7.6%
Pope County8th5.6%6.9%6.2%
9th3.4%2.9%3.1%
11th3.6%5.9%4.8%
All Grades4.3%5.1%4.7%
Ramsey County8th2.4%3.0%2.7%
9th3.5%3.7%3.6%
11th4.9%5.0%4.9%
All Grades3.4%3.8%3.6%
Red Lake County8th**1.9%
9th0.0%15.4%7.3%
11th**9.3%
All Grades5.0%7.0%6.0%
Redwood County8th5.1%3.7%4.3%
9th5.6%4.4%5.0%
11th10.9%12.5%11.8%
All Grades6.8%6.3%6.6%
Renville County8th7.9%3.4%6.0%
9th2.6%2.5%2.5%
11th**6.5%
All Grades5.8%3.4%4.7%
Rice County8th2.6%5.0%3.7%
9th5.9%3.0%4.4%
11th6.4%6.9%6.6%
All Grades5.0%4.7%4.8%
Rock County8th2.1%2.9%2.4%
9th9.1%12.2%11.0%
11th16.1%34.4%25.4%
All Grades8.0%15.5%11.8%
Roseau County8th4.2%3.2%3.7%
9th14.5%5.3%9.7%
11th15.4%18.6%17.1%
All Grades10.9%8.6%9.7%
St. Louis County8th6.9%4.6%5.8%
9th8.6%5.8%7.3%
11th14.4%14.9%14.6%
All Grades9.4%7.9%8.7%
Scott County8th3.0%2.9%2.9%
9th4.5%3.7%4.1%
11th9.7%10.8%10.3%
All Grades5.3%5.3%5.3%
Sherburne County8th1.9%2.8%2.3%
9th4.9%4.8%4.8%
11th10.3%10.7%10.5%
All Grades5.1%5.8%5.4%
Sibley County8th6.7%6.0%6.4%
9th4.6%10.9%7.8%
11th13.8%13.0%13.4%
All Grades8.2%10.1%9.1%
Stearns County8th2.8%3.7%3.2%
9th3.5%3.7%3.6%
11th8.4%9.4%8.9%
All Grades4.7%5.4%5.0%
Steele County8th4.5%7.1%5.8%
9th5.5%5.3%5.4%
11th15.1%9.7%12.5%
All Grades7.6%7.0%7.3%
Stevens County8th***
9th**3.6%
11th***
All Grades**6.5%
Swift County8th***
9th***
11th***
All Grades***
Todd County8th0.0%2.0%1.1%
9th9.1%12.7%10.9%
11th16.7%10.5%13.5%
All Grades7.1%7.1%7.1%
Traverse County8th**8.8%
9th**14.3%
11th***
All Grades16.2%5.1%10.5%
Wabasha County8th2.6%1.4%2.0%
9th4.5%5.0%4.7%
11th8.2%9.5%8.8%
All Grades4.8%4.8%4.8%
Wadena County8th2.2%4.4%3.3%
9th3.4%12.3%7.8%
11th12.5%15.7%14.2%
All Grades5.7%10.1%7.9%
Waseca County8th9.9%6.0%8.1%
9th9.2%10.1%9.7%
11th16.5%21.7%18.6%
All Grades11.7%11.2%11.4%
Washington County8th2.1%2.3%2.2%
9th5.1%4.1%4.6%
11th9.1%10.1%9.6%
All Grades5.1%5.2%5.1%
Watonwan County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th6.1%5.5%5.8%
11th10.8%8.2%9.3%
All Grades5.1%4.8%5.0%
Wilkin County8th7.7%0.0%3.8%
9th**4.1%
11th**11.1%
All Grades7.1%5.2%6.1%
Winona County8th5.2%3.4%4.3%
9th1.6%7.5%4.6%
11th11.3%2.0%7.1%
All Grades5.7%4.2%5.0%
Wright County8th0.9%2.4%1.7%
9th3.6%3.9%3.8%
11th11.0%11.6%11.2%
All Grades4.8%5.4%5.1%
Yellow Medicine County8th2.1%2.4%2.2%
9th3.8%2.6%3.3%
11th**5.0%
All Grades3.3%3.4%3.3%

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.