Cosmos township, Meeker County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Cosmos township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
75% of Cosmos township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 218
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 15
- South: 0
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 87
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,500
Housing units in Cosmos township with a mortgage: 22 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Construction (17%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Computer and electronic products (11%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (8%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Construction laborers (9%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cosmos township:
- German (62.1%)
- Swedish (11.3%)
- Norwegian (7.9%)
- English (5.4%)
- United States or American (3.4%)
- Polish (2.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 99 (75%)
- Carpooled: 11 (8%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 20 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
97.3% of residents of Cosmos township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 241- In family households: 212 (61 male householders, 10 female householders)
63 spouses, 72 children (72 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 29 (17 male householders (13 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 33 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person, 4 2-persons,
43 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (6 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 22.2% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |