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Percent of Students Reporting They Live with Someone Who Uses Illegal Drugs or Abuses Prescription Drugs, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

20162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota9th5.2%4.2%4.7%
All Grades4.9%4.3%4.6%
8th5.5%4.3%4.9%
Aitkin County9th10.0%4.2%7.4%
All Grades4.6%3.9%4.3%
8th2.3%7.3%4.8%
Anoka County9th6.2%4.0%5.1%
All Grades5.6%4.7%5.1%
8th6.3%4.9%5.6%
Becker County9th1.6%4.0%2.8%
All Grades4.2%5.1%4.6%
8th4.6%3.3%4.0%
Beltrami County9th5.8%6.7%6.3%
All Grades6.6%5.6%6.1%
8th8.7%6.1%7.4%
Benton County9th4.0%8.3%6.3%
All Grades4.9%6.4%5.7%
8th5.0%7.1%6.0%
Big Stone County9th***
All Grades***
8th**0.0%
Blue Earth County9th3.0%3.3%3.1%
All Grades3.2%4.1%3.7%
8th4.3%3.2%3.8%
Brown County9th4.5%4.1%4.3%
All Grades4.7%4.6%4.6%
8th6.1%4.9%5.4%
Carlton County9th3.9%2.6%3.2%
All Grades4.3%3.5%3.9%
8th4.4%6.5%5.6%
Carver County9th2.3%2.8%2.5%
All Grades3.9%3.1%3.5%
8th4.1%2.1%3.0%
Cass County9th12.4%6.3%9.3%
All Grades11.2%8.7%9.9%
8th16.7%6.7%11.7%
Chippewa County9th***
All Grades***
8th8.2%0.0%3.6%
Chisago County9th***
All Grades***
8th8.8%2.3%5.7%
Clay County9th4.3%2.9%3.6%
All Grades3.9%2.4%3.1%
8th2.7%4.2%3.5%
Clearwater County9th0.0%3.1%1.9%
All Grades1.7%4.3%3.1%
8th***
Cook County9th***
All Grades***
8th**18.4%
Cottonwood County9th6.4%4.0%5.2%
All Grades3.0%2.0%2.5%
8th3.8%1.3%2.5%
Crow Wing County9th***
All Grades***
8th1.5%3.0%2.3%
Dakota County9th5.1%4.4%4.7%
All Grades4.8%4.3%4.6%
8th5.1%4.4%4.8%
Dodge County9th3.2%2.6%2.9%
All Grades3.2%4.1%3.6%
8th2.8%3.0%2.9%
Douglas County9th1.3%3.9%2.6%
All Grades2.2%3.1%2.7%
8th3.3%3.0%3.2%
Faribault County9th4.4%1.7%2.9%
All Grades3.5%1.7%2.5%
8th4.2%4.1%4.1%
Fillmore County9th0.0%1.5%0.7%
All Grades4.0%3.0%3.5%
8th5.0%6.3%5.6%
Freeborn County9th8.2%7.5%7.8%
All Grades4.9%5.4%5.1%
8th13.2%4.7%8.9%
Goodhue County9th4.7%4.9%4.8%
All Grades4.8%5.1%4.9%
8th4.8%9.2%6.9%
Grant County9th0.0%2.9%1.5%
All Grades4.1%4.0%4.0%
8th8.0%7.9%7.9%
Hennepin County9th5.3%4.3%4.8%
All Grades4.7%4.7%4.7%
8th4.4%4.0%4.2%
Houston County9th4.9%4.6%4.7%
All Grades7.2%5.3%6.3%
8th3.2%4.3%3.7%
Hubbard County9th8.0%7.1%7.6%
All Grades8.1%3.9%6.1%
8th4.4%1.4%3.1%
Isanti County9th11.0%8.7%9.9%
All Grades9.8%6.4%8.1%
8th9.3%5.1%7.3%
Itasca County9th8.7%3.2%6.1%
All Grades6.3%4.4%5.3%
8th8.4%4.2%6.3%
Jackson County9th6.8%7.0%6.9%
All Grades4.1%5.4%4.7%
8th2.3%0.0%1.4%
Kanabec County9th12.7%5.1%8.7%
All Grades7.3%8.4%7.9%
8th7.3%4.7%5.9%
Kandiyohi County9th6.0%4.0%5.0%
All Grades4.0%3.3%3.7%
8th7.0%2.2%4.4%
Kittson County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades3.0%0.0%1.6%
8th**6.5%
Koochiching County9th***
All Grades***
8th**0.0%
Lac Qui Parle County9th0.0%2.8%1.4%
All Grades3.1%4.2%3.6%
8th6.4%2.2%4.3%
Lake County9th***
All Grades***
8th3.6%0.0%2.0%
Lake of the Woods County9th***
All Grades***
8th**0.0%
Le Sueur County9th6.5%4.4%5.4%
All Grades5.0%3.4%4.2%
8th4.2%5.6%5.0%
Lincoln County9th***
All Grades***
8th**2.5%
Lyon County9th3.6%2.1%2.8%
All Grades4.1%3.2%3.6%
8th5.4%1.0%3.3%
McLeod County9th***
All Grades***
8th**3.0%
Mahnomen County9th0.0%5.7%3.0%
All Grades4.0%5.7%5.0%
8th3.4%4.0%3.7%
Marshall County9th0.0%3.1%1.4%
All Grades2.0%1.8%1.9%
8th***
Martin County9th***
All Grades***
8th10.3%1.8%6.5%
Meeker County9th1.0%3.4%2.3%
All Grades3.7%5.3%4.5%
8th6.5%3.0%4.7%
Mille Lacs County9th6.5%6.0%6.2%
All Grades5.5%4.6%5.1%
8th8.8%5.1%6.8%
Morrison County9th1.6%4.8%3.3%
All Grades2.3%3.9%3.1%
8th7.5%8.2%7.9%
Mower County9th6.5%3.6%5.0%
All Grades5.0%4.3%4.6%
8th9.8%12.9%11.2%
Murray County9th0.0%7.1%3.9%
All Grades2.7%4.5%3.6%
8th0.0%0.0%0.0%
Nicollet County9th***
All Grades***
8th***
Nobles County9th3.8%1.9%2.7%
All Grades1.8%3.7%2.7%
8th2.7%1.9%2.3%
Norman County9th3.2%0.0%1.6%
All Grades1.0%0.9%0.9%
8th11.4%3.3%7.7%
Olmsted County9th5.8%4.0%4.9%
All Grades5.7%4.3%5.0%
8th5.5%4.2%4.9%
Otter Tail County9th4.0%4.4%4.2%
All Grades4.2%4.0%4.1%
8th5.5%2.5%4.1%
Pennington County9th***
All Grades***
8th2.6%4.4%3.4%
Pine County9th8.1%9.3%8.7%
All Grades9.7%7.8%8.7%
8th8.5%8.0%8.2%
Pipestone County9th***
All Grades***
8th5.7%0.0%2.9%
Polk County9th5.2%3.5%4.3%
All Grades4.6%3.6%4.1%
8th3.9%7.0%5.4%
Pope County9th12.0%3.3%7.3%
All Grades8.6%1.8%4.7%
8th0.0%3.4%1.5%
Ramsey County9th5.0%4.4%4.7%
All Grades5.5%4.9%5.2%
8th6.2%5.1%5.7%
Red Lake County9th9.5%0.0%4.5%
All Grades7.4%4.8%6.1%
8th**0.0%
Redwood County9th4.3%4.5%4.4%
All Grades6.2%2.1%4.1%
8th5.0%3.7%4.2%
Renville County9th5.6%2.3%4.1%
All Grades6.7%3.4%5.2%
8th0.0%0.0%0.0%
Rice County9th3.2%2.2%2.7%
All Grades3.2%2.8%3.0%
8th9.7%4.5%7.3%
Rock County9th***
All Grades***
8th2.1%2.9%2.4%
Roseau County9th0.0%1.0%0.6%
All Grades3.4%0.8%2.0%
8th4.2%6.0%5.0%
St. Louis County9th6.6%3.9%5.3%
All Grades6.5%4.5%5.5%
8th6.2%4.0%5.1%
Scott County9th5.0%3.3%4.1%
All Grades4.4%3.5%4.0%
8th4.9%4.2%4.6%
Sherburne County9th3.9%6.5%5.2%
All Grades4.6%5.2%4.9%
8th4.8%4.8%4.8%
Sibley County9th1.7%5.8%3.6%
All Grades2.7%4.3%3.5%
8th8.1%7.3%7.7%
Stearns County9th4.5%3.6%4.1%
All Grades2.9%3.5%3.2%
8th3.6%4.4%4.0%
Steele County9th5.3%2.9%4.1%
All Grades5.4%3.5%4.5%
8th8.3%5.9%7.2%
Stevens County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades0.9%0.0%0.4%
8th***
Swift County9th***
All Grades***
8th***
Todd County9th5.7%5.0%5.3%
All Grades4.6%5.7%5.1%
8th3.5%5.9%4.8%
Traverse County9th***
All Grades***
8th**2.9%
Wabasha County9th4.2%2.7%3.5%
All Grades4.5%3.3%3.9%
8th5.2%1.4%3.4%
Wadena County9th1.2%4.5%2.7%
All Grades3.3%4.3%3.8%
8th4.5%2.2%3.4%
Waseca County9th2.0%2.8%2.4%
All Grades4.6%4.5%4.5%
8th5.3%4.1%4.8%
Washington County9th5.9%5.3%5.6%
All Grades4.8%4.8%4.8%
8th6.6%3.8%5.3%
Watonwan County9th10.3%6.8%8.5%
All Grades8.6%7.3%7.9%
8th2.0%4.8%3.3%
Wilkin County9th8.1%2.1%4.7%
All Grades6.3%2.7%4.5%
8th3.8%0.0%1.9%
Winona County9th3.8%3.2%3.5%
All Grades4.3%2.8%3.5%
8th3.6%2.7%3.1%
Wright County9th5.2%3.0%4.1%
All Grades5.1%3.4%4.2%
8th5.1%2.2%3.7%
Yellow Medicine County9th2.6%0.0%1.2%
All Grades5.0%0.8%2.7%
8th12.2%7.1%9.9%

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.