Maine Prairie township, Stearns County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Maine Prairie township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
78% of Maine Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1536
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 114
- South: 13
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 636
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 42
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,200
Housing units in Maine Prairie township with a mortgage: 221 (36 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 100
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (16%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Maine Prairie township:
- German (67.3%)
- Norwegian (5.4%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
- Finnish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (50%)
- Colombia (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 710 (79%)
- Carpooled: 81 (9%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 87 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Wood (11%)
- Utility gas (6%)
97.3% of residents of Maine Prairie township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,704- In family households: 1,559 (398 male householders, 76 female householders)
413 spouses, 619 children (562 natural, 38 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 7 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 145 (84 male householders (70 living alone)), 36 female householders (29 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 188 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 99 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
433 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (17 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 14.1% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 15.7% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |