Fergus Falls township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Fergus Falls township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
76% of Fergus Falls township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 791
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 165
- South: 6
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 329
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,500
Housing units in Fergus Falls township with a mortgage: 175 (23 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 54
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fergus Falls township:
- Norwegian (40.3%)
- German (33.6%)
- Swedish (5.2%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- United States or American (2.5%)
- Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (60%)
- Other Western Europe (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 428 (79%)
- Carpooled: 55 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 46 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (3%)
4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
95.0% of residents of Fergus Falls township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,027- In family households: 965 (289 male householders, 21 female householders)
294 spouses, 341 children (324 natural, 8 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 62 (28 male householders (13 living alone)), 13 female householders (10 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 139 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 14 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
269 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (15 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |