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Percent of Students Reporting They Strongly Agree or Agree That They Feel Safe in Their Neighborhoods, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2019
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th90.8%92.2%91.5%
8th94.9%96.5%95.7%
9th95.2%96.6%95.9%
11th96.5%97.0%96.8%
All Grades94.3%95.5%94.9%
Aitkin County5th***
8th**100.0%
9th***
11th***
All Grades90.5%100.0%94.1%
Anoka County5th87.0%95.3%91.0%
8th97.7%96.2%96.9%
9th98.0%90.9%94.7%
11th92.9%93.5%93.2%
All Grades93.2%94.2%93.7%
Becker County5th91.6%92.0%91.8%
8th94.7%97.3%96.0%
9th94.4%96.7%95.5%
11th95.8%97.2%96.5%
All Grades93.9%95.5%94.7%
Beltrami County5th87.6%91.3%89.6%
8th98.1%96.9%97.6%
9th96.6%99.3%98.0%
11th99.1%97.5%98.3%
All Grades95.9%96.6%96.3%
Benton County5th83.8%87.5%85.7%
8th91.4%96.6%94.0%
9th94.3%93.0%93.6%
11th92.9%95.0%93.9%
All Grades90.3%92.5%91.4%
Big Stone County5th89.4%95.2%92.4%
8th93.9%97.5%95.5%
9th94.3%97.7%96.0%
11th94.8%97.6%96.1%
All Grades93.1%96.9%95.0%
Blue Earth County5th91.6%91.7%91.6%
8th95.2%97.1%96.1%
9th97.0%97.9%97.4%
11th97.7%97.2%97.5%
All Grades95.1%95.8%95.4%
Brown County5th87.8%93.5%90.5%
8th92.7%97.1%95.1%
9th93.5%97.5%95.5%
11th96.2%97.2%96.7%
All Grades92.4%96.3%94.4%
Carlton County5th90.8%90.2%90.5%
8th94.9%96.9%96.0%
9th93.9%95.6%94.8%
11th92.8%97.1%95.2%
All Grades93.0%94.9%94.0%
Carver County5th90.9%95.4%93.2%
8th98.2%100.0%99.1%
9th97.0%94.3%95.7%
11th98.1%97.9%98.0%
All Grades96.2%97.2%96.7%
Cass County5th85.1%88.6%86.9%
8th95.2%90.4%92.8%
9th93.9%94.1%94.0%
11th94.5%93.2%93.9%
All Grades92.0%91.4%91.7%
Chippewa County5th92.9%88.7%90.9%
8th93.5%97.5%95.7%
9th94.7%96.1%95.4%
11th87.2%91.3%89.2%
All Grades92.5%93.9%93.2%
Chisago County5th94.1%95.5%94.7%
8th93.4%95.5%94.4%
9th96.8%96.8%96.8%
11th97.2%98.6%98.0%
All Grades95.5%96.8%96.1%
Clay County5th95.1%93.9%94.5%
8th93.6%95.7%94.7%
9th96.4%97.9%97.1%
11th97.0%97.6%97.3%
All Grades95.6%96.1%95.8%
Clearwater County5th***
8th***
9th***
11th***
All Grades***
Cook County5th**92.3%
8th**100.0%
9th**96.6%
11th**100.0%
All Grades98.3%96.7%97.5%
Cottonwood County5th85.7%92.3%89.2%
8th94.9%97.5%96.2%
9th94.0%100.0%97.4%
11th95.8%96.4%96.1%
All Grades92.7%96.7%94.8%
Crow Wing County5th87.8%90.4%89.2%
8th93.8%97.0%95.5%
9th96.5%97.0%96.7%
11th98.2%98.2%98.2%
All Grades95.7%96.4%96.1%
Dakota County5th90.9%92.7%91.8%
8th95.6%96.8%96.2%
9th95.2%97.7%96.4%
11th96.9%97.0%96.9%
All Grades94.7%96.2%95.4%
Dodge County5th87.7%91.3%89.4%
8th98.6%96.5%97.6%
9th95.0%98.1%96.7%
11th97.5%100.0%98.8%
All Grades94.4%96.3%95.4%
Douglas County5th92.9%93.9%93.4%
8th97.3%98.8%98.0%
9th94.0%97.4%95.5%
11th92.4%97.1%95.0%
All Grades94.3%96.7%95.5%
Faribault County5th82.0%88.7%85.4%
8th93.8%96.0%95.1%
9th95.1%96.5%95.8%
11th97.9%100.0%99.0%
All Grades92.2%95.5%94.0%
Fillmore County5th97.2%94.4%95.8%
8th92.5%96.9%94.4%
9th***
11th**100.0%
All Grades96.2%97.3%96.8%
Freeborn County5th86.5%89.7%88.2%
8th92.9%92.6%92.8%
9th95.2%96.7%96.0%
11th93.2%98.8%95.9%
All Grades92.0%94.1%93.1%
Goodhue County5th90.2%90.7%90.4%
8th94.6%94.2%94.4%
9th**93.6%
11th92.3%100.0%95.9%
All Grades92.2%94.4%93.3%
Grant County5th91.5%86.1%89.2%
8th100.0%97.4%98.5%
9th93.5%100.0%96.9%
11th97.4%100.0%98.5%
All Grades95.1%95.6%95.4%
Hennepin County5th92.9%93.9%93.4%
8th95.8%96.7%96.3%
9th95.8%96.6%96.2%
11th97.7%97.0%97.4%
All Grades95.5%96.0%95.8%
Houston County5th88.7%92.2%90.5%
8th96.9%97.2%97.0%
9th97.4%97.8%97.6%
11th98.1%100.0%99.0%
All Grades95.9%96.9%96.4%
Hubbard County5th87.5%93.0%90.1%
8th94.5%95.8%95.1%
9th95.2%90.5%93.0%
11th95.2%98.0%96.5%
All Grades92.8%94.0%93.3%
Isanti County5th88.3%91.6%89.9%
8th92.1%97.1%94.6%
9th95.1%94.4%94.8%
11th93.6%92.5%93.1%
All Grades92.3%94.0%93.1%
Itasca County5th95.2%92.6%93.9%
8th90.8%95.6%93.2%
9th93.2%96.6%94.7%
11th96.0%95.8%95.9%
All Grades93.5%95.0%94.3%
Jackson County5th91.4%92.9%92.1%
8th100.0%100.0%100.0%
9th92.7%97.1%95.5%
11th**97.5%
All Grades95.8%96.8%96.4%
Kanabec County5th97.0%90.4%94.1%
8th89.5%98.5%94.3%
9th92.5%97.2%94.9%
11th96.2%98.1%97.1%
All Grades93.9%96.3%95.1%
Kandiyohi County5th86.5%89.3%87.9%
8th95.7%95.9%95.8%
9th94.3%96.9%95.7%
11th96.6%97.7%97.2%
All Grades93.2%95.0%94.1%
Kittson County5th***
8th**100.0%
9th**95.8%
11th**96.3%
All Grades94.3%97.5%95.7%
Koochiching County5th94.1%93.5%93.8%
8th92.6%100.0%96.2%
9th96.6%100.0%98.3%
11th**92.3%
All Grades94.1%97.0%95.5%
Lac Qui Parle County5th91.3%95.0%93.0%
8th97.9%100.0%98.9%
9th96.4%100.0%98.7%
11th100.0%100.0%100.0%
All Grades96.3%98.8%97.5%
Lake County5th94.7%91.9%93.3%
8th96.3%100.0%98.0%
9th94.6%94.2%94.4%
11th94.3%100.0%97.2%
All Grades95.1%96.5%95.8%
Lake of the Woods County5th**93.1%
8th**93.9%
9th**97.4%
11th**93.8%
All Grades93.5%95.7%94.7%
Le Sueur County5th84.9%91.7%89.0%
8th92.9%96.6%95.0%
9th90.8%97.7%94.1%
11th97.0%97.9%97.5%
All Grades91.2%95.8%93.7%
Lincoln County5th**86.0%
8th**97.5%
9th**95.0%
11th**97.4%
All Grades92.2%94.5%93.5%
Lyon County5th89.2%95.9%92.5%
8th93.8%98.0%95.7%
9th98.6%96.1%97.4%
11th94.8%98.5%96.7%
All Grades94.1%97.1%95.6%
McLeod County5th**88.6%
8th**100.0%
9th***
11th**87.5%
All Grades89.1%96.4%92.8%
Mahnomen County5th77.5%88.6%82.7%
8th94.1%96.9%95.5%
9th94.7%93.0%93.8%
11th**89.5%
All Grades88.1%92.5%90.4%
Marshall County5th**92.3%
8th***
9th**96.8%
11th**100.0%
All Grades97.7%93.5%95.6%
Martin County5th92.8%93.6%93.2%
8th90.8%95.2%92.8%
9th91.5%92.5%91.8%
11th94.4%97.3%96.1%
All Grades92.2%94.8%93.4%
Meeker County5th**86.3%
8th90.0%97.1%93.8%
9th**91.8%
11th**97.7%
All Grades90.2%94.0%92.2%
Mille Lacs County5th90.2%93.9%92.1%
8th94.1%94.7%94.4%
9th93.8%93.8%93.8%
11th95.3%94.3%94.8%
All Grades93.2%94.2%93.7%
Morrison County5th86.9%95.3%91.1%
8th93.6%97.2%95.4%
9th96.4%95.6%96.0%
11th98.4%95.3%97.0%
All Grades93.7%95.9%94.8%
Mower County5th86.9%91.3%88.9%
8th93.9%93.1%93.5%
9th90.6%92.9%91.7%
11th95.2%92.5%93.8%
All Grades90.9%92.3%91.6%
Murray County5th89.7%95.1%92.9%
8th97.5%90.6%94.4%
9th100.0%91.4%95.7%
11th100.0%96.6%98.5%
All Grades97.1%93.4%95.3%
Nicollet County5th***
8th***
9th100.0%93.4%96.9%
11th97.4%100.0%98.5%
All Grades98.6%96.7%97.8%
Nobles County5th87.5%86.9%87.2%
8th93.2%92.9%93.0%
9th91.1%96.6%93.8%
11th97.4%94.6%96.0%
All Grades92.4%93.1%92.7%
Norman County5th**89.7%
8th94.4%100.0%97.1%
9th***
11th**100.0%
All Grades95.2%97.5%96.5%
Olmsted County5th89.6%92.6%91.1%
8th95.3%95.8%95.6%
9th95.7%97.9%96.8%
11th96.0%95.8%95.9%
All Grades93.8%95.3%94.5%
Otter Tail County5th92.0%90.1%91.0%
8th96.7%96.0%96.4%
9th94.5%95.8%95.1%
11th96.8%97.8%97.3%
All Grades94.9%94.8%94.9%
Pennington County5th80.6%97.1%89.3%
8th93.6%95.5%94.5%
9th83.1%97.3%91.0%
11th93.2%95.7%94.3%
All Grades88.0%96.5%92.2%
Pine County5th81.6%87.4%84.4%
8th96.6%90.9%93.5%
9th86.1%90.3%88.3%
11th88.0%92.0%89.9%
All Grades87.9%90.0%89.0%
Pipestone County5th88.6%93.8%91.0%
8th97.1%94.4%95.8%
9th88.9%93.5%91.4%
11th**91.8%
All Grades91.7%93.6%92.7%
Polk County5th89.6%94.2%91.8%
8th94.8%98.1%96.5%
9th98.6%95.9%97.3%
11th98.0%99.2%98.6%
All Grades95.1%96.8%95.9%
Pope County5th***
8th91.4%96.7%93.8%
9th97.1%95.5%96.2%
11th96.6%100.0%98.5%
All Grades94.9%97.3%96.2%
Ramsey County5th87.9%87.5%87.7%
8th91.6%94.2%92.9%
9th93.3%93.9%93.6%
11th95.3%94.8%95.1%
All Grades91.5%92.2%91.8%
Red Lake County5th**87.8%
8th**98.1%
9th96.6%96.2%96.4%
11th**100.0%
All Grades94.2%96.9%95.5%
Redwood County5th85.7%93.2%89.7%
8th91.7%96.5%94.5%
9th87.5%94.6%91.1%
11th97.9%93.3%95.3%
All Grades90.1%94.5%92.5%
Renville County5th100.0%89.5%94.9%
8th94.6%97.0%95.7%
9th100.0%100.0%100.0%
11th96.8%100.0%98.4%
All Grades98.0%96.4%97.2%
Rice County5th89.6%92.7%91.3%
8th95.8%95.4%95.6%
9th93.7%95.7%94.7%
11th95.7%97.8%96.7%
All Grades93.7%95.3%94.5%
Rock County5th83.8%93.3%89.0%
8th96.0%100.0%97.7%
9th94.1%100.0%97.6%
11th97.0%97.0%97.0%
All Grades92.9%97.6%95.3%
Roseau County5th93.6%100.0%96.4%
8th95.8%93.9%94.9%
9th95.7%98.7%97.2%
11th100.0%96.7%98.2%
All Grades96.3%97.1%96.7%
St. Louis County5th88.3%91.0%89.7%
8th92.0%96.3%94.0%
9th92.9%94.7%93.8%
11th94.0%96.5%95.3%
All Grades91.6%94.4%93.0%
Scott County5th93.1%92.4%92.7%
8th95.7%97.3%96.5%
9th97.8%98.3%98.1%
11th98.2%98.3%98.3%
All Grades96.1%96.6%96.3%
Sherburne County5th92.9%93.7%93.3%
8th96.2%97.3%96.7%
9th96.9%98.7%97.8%
11th96.8%98.3%97.6%
All Grades95.6%96.9%96.2%
Sibley County5th88.7%83.3%85.9%
8th93.8%86.9%90.4%
9th91.7%94.1%92.9%
11th98.3%100.0%99.1%
All Grades93.0%90.9%91.9%
Stearns County5th92.5%90.1%91.2%
8th95.0%96.1%95.6%
9th95.1%96.8%95.9%
11th97.1%97.5%97.3%
All Grades94.9%95.0%94.9%
Steele County5th93.4%97.6%95.1%
8th90.5%96.0%93.2%
9th96.0%95.0%95.5%
11th92.4%96.3%94.3%
All Grades93.1%95.8%94.4%
Stevens County5th***
8th***
9th**96.4%
11th***
All Grades96.4%100.0%98.3%
Swift County5th***
8th***
9th***
11th***
All Grades***
Todd County5th87.1%84.4%85.8%
8th90.1%98.1%94.4%
9th98.4%91.9%95.1%
11th94.6%95.2%95.0%
All Grades91.7%92.5%92.1%
Traverse County5th**89.5%
8th**94.1%
9th**93.3%
11th***
All Grades91.1%93.4%92.3%
Wabasha County5th89.6%92.3%91.0%
8th98.1%98.0%98.0%
9th96.5%97.9%97.2%
11th97.5%98.2%97.8%
All Grades95.3%96.2%95.8%
Wadena County5th93.5%94.7%94.1%
8th95.6%96.8%96.2%
9th94.6%94.9%94.8%
11th91.7%97.1%94.6%
All Grades94.0%96.0%95.0%
Waseca County5th**88.1%
8th90.3%96.1%93.1%
9th95.5%99.0%97.4%
11th90.6%98.4%93.8%
All Grades90.8%97.9%94.1%
Washington County5th94.2%95.3%94.7%
8th97.7%97.7%97.7%
9th96.0%98.1%97.0%
11th98.7%97.4%98.0%
All Grades96.6%97.1%96.8%
Watonwan County5th92.4%84.6%89.0%
8th94.1%89.4%91.8%
9th87.8%96.6%92.6%
11th94.7%92.2%93.3%
All Grades92.2%90.9%91.5%
Wilkin County5th**93.5%
8th92.3%96.3%94.3%
9th100.0%97.1%98.4%
11th**97.9%
All Grades96.9%95.7%96.2%
Winona County5th93.1%94.3%93.8%
8th96.6%98.7%97.6%
9th96.9%97.1%97.0%
11th93.5%100.0%96.5%
All Grades95.0%97.0%96.0%
Wright County5th93.2%95.3%94.3%
8th95.9%96.5%96.2%
9th97.6%97.6%97.6%
11th96.9%97.9%97.4%
All Grades95.9%96.8%96.3%
Yellow Medicine County5th86.8%84.3%85.6%
8th91.7%100.0%95.5%
9th96.0%97.4%96.6%
11th**98.2%
All Grades92.4%94.0%93.2%

About the Indicator:

Feeling safe and secure is a factor associated with both substance use and mental health disorders. According to 2019 MSS data, students who “strongly agree” or “agree” they feel safe in their neighborhoods are 1.9 times less likely to report past month alcohol use, 1.8 times less likely to report past month tobacco use, 2.2 times less likely to report past month marijuana use, and 3.4 times less likely to report any past month prescription drug misuse as compared to those who “disagree” or “strongly disagree.” N/A indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected.

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.