Granite Falls township, Chippewa County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
Granite Falls township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
80% of Granite Falls township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 148
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 22
- South: 0
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 88
Housing units in Granite Falls township with a mortgage: 15 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Music stores (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (21%)
- Social assistance (19%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (25%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (13%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (19%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Granite Falls township:
- Norwegian (42.9%)
- German (36.5%)
- Swedish (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- English (1.8%)
- Finnish (1.2%)
- Haitian (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (50%)
- Haiti (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 73 (74%)
- Carpooled: 7 (7%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 16 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Utility gas (2%)
98.9% of residents of Granite Falls township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 179- In family households: 145 (47 male householders, 3 female householders)
57 spouses, 28 children (24 natural, 4 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 34 (14 male householders (14 living alone)), 10 female householders (8 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 34 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person, 2 4-persons,
41 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (0 men, 5 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): 3
Here: | 15.0% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |