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

1998200120042007201020132019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota9th91.2%88.4%89.8%90.1%84.5%87.4%89.4%83.7%86.9%85.7%81.9%83.9%83.3%77.5%80.6%72.0%63.3%67.9%77.3%69.8%74.2%
Aitkin County9th42.1%72.2%56.8%36.7%35.5%36.1%50.0%45.0%47.7%27.3%47.6%37.2%60.0%33.3%45.5%81.3%40.0%61.3%80.0%50.0%66.7%
Anoka County9th96.7%93.8%95.3%91.4%84.3%88.3%86.2%85.0%85.7%86.1%79.9%83.4%82.9%75.8%79.9%72.7%63.2%69.0%80.4%65.8%74.8%
Becker County9th98.4%91.8%95.5%93.2%79.2%85.6%86.4%83.3%85.0%81.3%84.6%82.8%94.1%63.6%76.9%78.6%66.7%71.1%87.0%58.3%77.1%
Beltrami County9th95.0%96.1%95.6%97.5%84.3%92.4%92.2%87.5%90.1%91.9%83.6%87.8%82.2%83.3%82.7%69.4%68.2%68.8%83.3%87.5%85.0%
Benton County9th97.9%100.0%99.1%86.4%92.1%89.6%91.5%85.4%89.0%87.1%80.5%84.5%86.7%79.3%83.8%76.5%50.0%61.5%80.8%75.0%78.3%
Big Stone County9th100.0%100.0%100.0%N/AN/AN/A84.6%81.3%82.8%N/AN/AN/A100.0%66.7%81.8%83.3%80.0%81.8%50.0%50.0%50.0%
Blue Earth County9th98.9%96.3%97.7%95.1%83.1%88.8%89.2%79.4%85.1%84.3%69.0%78.6%88.7%86.4%87.6%74.5%73.9%74.2%83.7%70.4%78.6%
Brown County9th100.0%93.5%96.5%94.6%92.1%93.6%90.0%86.3%88.3%84.6%88.9%86.4%85.7%92.6%89.6%72.2%68.2%70.0%64.0%33.3%55.9%
Carlton County9th95.5%91.7%93.5%81.6%80.5%81.0%86.8%96.9%90.6%66.7%92.1%80.3%93.1%81.5%87.5%75.9%63.0%69.6%82.8%79.2%81.1%
Carver County9th94.3%92.2%93.2%89.1%85.2%87.0%88.1%78.7%84.1%93.3%86.0%89.9%78.7%79.5%79.1%68.8%46.2%58.6%82.4%25.0%64.0%
Cass County9th97.0%93.2%94.8%85.7%100.0%91.9%90.0%95.7%92.1%85.4%83.3%84.5%89.3%88.5%88.9%76.2%63.2%70.0%72.2%73.7%73.0%
Chippewa County9th85.7%100.0%92.9%85.7%88.2%86.8%N/AN/AN/A78.3%72.7%75.6%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A87.5%100.0%93.3%
Chisago County9th97.8%94.1%96.0%87.9%84.8%86.4%N/AN/AN/A82.4%71.0%76.9%87.0%62.0%76.5%69.0%69.8%69.5%72.7%57.9%67.3%
Clay County9th93.2%97.0%95.0%86.2%80.8%83.7%97.1%89.6%93.4%84.1%92.5%89.2%86.1%73.5%80.0%75.0%61.5%70.3%76.0%75.0%75.6%
Clearwater County9th91.7%86.2%87.8%95.7%88.9%92.7%N/AN/AN/A84.6%88.9%86.4%85.7%85.7%85.7%100.0%63.6%77.8%***
Cook County9th100.0%50.0%88.9%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A33.3%66.7%55.6%83.3%0.0%71.4%
Cottonwood County9th94.4%94.7%94.6%95.2%93.3%94.4%92.9%87.5%89.5%85.0%83.3%84.2%66.7%84.6%78.9%66.7%40.0%50.0%100.0%57.1%75.0%
Crow Wing County9th96.6%92.7%94.9%93.2%85.3%89.6%88.7%88.0%88.4%82.2%81.9%82.1%87.5%87.0%87.2%72.7%66.7%69.2%80.0%76.9%78.8%
Dakota County9th97.9%94.9%96.3%88.6%83.3%86.1%87.0%82.0%84.8%85.3%83.0%84.2%82.8%70.8%77.8%73.4%60.9%68.7%79.9%72.3%76.7%
Dodge County9th97.9%91.1%94.6%90.0%78.1%84.7%97.0%69.7%83.3%85.7%87.0%86.2%87.9%73.1%81.4%80.0%52.2%60.6%87.5%83.3%85.7%
Douglas County9th100.0%93.5%96.4%95.3%90.5%93.4%92.0%79.1%86.0%81.5%91.3%86.0%78.6%72.7%75.4%53.8%78.6%62.5%83.9%66.7%77.6%
Faribault County9th96.9%83.3%91.1%95.5%95.8%95.7%96.6%100.0%97.4%68.8%77.8%73.5%N/AN/AN/A64.3%77.8%69.6%87.5%40.0%69.2%
Fillmore County9th100.0%92.9%96.3%91.7%85.2%88.2%95.5%95.8%95.7%68.4%87.5%77.1%75.0%86.7%81.5%55.6%38.5%45.5%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Freeborn County9th91.7%94.9%93.5%83.8%73.7%80.4%89.5%81.0%86.4%86.7%85.7%86.3%84.6%68.4%77.8%70.6%60.0%66.7%56.3%80.0%67.7%
Goodhue County9th94.2%93.6%93.9%94.4%91.7%93.1%89.5%80.3%85.4%81.4%85.1%83.0%78.3%62.5%71.8%73.7%57.1%65.0%75.0%66.7%71.4%
Grant County9th100.0%66.7%87.5%84.2%57.1%72.7%88.9%88.9%88.9%75.0%81.8%80.0%N/AN/AN/A66.7%0.0%50.0%83.3%100.0%87.5%
Hennepin County9th96.6%91.8%94.1%88.8%84.4%86.8%88.4%81.4%85.2%85.7%80.1%83.4%77.6%75.3%76.5%64.2%65.1%64.6%77.4%67.9%73.6%
Houston County9th100.0%97.2%98.7%80.9%96.8%85.9%95.8%86.4%92.9%85.7%80.0%83.0%70.6%76.9%73.3%64.3%50.0%56.7%65.5%83.3%68.6%
Hubbard County9th97.4%90.9%94.4%78.6%91.7%86.8%88.6%84.0%87.0%95.7%80.0%86.8%100.0%84.6%93.8%61.5%76.5%70.0%70.6%50.0%61.3%
Isanti County9th100.0%91.1%95.3%95.1%84.3%90.2%91.8%77.3%85.7%88.2%89.9%89.1%N/AN/AN/A81.5%79.2%80.4%56.8%68.2%61.0%
Itasca County9th98.2%97.8%98.0%88.9%86.4%87.6%89.2%82.9%86.8%87.5%82.4%85.7%79.6%88.9%83.8%71.0%60.0%64.2%78.1%58.3%69.6%
Jackson County9th100.0%86.7%90.9%90.5%92.9%91.4%87.5%85.7%86.4%87.5%78.9%81.5%100.0%69.2%82.6%75.0%77.8%76.5%70.0%86.7%80.0%
Kanabec County9th100.0%95.8%97.8%88.9%75.0%81.6%N/AN/AN/A88.2%88.9%88.6%79.2%90.0%84.1%83.3%58.3%70.8%66.7%75.0%69.7%
Kandiyohi County9th93.5%94.6%94.1%89.7%85.3%87.3%81.4%84.4%83.0%83.0%76.7%80.5%88.5%86.7%87.8%73.3%81.0%77.8%91.3%75.0%84.6%
Kittson County9th100.0%100.0%100.0%80.0%100.0%90.9%100.0%57.1%80.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%85.7%100.0%88.9%0.0%100.0%66.7%
Koochiching County9th100.0%92.3%96.6%94.1%94.4%94.3%92.9%92.3%92.7%N/AN/AN/A25.0%77.8%61.5%84.6%58.3%72.0%87.5%100.0%91.7%
Lac Qui Parle County9th100.0%100.0%100.0%94.1%66.7%81.3%77.8%85.7%83.3%76.9%88.9%81.8%83.3%75.0%80.0%50.0%33.3%40.0%100.0%75.0%87.5%
Lake County9th100.0%90.6%94.2%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A88.9%40.0%78.3%87.5%75.0%81.3%
Lake of the Woods County9th87.5%87.5%87.5%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A75.0%60.0%66.7%75.0%66.7%71.4%
Le Sueur County9th93.8%97.1%95.7%86.7%83.3%85.2%87.8%88.9%88.2%81.8%80.0%81.0%82.6%86.4%84.4%80.0%47.1%62.5%68.2%22.2%54.8%
Lincoln County9th100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%91.7%94.4%100.0%83.3%92.3%73.3%100.0%84.0%83.3%66.7%77.8%100.0%60.0%75.0%66.7%50.0%57.1%
Lyon County9th100.0%93.0%95.1%86.4%86.7%86.5%95.2%85.5%89.7%89.4%84.8%87.5%76.5%68.8%72.7%69.2%80.0%76.3%77.8%100.0%88.2%
McLeod County9th96.2%98.2%97.2%87.9%88.0%88.0%93.0%86.0%90.1%90.4%83.7%87.1%77.8%80.0%78.7%100.0%0.0%33.3%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Mahnomen County9thN/AN/AN/A94.4%85.7%92.0%N/AN/AN/A92.3%88.9%90.9%100.0%90.9%95.2%83.3%80.0%81.8%63.6%100.0%77.8%
