Sparta township, Chippewa County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Sparta township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Sparta township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 715
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 97
- South: 8
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 307
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Sparta township with a mortgage: 127 (16 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sparta township:
- Norwegian (44.2%)
- German (34.5%)
- Scandinavian (2.7%)
- Swedish (2.6%)
- United States or American (2.4%)
- Danish (1.8%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 350 (78%)
- Carpooled: 45 (10%)
- Walked: 17 (4%)
- Worked at home: 39 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (3%)
97.8% of residents of Sparta township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 840- In family households: 765 (232 male householders, 34 female householders)
230 spouses, 249 children (226 natural, 4 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (29 male householders (22 living alone)), 33 female householders (26 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 151 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 48 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
180 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (20 men, 12 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: 3
Here: | 17.6% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |