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Percent of Students Reporting Any Alcohol Use in the Past 30 Days, Who Bought the Alcohol from Someone or Somewhere, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

1998200120042007201020132019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota9th6.8%13.5%10.1%7.2%14.7%10.8%7.4%14.0%10.3%7.0%12.7%9.6%6.1%9.8%7.8%5.9%11.2%8.4%2.0%6.2%3.7%
Aitkin County9th0.0%22.2%10.8%10.0%16.1%13.1%20.8%20.0%20.5%0.0%9.5%4.7%28.6%26.9%27.6%6.3%6.7%6.5%0.0%25.0%11.1%
Anoka County9th7.0%13.9%10.4%6.7%15.3%10.4%5.1%14.4%8.8%5.2%12.4%8.4%9.3%10.9%10.0%6.3%13.2%9.0%3.4%5.4%4.1%
Becker County9th2.4%10.5%5.8%2.3%13.2%8.2%11.4%25.0%17.5%6.3%15.4%10.3%5.9%0.0%2.6%7.1%12.5%10.5%0.0%8.3%2.9%
Beltrami County9th7.6%16.9%12.2%11.1%9.8%10.6%15.6%12.5%14.2%22.6%21.3%22.0%22.2%13.9%18.5%12.2%9.1%10.8%5.6%8.3%6.7%
Benton County9th13.3%18.3%15.8%11.9%18.4%15.6%10.2%4.9%8.0%3.2%7.3%4.9%2.2%6.9%4.1%0.0%4.5%2.6%0.0%5.0%2.2%
Big Stone County9th5.6%12.5%7.7%N/AN/AN/A7.7%18.8%13.8%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Blue Earth County9th4.5%6.3%5.4%6.2%5.6%5.9%6.5%10.3%8.1%5.7%11.9%8.0%4.8%8.5%6.6%6.4%13.0%9.7%0.0%14.8%5.7%
Brown County9th5.6%11.5%8.5%7.1%15.8%10.6%3.3%7.8%5.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.6%18.2%12.5%4.0%11.1%5.9%
Carlton County9th7.1%13.8%11.0%2.6%12.2%7.6%15.1%25.0%18.8%6.1%15.8%11.3%6.9%3.7%5.4%6.9%14.8%10.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Carver County9th7.7%11.8%9.4%8.7%9.3%9.0%7.9%14.7%10.8%8.3%10.3%9.3%5.3%7.2%6.3%3.1%3.8%3.4%5.9%0.0%4.0%
Cass County9th5.4%6.7%5.9%14.3%12.5%13.5%10.0%17.4%12.7%16.7%5.6%11.9%3.6%11.5%7.4%4.8%21.1%12.5%5.6%5.3%5.4%
Chippewa County9th9.1%0.0%4.5%0.0%11.8%5.3%N/AN/AN/A13.0%0.0%6.7%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%
Chisago County9th4.0%8.3%6.3%7.6%10.6%9.1%N/AN/AN/A8.8%14.5%11.5%8.7%10.0%9.2%2.4%17.0%10.5%0.0%15.8%5.8%
Clay County9th4.9%7.1%6.0%7.4%5.1%6.4%5.7%11.9%8.8%2.3%6.0%4.5%2.8%8.8%5.7%12.5%15.4%13.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Clearwater County9th0.0%20.6%14.0%0.0%22.2%9.8%N/AN/AN/A23.1%11.1%18.2%7.1%0.0%3.6%0.0%9.1%5.6%***
Cook County9th9.1%0.0%7.1%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Cottonwood County9th8.0%0.0%4.5%0.0%20.0%8.3%0.0%4.2%2.6%10.0%27.8%18.4%0.0%15.4%10.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Crow Wing County9th5.7%12.7%9.1%7.7%9.5%8.5%5.2%10.7%7.6%1.4%8.3%4.8%6.3%8.7%7.7%9.1%13.3%11.5%2.5%3.8%3.0%
Dakota County9th7.7%15.0%11.5%5.4%16.1%10.6%5.4%11.0%7.9%4.5%12.7%8.5%3.4%7.9%5.3%6.3%4.9%5.8%1.1%5.9%3.1%
Dodge County9th6.5%16.1%11.0%7.5%25.0%15.3%0.0%21.2%10.6%14.3%8.7%12.3%3.0%7.7%5.1%0.0%13.0%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Douglas County9th5.4%13.2%9.7%6.3%19.0%11.3%8.0%9.3%8.6%3.7%17.4%10.0%0.0%9.1%4.9%7.7%0.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Faribault County9th7.0%0.0%4.2%4.5%16.7%10.9%13.8%0.0%10.5%12.5%16.7%14.7%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%20.0%7.7%
Fillmore County9th6.0%4.4%5.3%4.2%11.1%7.8%9.1%8.3%8.7%10.5%12.5%11.4%0.0%13.3%7.4%11.1%0.0%4.5%0.0%50.0%25.0%
Freeborn County9th4.7%20.5%13.6%10.8%21.1%14.3%2.6%19.0%8.5%8.9%8.6%8.8%11.5%5.3%8.9%0.0%10.0%3.7%0.0%6.7%3.2%
Goodhue County9th7.8%20.2%14.6%2.8%19.4%11.1%5.8%11.3%8.3%6.8%6.4%6.6%8.7%0.0%5.1%10.5%4.8%7.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Grant County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%5.3%7.1%6.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Hennepin County9th6.9%15.3%11.0%9.3%17.9%13.2%7.5%15.9%11.3%6.2%15.1%9.8%7.7%13.1%10.2%3.5%15.3%8.5%2.7%11.8%6.3%
Houston County9th6.0%21.4%13.0%8.8%6.5%8.1%4.2%0.0%2.9%3.6%4.0%3.8%0.0%15.4%6.7%7.1%0.0%3.3%3.4%0.0%2.9%
Hubbard County9th2.0%16.2%8.0%0.0%16.7%10.5%11.4%8.0%10.1%13.0%16.7%15.1%15.8%23.1%18.8%15.4%23.5%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Isanti County9th8.2%8.9%8.6%3.3%13.7%8.0%6.6%25.0%14.3%5.9%8.7%7.3%N/AN/AN/A7.4%16.7%11.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Itasca County9th6.3%9.7%7.9%7.4%18.6%13.3%7.7%14.6%10.4%6.3%11.8%8.2%7.4%13.3%10.1%6.5%22.0%16.0%0.0%8.3%3.6%
Jackson County9th4.8%15.8%10.0%0.0%35.7%14.3%0.0%21.4%13.6%25.0%10.5%14.8%10.0%23.1%17.4%0.0%33.3%17.6%0.0%6.7%4.0%
Kanabec County9th7.0%2.0%4.3%5.6%25.0%15.8%N/AN/AN/A0.0%11.1%5.7%0.0%5.0%2.3%8.3%25.0%16.7%9.5%8.3%9.1%
Kandiyohi County9th13.5%20.3%17.1%3.4%11.8%7.9%2.3%8.9%5.7%4.3%0.0%2.6%3.8%6.7%4.9%6.7%9.5%8.3%4.3%6.3%5.1%
Kittson County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.7%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%66.7%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Koochiching County9th7.9%13.3%10.3%17.6%0.0%8.6%10.7%7.7%9.8%N/AN/AN/A25.0%22.2%23.1%0.0%16.7%8.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lac Qui Parle County9th8.7%8.6%8.6%5.9%13.3%9.4%0.0%19.0%13.3%7.7%22.2%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lake County9th4.2%6.1%5.3%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A5.6%20.0%8.7%0.0%12.5%6.3%
Lake of the Woods County9th55.6%10.0%31.6%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.0%20.0%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Le Sueur County9th6.0%8.1%7.3%11.1%25.0%17.3%10.2%11.1%10.6%11.4%15.0%13.1%4.3%27.3%15.6%6.7%17.6%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lincoln County9th0.0%8.7%4.4%0.0%16.7%11.1%14.3%0.0%7.7%6.7%10.0%8.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lyon County9th9.1%9.0%9.0%15.9%23.3%20.2%7.1%10.9%9.3%8.5%3.0%6.3%0.0%6.3%3.0%7.7%12.0%10.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
McLeod County9th6.5%10.5%8.4%5.2%22.0%13.0%8.5%8.0%8.3%3.8%12.2%7.9%14.8%5.0%10.6%0.0%50.0%33.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mahnomen County9thN/AN/AN/A5.6%0.0%4.0%N/AN/AN/A23.1%0.0%13.6%10.0%0.0%4.8%0.0%20.0%9.1%18.2%0.0%11.1%
Marshall County9th0.0%7.7%4.8%0.0%26.3%20.0%0.0%17.6%12.5%10.0%11.1%10.5%0.0%16.7%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Martin County9th3.6%8.2%6.0%12.5%18.5%14.9%10.0%4.2%7.4%3.8%5.3%4.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.7%15.4%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Meeker County9th5.6%16.4%10.5%3.3%11.5%8.5%8.9%31.7%18.6%4.5%14.6%9.8%0.0%6.9%3.6%11.1%6.7%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mille Lacs County9th3.8%10.8%7.5%11.5%22.2%16.5%7.4%18.4%11.5%5.8%15.2%9.6%2.6%21.7%9.7%7.0%12.5%9.3%7.1%3.8%5.6%
Morrison County9th9.6%13.6%11.7%6.8%14.4%10.7%6.5%21.2%14.1%5.9%18.9%10.5%0.0%6.3%3.6%6.1%9.1%7.6%2.3%5.1%3.6%
Mower County9th7.6%12.1%9.5%9.1%18.5%13.3%10.3%25.0%16.9%5.4%11.1%7.8%11.1%9.1%10.3%13.0%13.6%13.3%0.0%5.6%2.3%
Murray County9th10.0%12.0%10.9%12.5%7.7%10.3%5.9%28.6%16.1%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Nicollet County9th11.1%5.0%8.5%4.2%5.0%4.5%7.7%9.5%8.5%5.3%16.7%9.7%N/AN/AN/A50.0%0.0%28.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Nobles County9th8.3%21.1%14.0%11.8%15.2%13.8%3.7%11.1%6.7%15.6%15.8%15.7%0.0%17.4%8.9%17.4%9.1%13.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Norman County9th0.0%23.1%15.0%0.0%28.6%9.1%11.1%5.9%7.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Olmsted County9th5.0%16.0%10.0%7.8%16.6%12.2%9.2%16.9%12.4%8.5%14.1%10.6%8.2%26.3%14.4%0.0%11.5%6.4%9.3%7.7%8.6%
Otter Tail County9th6.9%15.2%10.6%7.5%17.5%12.9%2.0%17.3%11.1%7.8%5.5%6.7%5.1%2.2%3.6%8.7%7.7%8.2%0.0%3.7%1.5%
Pennington County9th4.0%0.0%2.5%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A17.4%6.7%13.2%N/AN/AN/A0.0%7.1%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pine County9th4.5%8.5%6.6%8.2%13.7%11.5%2.0%14.3%8.0%12.5%31.0%21.3%5.6%8.6%7.0%9.5%14.3%11.4%2.9%7.1%4.8%
Pipestone County9th8.3%19.0%13.3%0.0%13.6%6.3%18.2%20.0%19.2%0.0%16.7%7.1%N/AN/AN/A0.0%10.0%7.7%0.0%12.5%8.3%
Polk County9th7.1%14.5%10.6%3.6%15.2%8.9%4.4%8.8%6.3%8.8%14.6%12.0%12.5%9.3%10.7%8.7%7.7%8.2%0.0%5.6%2.5%
Pope County9th18.2%26.7%23.1%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%33.3%12.5%
Ramsey County9th10.7%17.8%14.1%7.6%18.6%12.5%7.9%19.3%12.8%7.5%17.1%11.6%8.4%12.3%10.2%6.2%17.2%11.3%3.6%10.0%6.4%
Red Lake County9th4.8%11.1%7.7%10.0%0.0%4.8%16.7%20.0%18.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Redwood County9th0.0%4.8%2.6%3.4%6.9%5.2%10.0%0.0%5.9%3.8%10.5%6.7%0.0%10.5%5.9%0.0%7.7%4.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Renville County9th5.9%12.5%9.1%15.0%3.3%8.0%0.0%4.8%2.6%0.0%14.3%6.9%11.1%14.3%13.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Rice County9th5.0%14.6%9.6%4.8%18.8%11.7%6.7%9.3%8.1%7.9%14.5%11.2%4.1%8.5%6.3%9.1%3.7%6.7%0.0%9.1%3.7%
Rock County9th10.5%13.8%12.5%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A33.3%0.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Roseau County9th2.2%6.7%4.4%3.6%25.0%14.3%13.2%12.9%13.0%12.0%10.3%11.1%5.3%0.0%2.4%0.0%7.7%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
St. Louis County9th4.5%12.5%8.2%4.3%11.6%7.6%11.3%9.3%10.4%9.4%15.0%12.0%7.7%8.2%7.9%7.8%8.7%8.3%2.2%10.5%6.1%
Scott County9th4.4%13.0%8.7%9.5%16.5%12.9%7.1%13.8%10.2%10.4%10.3%10.3%4.4%8.9%6.4%2.1%9.1%4.9%0.0%1.3%0.5%
Sherburne County9th4.9%11.0%8.3%8.6%13.1%11.1%10.9%15.5%12.7%10.3%12.2%11.2%6.4%5.1%5.9%5.1%9.3%7.4%0.0%1.3%0.6%
Sibley County9th3.3%13.2%8.8%10.0%0.0%5.6%20.0%13.6%16.7%0.0%5.9%2.7%0.0%20.0%7.4%10.0%11.8%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Stearns County9th3.6%10.3%7.2%5.0%12.6%8.4%4.8%11.5%7.5%10.7%10.1%10.4%4.9%5.1%5.0%6.7%10.3%8.3%0.0%1.8%0.8%
Steele County9th9.5%11.5%10.4%7.5%0.0%3.2%12.5%3.3%9.0%4.4%5.3%4.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%0.0%1.8%0.0%3.7%1.6%
Stevens County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A7.7%0.0%4.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Swift County9th9.1%7.1%8.0%6.3%5.9%6.1%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%37.5%30.0%8.3%0.0%7.1%***
Todd County9th8.2%10.4%9.4%4.9%6.6%5.7%12.2%10.3%11.5%2.8%6.1%4.3%4.3%3.6%3.9%9.1%3.8%6.3%0.0%15.4%8.3%
Traverse County9th20.0%33.3%26.3%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wabasha County9th5.7%6.6%6.1%8.3%15.3%11.5%2.9%0.0%1.7%4.7%11.1%8.0%3.3%13.8%8.5%7.7%16.7%12.0%0.0%7.7%3.6%
Wadena County9th3.8%15.0%8.7%0.0%10.3%6.0%3.8%22.2%13.2%3.3%6.7%4.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Waseca County9th6.9%12.8%9.3%6.3%0.0%3.2%0.0%16.7%8.5%13.6%7.4%10.2%N/AN/AN/A0.0%9.1%3.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Washington County9th6.2%17.0%11.7%6.6%13.7%9.9%8.3%13.6%10.8%9.6%13.0%11.2%6.7%13.7%9.7%6.5%8.2%7.4%2.7%6.7%4.5%
Watonwan County9th4.7%12.5%7.5%8.1%15.8%10.7%0.0%15.0%8.6%11.8%16.7%13.8%7.1%7.7%7.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wilkin County9th8.7%18.2%14.3%5.9%25.0%13.8%4.0%22.2%8.8%0.0%9.1%4.2%25.0%0.0%6.7%16.7%25.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Winona County9th8.5%9.7%9.0%10.7%11.3%11.0%3.3%4.8%3.9%4.3%13.3%8.8%6.3%8.6%7.2%8.0%9.5%8.7%14.3%0.0%6.7%
Wright County9th7.9%10.0%9.0%5.3%11.4%8.3%7.0%20.6%13.1%2.9%16.2%8.5%1.4%5.1%3.0%2.5%6.8%4.6%2.4%7.5%4.6%
Yellow Medicine County9th7.1%9.5%8.2%15.0%14.3%14.5%20.0%6.9%13.0%4.5%10.5%7.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.2%37.5%26.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%

About the Indicator:

This indicator reflects students responding that they purchased alcohol from one or more of the following sources: gas stations, convenience stores, bars or restaurants, liquor stores, or on the internet.  These data include only students who reported any alcohol use in the past 30 days.  Students were asked to select all methods of obtaining alcohol that applied.  N/A indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected.

Access questions were not asked in 2016.

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.