Spang township, Itasca County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 52.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.
Population: 262 (all rural)
| Males: 122 |  (46.6%) |
| Females: 140 |  (53.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 262 (256 owner occupied, 6 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 2% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Spang township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 41.5
Median age of females: 39.7
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Average household size: 2.73
| Spang township: | 2.7 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Spang township: | $46,634 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $543 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $145,882 (it was $79,100 in 2000)
| : | $145,882 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 5 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 9.3% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Lakes: Muskeg Lake (A), Shingle Mill Lake (B), Shorty Lake (C), Smith Lake (D), Mountain Ash Lake (E), Maple Lake (F), Hennessey Lake (G), Dinner Pail Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
80% of Spang township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% 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: 184
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 23
- South: 9
- West: 11
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 2.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 93
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,700
Housing units in Spang township with a mortgage: 7 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Construction (18%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Paper (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (32%)
- Educational services (16%)
- U. S. Postal service (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Top executives (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (8%)
- Life and physical scientists (6%)
- Social scientists and related workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (16%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Postsecondary teachers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spang township:
- German (22.8%)
- United States or American (15.3%)
- Swedish (12.2%)
- Finnish (8.5%)
- English (6.9%)
- Norwegian (6.9%)
- Czech (5.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 80 (80%)
- Carpooled: 12 (12%)
- Worked at home: 8 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Wood (26%)
- Electricity (7%)
- No fuel used (2%)
95.3% of residents of Spang township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 227- In family households: 202 (61 male householders, 1 female householders)
56 spouses, 79 children (77 natural, 2 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 25 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 23 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 25 1-person,
57 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (3 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): 1
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |