Ransom township, Nobles County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Ransom township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
77% of Ransom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 199
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 98
- South: 2
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 120
Housing units in Ransom township with a mortgage: 23 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (43%)
- Construction (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Food (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (37%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ransom township:
- German (69.6%)
- Dutch (8.4%)
- Norwegian (7.7%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- Swedish (2.6%)
- Irish (2.2%)
- Belgian (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (50%)
- Laos (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 96 (70%)
- Carpooled: 9 (7%)
- Worked at home: 33 (24%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
97.5% of residents of Ransom township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 307- In family households: 290 (78 male householders, 11 female householders)
82 spouses, 106 children (99 natural, 1 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 17 (9 male householders (7 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 31 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 12 1-person, 2 2-persons,
62 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (3 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |