Fish Lake township, Chisago County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Fish Lake township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Fish Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1475
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 172
- South: 28
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 711
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 36
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Fish Lake township with a mortgage: 246 (42 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57
- Construction (22%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fish Lake township:
- German (28.9%)
- Swedish (25.0%)
- Norwegian (11.1%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Polish (4.5%)
- English (3.6%)
- United States or American (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (56%)
- Romania (17%)
- Canada (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 674 (75%)
- Carpooled: 176 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 27 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (6%)
96.5% of residents of Fish Lake township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,764- In family households: 1,546 (427 male householders, 51 female householders)
425 spouses, 551 children (499 natural, 23 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 18 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 218 (99 male householders (71 living alone)), 56 female householders (31 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 209 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 102 1-person, 46 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
407 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (25 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 15.9% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |