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Percent of Students Reporting Methamphetamine Use within the Past 12 Months, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

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MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Minnesota9th5%4%5%4%4%4%2%1%1%1%1%1%
12th8%5%6%7%4%5%3%1%2%2%1%1%
All Grades6%5%5%5%4%5%2%1%2%2%1%1%
Aitkin County9th7%23%14%6%11%8%0%1%1%2%2%2%
12th10%13%11%12%14%13%0%4%2%0%2%1%
All Grades8%18%12%9%12%10%0%3%1%1%2%1%
Anoka County9th6%6%6%5%4%5%2%1%1%2%1%2%
12th9%7%8%10%7%8%5%2%3%3%1%2%
All Grades7%6%7%7%5%6%3%1%2%2%1%2%
Becker County9th5%3%4%5%6%6%1%3%2%0%1%0%
12th5%4%4%10%2%6%2%4%3%1%1%1%
All Grades5%4%4%8%4%6%1%3%2%1%1%1%
Beltrami County9th5%5%5%4%5%5%3%1%2%1%1%1%
12th4%4%4%4%6%5%4%1%3%4%1%2%
All Grades5%5%5%4%6%5%4%1%2%2%1%1%
Benton County9th8%6%7%2%4%3%1%1%1%1%1%1%
12th8%3%5%7%3%5%2%2%2%1%0%0%
All Grades8%5%6%4%4%4%2%1%2%1%1%1%
Big Stone County9thN/AN/AN/A2%9%5%N/AN/A3%0%0%0%
12thN/AN/AN/A6%4%5%N/AN/A0%9%4%7%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A4%6%5%N/AN/AN/A4%2%3%
Blue Earth County9th4%3%3%5%4%4%1%1%1%2%0%1%
12th8%4%6%9%4%6%1%1%1%1%1%1%
All Grades5%3%4%7%4%5%1%1%1%2%1%1%
Brown County9th5%3%4%4%4%4%0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th6%6%6%4%4%4%0%0%0%3%0%1%
All Grades5%4%5%4%4%4%0%0%0%1%0%1%
Carlton County9th6%7%6%4%4%4%1%1%1%1%0%1%
12th9%10%9%7%7%7%6%3%4%1%0%1%
All Grades7%8%7%5%6%5%3%2%2%1%0%1%
Carver County9th5%4%5%2%4%3%1%1%1%1%1%1%
12th8%6%7%4%5%5%1%0%1%1%0%1%
All Grades6%5%5%3%5%4%1%1%1%1%1%1%
Cass County9th10%11%10%8%7%7%2%1%2%0%2%1%
12th17%8%14%2%9%6%5%7%6%1%6%4%
All Grades14%10%12%6%8%7%4%4%4%1%4%3%
Chippewa County9th3%3%3%N/AN/AN/A0%1%1%N/AN/AN/A
12th5%4%4%N/AN/AN/A3%2%3%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades4%4%4%N/AN/AN/A1%2%1%N/AN/AN/A
Chisago County9th7%5%6%N/AN/AN/A4%1%3%2%1%2%
12th13%6%10%N/AN/AN/A5%4%4%2%2%2%
All Grades10%6%8%N/AN/AN/A4%2%3%2%1%2%
Clay County9th4%4%4%7%4%5%2%2%2%1%1%1%
12th5%5%5%5%4%4%5%1%3%2%1%2%
All Grades4%5%4%6%4%5%3%2%2%1%1%1%
Clearwater County9th0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th5%3%4%N/AN/AN/A0%0%0%3%4%4%
All Grades2%1%2%N/AN/AN/A0%0%0%1%1%1%
Cook County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cottonwood County9th3%4%3%4%0%2%2%1%2%2%0%1%
12th5%6%6%0%2%1%2%0%1%4%0%2%
All Grades4%5%4%2%1%2%2%1%1%3%0%2%
Crow Wing County9th7%10%8%3%6%4%0%2%1%1%0%1%
12th10%10%10%6%2%4%3%4%3%3%2%2%
All Grades8%10%9%4%4%4%2%3%2%2%1%2%
Dakota County9th4%3%4%4%5%5%2%1%1%2%1%1%
12th6%6%6%5%4%5%2%1%2%2%1%1%
All Grades5%4%5%5%5%5%2%1%2%2%1%1%
Dodge County9th10%8%8%10%5%7%2%4%3%2%0%1%
12th7%3%5%4%3%4%7%2%4%12%3%8%
All Grades8%6%7%7%4%6%4%3%4%6%2%4%
Douglas County9th5%9%7%2%11%6%1%1%1%1%0%1%
12th14%9%12%9%8%9%0%1%0%3%0%1%
All Grades9%9%9%5%10%7%1%1%1%2%0%1%
Faribault County9th5%5%5%0%7%4%1%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
12th11%4%7%7%4%5%3%5%4%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades7%4%6%3%6%4%2%2%2%N/AN/AN/A
Fillmore County9th4%1%2%1%3%2%1%1%1%2%0%1%
12th6%1%4%6%3%4%0%2%1%5%0%2%
All Grades5%1%3%3%3%3%1%2%1%3%0%2%
Freeborn County9th6%2%4%5%4%4%1%1%1%1%1%1%
12th11%8%9%4%2%3%5%2%4%0%0%0%
All Grades8%5%6%4%3%4%3%1%2%1%1%1%
Goodhue County9th4%6%5%4%4%4%0%1%1%1%0%0%
12th11%5%8%4%4%4%3%0%2%1%1%1%
All Grades6%6%6%4%4%4%2%1%1%1%0%1%
Grant County9th7%6%6%0%0%0%0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
12th6%4%5%13%6%9%4%0%2%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades7%5%6%6%3%4%2%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
Hennepin County9th4%3%4%4%3%3%2%1%1%1%1%1%
12th5%4%4%5%2%4%3%1%2%2%1%1%
All Grades4%3%4%4%3%3%2%1%2%2%1%1%
Houston County9th2%3%3%4%6%5%2%1%1%0%1%0%
12th9%3%5%5%4%4%1%1%1%2%1%2%
All Grades4%3%4%5%5%5%2%1%1%1%1%1%
Hubbard County9th10%3%6%9%10%9%3%8%5%3%0%1%
12th17%8%13%9%3%6%1%10%5%5%0%3%
All Grades13%5%9%9%7%8%2%9%5%4%0%2%
Isanti County9th4%6%5%4%8%6%1%1%1%N/AN/AN/A
12th9%6%8%5%3%4%4%1%2%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades6%6%6%4%6%5%2%1%1%N/AN/AN/A
Itasca County9th8%4%6%3%7%5%0%3%2%3%1%2%
12th13%10%11%15%8%12%4%0%2%2%1%1%
All Grades11%7%9%7%7%7%2%2%2%2%1%2%
Jackson County9th4%6%5%0%0%0%2%2%2%2%0%1%
12th14%4%8%8%14%11%2%4%3%4%0%2%
All Grades8%5%6%4%6%5%2%3%2%3%0%2%
Kanabec County9th6%6%6%N/AN/AN/A0%0%0%0%2%1%
12th5%18%12%N/AN/AN/A3%0%1%3%0%2%
All Grades5%12%9%N/AN/AN/A1%0%1%1%1%1%
Kandiyohi County9th6%1%4%5%5%5%2%2%2%2%0%1%
12th10%3%7%5%12%8%6%0%3%2%0%1%
All Grades8%2%5%5%8%6%3%1%2%2%0%1%
Kittson County9th3%0%1%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%5%2%
12th3%5%4%7%0%4%0%0%0%5%0%3%
All Grades3%3%3%4%0%2%0%0%0%2%3%2%
Koochiching County9th11%3%7%7%6%7%N/AN/AN/A0%0%0%
12th10%14%12%9%11%10%N/AN/AN/A3%0%2%
All Grades10%8%9%8%8%8%N/AN/AN/A1%0%1%
Lac Qui Parle County9th5%2%3%9%3%6%0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th6%2%4%3%0%2%2%2%2%0%0%0%
All Grades6%2%3%7%1%4%1%1%1%0%0%0%
Lake County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Lake of the Woods County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Le Sueur County9th5%3%4%3%5%4%2%2%2%2%1%1%
12th5%5%5%11%3%6%2%2%2%4%0%2%
All Grades5%4%4%6%4%5%2%2%2%3%1%2%
Lincoln County9th7%4%6%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th3%0%2%0%0%0%6%3%4%0%3%2%
All Grades5%2%4%0%0%0%3%1%2%0%2%1%
Lyon County9th10%5%7%4%4%4%0%1%1%3%1%2%
12th7%7%7%6%2%4%3%1%2%0%1%0%
All Grades9%6%7%5%3%4%1%1%1%1%1%1%
McLeod County9th6%5%6%4%4%4%1%2%1%1%1%1%
12th8%5%6%8%8%8%2%4%3%2%0%1%
All Grades7%5%6%6%6%6%2%3%2%1%0%1%
Mahnomen County9th3%3%3%N/AN/A7%0%0%0%0%4%2%
12th8%0%4%N/AN/A12%7%0%4%0%0%0%
All Grades5%2%4%N/AN/AN/A3%0%2%0%2%1%
Marshall County9th10%3%7%0%0%0%3%0%1%0%2%1%
12th10%3%6%2%0%1%0%0%0%5%0%3%
All Grades10%3%7%1%0%1%1%0%1%2%1%2%
Martin County9th11%7%9%4%6%5%1%2%1%1%6%4%
12th10%10%10%15%6%9%4%0%2%0%0%0%
All Grades11%9%9%8%6%7%2%1%2%1%3%2%
Meeker County9th5%3%4%3%5%4%1%1%1%2%0%1%
12th9%4%6%2%3%2%0%4%2%0%2%1%
All Grades6%4%5%3%4%3%0%2%1%1%1%1%
Mille Lacs County9th7%6%6%6%7%7%4%2%3%1%1%1%
12th1%5%3%8%3%5%3%1%2%5%1%2%
All Grades5%5%5%6%5%6%4%1%3%3%1%2%
Morrison County9th8%3%6%8%3%6%2%1%1%1%1%1%
12th10%2%6%10%1%5%1%1%1%1%1%1%
All Grades9%3%6%9%2%6%2%1%1%1%1%1%
Mower County9th6%7%7%1%4%3%1%2%1%1%1%1%
12th17%6%12%6%3%4%5%5%5%2%0%1%
All Grades11%7%9%3%4%3%3%3%3%2%0%1%
Murray County9th5%3%4%13%4%9%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12th2%2%2%2%4%3%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All Grades4%3%3%8%4%6%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Nicollet County9th7%3%5%5%4%4%2%1%2%N/AN/A1%
12th5%4%4%2%5%4%4%2%3%N/AN/A5%
All Grades6%3%5%4%4%4%3%2%2%N/AN/AN/A
Nobles County9th6%3%5%3%4%3%2%1%1%2%1%1%
12th7%2%5%4%4%4%5%2%4%0%0%0%
All Grades7%3%5%3%4%4%3%1%2%1%1%1%
Norman County9th0%0%0%2%0%1%0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th7%3%5%3%6%5%6%0%3%0%0%0%
All Grades4%1%2%3%3%3%3%0%1%0%0%0%
Olmsted County9th4%3%4%4%3%3%2%1%1%2%0%1%
12th7%3%5%1%3%2%4%1%3%1%1%1%
All Grades5%3%4%3%3%3%3%1%2%2%1%1%
Otter Tail County9th5%2%4%4%2%3%1%1%1%0%1%0%
12th5%5%5%6%3%5%3%2%2%3%0%2%
All Grades5%3%4%5%3%4%2%1%1%2%0%1%
Pennington County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A3%2%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A7%0%1%1%N/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1%1%1%N/AN/AN/A
Pine County9th7%6%6%5%7%6%0%1%1%1%2%1%
12th7%3%5%9%4%6%2%2%2%3%0%2%
All Grades7%5%6%7%6%6%1%1%1%2%1%1%
Pipestone County9th5%10%8%9%4%6%0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
12th5%9%7%8%5%7%2%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades5%10%7%9%4%7%1%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
Polk County9th4%5%5%3%2%3%3%2%3%0%1%1%
12th5%3%4%5%3%4%2%0%1%3%0%1%
All Grades4%4%4%4%3%3%2%1%2%1%1%1%
Pope County9thN/AN/A2%N/AN/A3%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0%
12thN/AN/A10%N/AN/A3%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0%
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Ramsey County9th5%4%5%5%4%5%2%1%2%2%1%1%
12th7%5%6%7%4%5%3%1%2%3%1%2%
All Grades6%5%5%6%4%5%3%1%2%2%1%2%
Red Lake County9th3%4%3%0%0%0%4%0%2%0%0%0%
12th9%0%5%0%4%2%0%5%2%0%0%0%
All Grades6%2%4%0%2%1%2%2%2%0%0%0%
Redwood County9th4%3%4%0%0%0%0%0%0%3%3%3%
12th7%3%5%4%0%2%5%5%5%2%0%1%
All Grades6%3%4%2%0%1%2%2%2%3%2%2%
Renville County9th1%8%5%7%6%6%3%0%1%2%0%1%
12th1%3%2%2%2%2%2%3%2%2%4%3%
All Grades1%5%3%4%4%4%2%2%2%2%2%2%
Rice County9th8%2%5%3%4%3%2%1%2%1%1%1%
12th4%5%5%4%4%4%3%2%2%2%1%2%
All Grades6%3%5%3%4%4%3%1%2%2%1%1%
Rock County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Roseau County9th4%2%3%1%4%3%2%0%1%1%0%0%
12th8%6%7%6%2%4%5%2%3%1%1%1%
All Grades6%4%5%4%3%3%3%1%2%1%1%1%
St. Louis County9th5%6%6%4%4%4%2%2%2%1%2%1%
12th10%8%9%7%5%6%2%2%2%1%1%1%
All Grades8%7%7%5%4%5%2%2%2%1%1%1%
Scott County9th9%6%8%4%4%4%2%1%2%0%1%1%
12th9%7%8%9%5%7%4%1%2%4%1%2%
All Grades9%6%8%6%5%5%3%1%2%2%1%1%
Sherburne County9th8%7%7%3%4%3%1%2%1%1%1%1%
12th9%7%8%7%6%6%4%0%2%4%1%2%
All Grades8%7%8%4%4%4%2%1%2%2%1%1%
Sibley County9th4%3%3%6%7%6%1%3%2%0%2%1%
12th15%8%11%12%10%11%1%0%1%2%0%1%
All Grades9%5%7%8%8%8%1%2%1%1%1%1%
Stearns County9th4%3%4%4%3%4%1%2%2%1%2%1%
12th9%4%6%7%4%5%2%1%2%2%1%1%
All Grades6%3%5%5%4%4%2%2%2%1%1%1%
Steele County9th4%1%2%3%1%2%1%1%1%0%0%0%
12th2%1%2%3%4%3%2%1%1%0%0%0%
All Grades3%1%2%3%2%2%1%1%1%0%0%0%
Stevens County9thN/AN/AN/A0%2%1%3%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/A2%14%8%0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A1%8%5%2%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
Swift County9th6%6%6%N/AN/AN/A0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th13%15%14%N/AN/AN/A4%3%4%2%0%1%
All Grades9%10%10%N/AN/AN/A2%2%2%1%0%1%
Todd County9th6%9%7%2%7%4%1%2%1%2%1%1%
12th7%5%6%7%6%6%2%1%1%4%0%2%
All Grades6%7%7%4%6%5%1%2%1%3%0%2%
Traverse County9thN/AN/A7%N/AN/A0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/A0%
12thN/AN/A0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/A3%N/AN/A0%
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Wabasha County9th3%8%6%3%3%3%1%1%1%1%1%1%
12th8%2%5%3%4%4%5%1%3%1%0%0%
All Grades5%6%5%3%3%3%3%1%2%1%1%1%
Wadena County9th7%4%6%4%2%3%0%1%1%0%0%0%
12th4%4%4%11%3%8%5%0%3%2%0%1%
All Grades6%4%5%8%2%5%3%1%2%1%0%0%
Waseca County9th3%10%6%2%2%2%2%1%2%N/AN/A0%
12th5%4%5%4%4%4%1%1%1%N/AN/A2%
All Grades4%7%6%3%3%3%2%1%1%N/AN/AN/A
Washington County9th6%5%6%5%4%5%2%2%2%2%1%1%
12th6%4%5%7%4%6%3%1%2%1%0%1%
All Grades6%5%5%6%4%5%2%1%2%1%1%1%
Watonwan County9th8%4%6%7%1%4%2%1%2%2%0%1%
12th4%4%4%7%4%6%6%4%5%0%0%0%
All Grades6%4%5%7%3%5%4%3%3%1%0%0%
Wilkin County9th11%0%4%0%5%3%3%2%2%8%4%6%
12th17%16%16%3%2%3%0%0%0%0%0%0%
All Grades14%7%10%1%4%3%1%1%1%5%2%3%
Winona County9th5%2%4%4%3%4%2%3%2%4%1%2%
12th8%3%6%1%3%2%3%2%2%2%1%1%
All Grades6%2%4%3%3%3%2%2%2%3%1%2%
Wright County9th4%5%5%3%4%4%1%1%1%0%1%1%
12th7%5%6%7%5%6%2%2%2%0%0%0%
All Grades5%5%5%5%4%5%1%1%1%0%1%0%
Yellow Medicine County9th5%0%3%3%8%5%2%2%2%0%0%0%
12th13%7%10%3%0%2%3%3%3%2%0%1%
All Grades8%4%6%3%4%3%3%2%3%1%0%0%

About the Indicator: Other drug consumption by youth is measured here as the number of students reporting any use of methamphetamine in the past 12 months.  Students were asked whether they used meth, glass, crank, crystal meth or ice.  N/A  or * indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected.

In 2010, reported past 12 month methamphetamine use among 12th graders was higher in Minnesota than the national average (rate ratio = 1.40:1.00).  State rates are from the Minnesota Student Survey; national rates are from Monitoring the Future (MTF).  For more national comparisons, click here State Epi Profile.

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.