Marshall County9th93.8%100.0%97.6%100.0%78.9%84.0%100.0%88.2%91.7%100.0%77.8%89.5%87.5%75.0%80.0%33.3%37.5%36.4%100.0%0.0%100.0%
Martin County9th94.5%83.6%88.8%92.5%77.8%86.6%93.3%79.2%87.0%92.3%68.4%82.2%85.7%46.2%60.0%73.9%53.8%66.7%76.5%77.8%76.9%
Meeker County9th90.3%93.4%91.7%83.3%75.0%78.0%91.1%82.9%87.6%84.1%83.3%83.7%88.5%89.7%89.1%61.1%20.0%42.4%40.0%100.0%66.7%
Mille Lacs County9th91.3%91.4%91.3%98.1%86.7%92.8%90.1%73.5%83.8%82.6%84.8%83.5%71.8%73.9%72.6%67.4%62.5%65.3%78.6%73.1%75.9%
Morrison County9th94.7%93.2%93.9%95.5%86.7%91.0%77.4%81.8%79.7%86.8%81.1%84.8%88.9%81.3%84.5%63.6%60.6%62.1%84.1%76.9%80.7%
Mower County9th93.7%86.2%90.5%95.5%94.4%95.0%84.6%81.3%83.1%89.2%85.2%87.5%80.6%77.3%79.3%87.0%54.5%71.1%73.1%66.7%70.5%
Murray County9th90.0%88.0%89.1%87.5%76.9%82.8%94.1%92.9%93.5%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A100.0%83.3%90.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Nicollet County9th92.6%90.0%91.5%91.7%85.0%88.6%88.5%81.0%85.1%89.5%75.0%83.9%N/AN/AN/A100.0%33.3%71.4%62.5%50.0%58.3%
Nobles County9th93.8%100.0%96.5%94.1%87.0%90.0%92.6%94.4%93.3%93.8%68.4%84.3%77.3%87.0%82.2%82.6%68.2%75.6%86.7%72.7%80.8%
Norman County9th92.9%92.3%92.5%86.7%85.7%86.4%88.9%94.1%92.3%100.0%60.0%83.3%87.5%78.6%81.8%50.0%75.0%62.5%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Olmsted County9th89.3%84.7%87.2%85.7%79.6%82.6%89.0%76.6%83.9%79.5%74.6%77.7%79.5%76.3%78.4%61.9%73.1%68.1%79.6%66.7%74.2%
Otter Tail County9th93.1%84.8%89.4%88.7%74.6%81.0%94.1%86.7%89.7%85.9%87.3%86.6%87.2%77.8%82.1%82.6%61.5%71.4%73.2%70.4%72.1%
Pennington County9th96.0%80.0%90.0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A91.3%80.0%86.8%N/AN/AN/A64.7%57.1%61.3%55.6%62.5%58.8%
Pine County9th81.8%93.6%87.9%98.0%80.8%87.7%84.3%81.6%83.0%87.5%100.0%93.4%69.4%82.9%76.1%73.8%67.9%71.4%91.2%78.6%85.5%
Pipestone County9th87.5%90.5%88.9%100.0%77.3%89.6%100.0%86.7%92.3%81.3%83.3%82.1%N/AN/AN/A100.0%70.0%76.9%75.0%87.5%83.3%
Polk County9th92.9%91.9%92.4%90.9%91.3%91.1%91.1%79.4%86.1%91.2%78.0%84.0%90.6%74.4%81.3%69.6%57.1%63.6%86.4%66.7%77.5%
Pope County9th81.8%86.7%84.6%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A83.3%50.0%66.7%60.0%66.7%62.5%
Ramsey County9th90.5%87.4%89.0%87.8%86.4%87.2%89.7%83.3%87.0%88.2%79.6%84.5%86.7%77.9%82.6%67.5%58.6%63.4%74.8%67.3%71.5%
Red Lake County9th90.5%83.3%87.2%90.0%90.9%90.5%83.3%100.0%90.9%50.0%75.0%62.5%77.8%0.0%70.0%100.0%50.0%70.0%66.7%75.0%71.4%
Redwood County9th88.9%76.2%82.1%89.7%89.7%89.7%80.0%85.7%82.4%96.2%89.5%93.3%93.3%78.9%85.3%83.3%69.2%76.0%80.0%66.7%76.9%
Renville County9th94.1%87.5%90.9%95.0%70.0%80.0%88.2%81.0%84.2%80.0%64.3%72.4%77.8%78.6%78.3%50.0%33.3%40.0%66.7%0.0%66.7%
Rice County9th91.1%91.7%91.4%88.0%82.5%85.3%84.4%81.5%82.8%84.1%87.1%85.6%83.7%83.0%83.3%75.8%63.0%70.0%78.1%59.1%70.4%
Rock County9th89.5%93.1%91.7%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%55.6%66.7%
Roseau County9th93.3%93.3%93.3%96.4%85.7%91.1%92.1%83.9%88.4%84.0%93.1%88.9%68.4%82.6%76.2%77.8%76.9%77.3%73.3%71.4%72.7%
St. Louis County9th89.9%88.9%89.4%90.0%82.2%86.5%87.2%87.9%87.5%83.5%80.7%82.2%86.9%80.6%84.1%82.5%71.3%76.6%82.0%67.1%75.2%
Scott County9th89.5%87.0%88.2%86.5%91.3%88.8%92.2%87.8%90.2%81.1%87.6%84.2%88.7%83.9%86.6%80.4%62.1%73.0%77.9%64.6%72.6%
Sherburne County9th90.1%92.0%91.2%88.8%85.5%87.0%87.8%77.3%83.6%83.1%82.1%82.6%84.8%79.7%82.8%86.1%74.2%79.5%68.7%67.5%68.2%
Sibley County9th96.7%92.1%94.1%86.7%87.5%87.0%80.0%72.7%76.2%85.0%64.7%75.7%82.4%80.0%81.5%60.0%82.4%74.1%55.6%64.7%61.5%
Stearns County9th91.8%89.7%90.7%88.8%83.8%86.6%92.4%84.2%89.1%86.0%79.1%82.5%79.0%67.9%73.6%70.0%55.1%63.1%77.5%76.8%77.2%
Steele County9th88.9%88.5%88.7%77.5%78.2%77.9%89.6%86.7%88.5%82.2%92.1%86.7%85.7%72.7%80.7%53.6%72.4%63.2%81.1%63.0%73.4%
Stevens County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A92.3%80.0%87.0%75.0%77.8%76.5%N/AN/AN/A66.7%63.6%64.3%100.0%66.7%75.0%
Swift County9th90.9%92.9%92.0%81.3%76.5%78.8%N/AN/AN/A100.0%66.7%81.0%100.0%75.0%80.0%75.0%50.0%71.4%***
Todd County9th96.7%89.6%93.0%95.1%90.2%92.6%93.9%86.2%91.0%80.6%81.8%81.2%78.3%67.9%72.5%68.2%65.4%66.7%90.9%84.6%87.5%
Traverse County9th90.0%77.8%84.2%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A66.7%100.0%75.0%80.0%0.0%80.0%
Wabasha County9th96.2%85.2%90.4%94.4%93.2%93.9%94.3%93.9%94.1%86.0%73.3%79.5%93.3%72.4%83.1%69.2%50.0%60.0%86.7%92.3%89.3%
Wadena County9th96.2%100.0%97.8%85.7%79.3%82.0%96.2%81.5%88.7%86.7%80.0%84.4%90.0%66.7%78.9%80.0%75.0%78.9%62.5%100.0%70.0%
Waseca County9th93.1%92.3%92.8%97.9%86.7%92.5%95.7%91.7%93.6%86.4%88.9%87.8%N/AN/AN/A81.3%45.5%66.7%66.7%90.0%80.0%
Washington County9th89.3%89.2%89.2%91.8%80.5%86.5%88.2%82.8%85.7%86.4%83.0%84.8%86.6%76.6%82.4%76.2%60.4%68.4%76.2%71.4%74.1%
Watonwan County9th81.4%87.5%83.6%91.9%84.2%89.3%93.3%95.0%94.3%88.2%75.0%82.8%64.3%92.3%77.8%83.3%80.0%81.8%75.0%60.0%69.2%
Wilkin County9th95.7%97.0%96.4%94.1%91.7%93.1%92.0%88.9%91.2%100.0%90.9%95.8%75.0%54.5%60.0%83.3%75.0%80.0%50.0%0.0%33.3%
Winona County9th93.0%93.5%93.2%90.7%86.3%88.4%90.0%85.7%88.2%84.8%73.3%79.1%79.2%80.0%79.5%76.0%71.4%73.9%85.7%87.5%86.7%
Wright County9th96.6%90.0%93.1%93.0%82.5%87.7%92.2%86.0%89.4%84.5%82.4%83.6%82.2%81.4%81.8%65.8%62.2%64.1%73.8%61.2%68.2%
Yellow Medicine County9th92.9%90.5%91.8%95.0%92.9%93.5%92.0%93.1%92.6%95.5%84.2%90.2%100.0%71.4%89.5%45.5%100.0%68.4%66.7%100.0%71.4%

About the Indicator:

This indicator reflects students responding that they got alcohol from one or more of the following sources: their friends, their parents, other family members, getting someone else to buy it for them, or at parties.  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.