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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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FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota9th4.4%5.3%4.8%4.3%4.2%4.3%1.2%1.7%1.4%0.9%1.3%1.1%***0.4%0.8%0.6%
Aitkin County9th22.8%7.4%13.8%10.5%5.8%8.3%1.4%0.0%0.8%1.8%1.6%1.7%***0.0%2.1%1.0%
Anoka County9th5.6%6.3%6.0%4.1%5.2%4.6%1.0%1.9%1.4%1.2%1.9%1.6%***0.5%0.8%0.7%
Becker County9th3.4%4.6%4.1%5.7%5.3%5.5%2.6%0.8%1.8%1.0%0.0%0.5%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Beltrami County9th5.1%5.0%5.1%5.5%4.4%5.0%1.0%3.1%2.0%1.0%0.5%0.8%***1.1%1.9%1.5%
Benton County9th5.8%7.9%6.9%4.2%1.6%3.0%1.1%1.2%1.1%1.1%0.6%0.8%***0.9%0.0%0.4%
Big Stone County9thN/AN/AN/A9.1%2.4%4.8%N/AN/A3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Blue Earth County9th2.9%3.5%3.2%4.2%4.8%4.5%1.1%0.7%0.9%0.3%1.9%1.0%***0.3%0.6%0.5%
Brown County9th2.9%5.1%3.9%3.6%3.6%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Carlton County9th6.5%5.7%6.1%4.4%4.4%4.4%1.1%0.6%0.8%0.0%1.1%0.6%***1.1%0.5%0.8%
Carver County9th3.9%5.4%4.6%4.1%2.4%3.2%0.9%1.3%1.1%1.3%0.9%1.1%***0.0%0.9%0.5%
Cass County9th10.6%10.2%10.4%6.7%7.7%7.1%1.4%2.4%1.9%2.1%0.0%1.1%***2.5%0.0%1.2%
Chippewa County9th3.4%2.9%3.1%N/AN/AN/A0.9%0.0%0.5%N/AN/AN/A******
Chisago County9th5.2%6.5%5.8%N/AN/AN/A1.4%4.0%2.6%1.2%2.0%1.5%******
Clay County9th4.0%3.8%3.9%4.4%6.6%5.5%1.7%1.9%1.8%1.2%0.8%1.0%***0.8%1.7%1.2%
Clearwater County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Cook County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Cottonwood County9th3.6%3.2%3.4%0.0%4.0%1.9%1.3%2.2%1.8%0.0%2.2%1.1%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Crow Wing County9th9.9%6.6%8.4%5.6%2.6%4.1%2.1%0.4%1.3%0.0%1.4%0.6%******
Dakota County9th3.4%4.5%3.9%5.1%4.4%4.7%0.9%2.0%1.4%0.6%1.7%1.1%***0.4%0.4%0.4%
Dodge County9th7.5%9.6%8.5%4.8%10.1%7.2%3.8%1.8%2.9%0.0%2.4%1.3%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Douglas County9th8.6%4.7%6.8%11.0%1.7%6.2%0.7%1.3%1.0%0.0%1.3%0.7%***0.6%0.0%0.3%
Faribault County9th4.5%4.7%4.6%7.1%0.0%3.6%0.0%1.4%0.7%N/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Fillmore County9th1.1%3.7%2.3%3.0%1.4%2.1%1.4%1.3%1.3%0.0%1.7%0.9%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Freeborn County9th2.1%5.8%3.8%3.6%4.6%4.0%1.1%0.7%1.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%***1.1%0.0%0.5%
Goodhue County9th5.7%3.6%4.7%4.0%4.0%4.0%0.9%0.5%0.7%0.0%1.0%0.5%***1.0%0.9%0.9%
Grant County9th5.7%7.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%N/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Hennepin County9th3.0%4.2%3.6%2.9%3.8%3.3%0.8%1.8%1.3%0.8%1.4%1.1%***0.3%0.7%0.5%
Houston County9th3.4%1.6%2.5%6.0%4.3%5.2%0.9%2.0%1.4%1.0%0.0%0.5%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Hubbard County9th3.0%9.6%6.5%9.6%8.6%9.1%7.7%3.4%5.2%0.0%2.5%1.3%***1.2%2.9%1.9%
Isanti County9th6.5%3.6%5.1%7.8%3.9%5.9%1.1%0.6%0.8%N/AN/AN/A***0.0%1.8%0.9%
Itasca County9th3.9%8.4%6.3%7.2%3.2%5.3%3.2%0.0%1.6%1.0%2.6%1.8%***1.0%0.0%0.5%
Jackson County9th5.6%4.5%5.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%2.1%2.1%0.0%1.9%1.1%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Kanabec County9th5.8%5.6%5.7%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%0.0%0.7%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Kandiyohi County9th0.8%6.5%3.8%5.1%4.7%4.9%1.7%2.1%1.9%0.0%1.5%0.8%***0.6%1.2%0.9%
Kittson County9th0.0%2.6%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%0.0%2.1%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Koochiching County9th3.1%10.5%7.1%6.2%7.3%6.7%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Lac Qui Parle County9th1.5%5.1%3.2%3.0%9.4%6.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lake County9thN/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******
Le Sueur County9th2.6%5.3%3.8%5.0%3.0%4.0%2.1%2.5%2.3%0.9%2.2%1.5%***0.0%1.5%0.8%
Lincoln County9th4.0%6.9%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Lyon County9th5.2%9.9%7.4%4.1%4.2%4.2%1.2%0.0%0.7%0.9%2.5%1.7%***0.0%0.7%0.4%
McLeod County9th5.2%6.3%5.7%4.1%3.6%3.8%1.6%1.3%1.5%0.9%0.9%0.9%******
Mahnomen County9th3.2%2.9%3.1%N/AN/A7.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.0%0.0%2.1%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Marshall County9th3.4%10.3%7.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%1.2%1.9%0.0%1.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Martin County9th6.9%10.9%8.7%6.1%3.6%4.9%1.8%0.9%1.3%6.1%1.1%3.5%******
Meeker County9th3.0%5.1%4.0%4.9%3.4%4.1%0.9%0.5%0.7%0.0%1.6%0.8%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mille Lacs County9th5.6%7.5%6.4%7.3%5.6%6.5%1.9%4.5%3.1%1.2%1.5%1.3%***0.0%1.3%0.6%
Morrison County9th3.5%8.0%5.6%3.4%7.8%5.7%0.5%2.4%1.4%0.6%0.6%0.6%***1.1%1.0%1.0%
Mower County9th7.2%6.4%6.8%4.4%0.7%2.7%1.6%0.5%1.1%0.6%1.2%0.9%***0.7%1.3%1.0%
Murray County9th2.9%5.5%4.0%4.4%12.8%8.7%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Nicollet County9th2.7%7.1%4.9%3.7%4.8%4.2%1.5%1.5%1.5%N/AN/A1.0%******
Nobles County9th3.4%6.3%4.8%3.8%2.7%3.2%0.8%2.0%1.3%0.9%1.9%1.4%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Norman County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Olmsted County9th3.0%4.3%3.6%2.6%4.1%3.3%0.9%2.2%1.5%0.4%1.9%1.1%***0.2%0.5%0.3%
Otter Tail County9th2.5%4.6%3.5%2.3%4.3%3.4%0.7%1.1%0.9%0.6%0.0%0.3%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pennington County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A3.0%0.0%1.6%0.7%N/AN/AN/A******
Pine County9th6.3%6.6%6.5%7.0%4.5%5.8%1.2%0.0%0.6%1.7%0.8%1.3%***0.0%1.6%0.8%
Pipestone County9th9.8%5.3%7.6%4.3%8.7%6.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%N/AN/AN/A******
Polk County9th5.5%3.8%4.6%2.2%3.1%2.6%2.3%3.0%2.6%1.2%0.0%0.6%***1.3%0.6%0.9%
Pope County9thN/AN/A2.0%N/AN/A3.0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.0%***0.0%3.3%1.8%
Ramsey County9th4.3%5.2%4.7%4.4%4.9%4.6%1.3%2.2%1.7%0.8%1.9%1.3%***0.3%0.9%0.6%
Red Lake County9th3.7%3.0%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Redwood County9th2.7%4.3%3.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%3.0%2.8%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Renville County9th8.0%1.2%4.8%6.0%7.0%6.4%0.0%2.8%1.2%0.0%1.6%0.9%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Rice County9th2.3%7.7%4.9%3.6%3.3%3.4%1.3%2.3%1.8%1.4%1.2%1.3%***0.0%0.6%0.3%
Rock County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Roseau County9th1.9%4.1%3.1%4.0%0.9%2.6%0.0%1.8%1.0%0.0%1.0%0.5%***0.0%1.1%0.6%
St. Louis County9th5.7%5.4%5.6%3.8%3.8%3.8%2.0%1.7%1.8%1.6%1.1%1.4%***0.7%0.5%0.6%
Scott County9th6.4%9.5%7.9%4.3%3.7%4.0%1.3%2.0%1.6%0.9%0.3%0.6%***0.5%0.9%0.7%
Sherburne County9th7.1%7.7%7.4%3.6%2.8%3.2%1.7%1.0%1.4%0.5%0.8%0.6%***1.1%0.6%0.8%
Sibley County9th3.0%4.1%3.4%6.7%5.6%6.0%2.7%1.4%2.1%1.7%0.0%0.8%***3.6%5.9%4.7%
Stearns County9th3.4%3.6%3.5%3.5%4.2%3.8%2.1%1.0%1.6%1.6%1.3%1.4%***0.4%1.9%1.2%
Steele County9th1.3%3.7%2.5%0.6%2.9%1.6%1.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Stevens County9thN/AN/AN/A2.4%0.0%1.2%0.0%2.9%1.3%N/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Swift County9th5.9%6.0%5.9%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Todd County9th8.7%6.2%7.5%6.7%2.1%4.5%2.1%0.7%1.4%1.0%2.0%1.5%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Traverse County9thN/AN/A7.0%N/AN/A0.0%N/AN/A0.0%N/AN/A0.0%******
Wabasha County9th8.0%3.1%5.6%2.8%2.6%2.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%1.3%0.7%1.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wadena County9th4.4%7.1%5.9%2.1%4.0%3.1%0.9%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Waseca County9th9.8%3.4%6.3%1.7%1.8%1.8%1.1%2.0%1.6%N/AN/A0.0%***0.0%1.0%0.5%
Washington County9th4.8%6.4%5.6%4.5%4.7%4.6%1.6%1.9%1.7%1.3%1.5%1.4%***0.5%1.1%0.8%
Watonwan County9th3.7%8.1%5.6%1.4%7.4%4.4%1.5%2.0%1.7%0.0%1.5%0.8%***0.0%2.9%1.5%
Wilkin County9th0.0%11.1%4.3%5.5%0.0%2.8%2.2%2.5%2.3%3.7%8.3%6.3%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Winona County9th1.8%5.1%3.5%3.4%4.4%3.9%2.7%2.1%2.4%1.1%3.6%2.4%***0.5%0.5%0.5%
Wright County9th5.1%4.3%4.7%4.0%3.2%3.7%0.9%0.7%0.8%1.0%0.0%0.5%***0.6%1.0%0.8%
Yellow Medicine County9th0.0%4.6%2.7%7.7%3.2%5.5%1.6%1.7%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%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. As a result of discrepancies in illicit drug use responses, 2013 drug use data are not reliable and are not included here.

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.