Urness township, Douglas County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Urness township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Urness township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 206
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 21
- South: 10
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 136
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 39
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,300
Housing units in Urness township with a mortgage: 25 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Health care (33%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Construction (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (22%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (11%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Urness township:
- Norwegian (34.6%)
- German (21.7%)
- United States or American (13.8%)
- Swedish (6.9%)
- Finnish (4.6%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- English (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 107 (76%)
- Carpooled: 24 (17%)
- Walked: 4 (3%)
- Worked at home: 6 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (6%)
94.3% of residents of Urness township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
4.1% of residents speak other language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 255- In family households: 219 (69 male householders, 4 female householders)
71 spouses, 70 children (61 natural, 2 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 36 (18 male householders (16 living alone)), 14 female householders (14 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 40 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 2 3-persons,
49 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |