Harris township, Itasca County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (96% naturalized citizens)
| Harris township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Harris township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2509
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 462
- South: 52
- West: 86
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,279
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 183
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,800
Housing units in Harris township with a mortgage: 544 (49 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 324
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Paper (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Life and physical scientists (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harris township:
- German (31.1%)
- Norwegian (13.7%)
- Finnish (7.0%)
- Swedish (5.5%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- English (5.3%)
- Irish (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (27%)
- Korea (17%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Canada (13%)
- Poland (12%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,319 (83%)
- Carpooled: 157 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 73 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.2% of residents of Harris township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (39% speak English very well, 55% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,227- In family households: 2,833 (809 male householders, 153 female householders)
857 spouses, 953 children (881 natural, 26 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 394 (209 male householders (177 living alone)), 115 female householders (90 living alone)), 70 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 475 2-persons, 230 3-persons, 152 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 267 1-person, 47 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
662 married couples with children.
121 single-parent households (60 men, 61 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 11.4% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |