Marshan township, Dakota County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Marshan township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Marshan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1110
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 122
- South: 4
- West: 23
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
6 people in nursing homes
2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 374
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 23
Housing units in Marshan township with a mortgage: 174 (23 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Paper (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Paper (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marshan township:
- German (51.7%)
- Norwegian (9.0%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Swedish (7.0%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- French Canadian (3.1%)
- Finnish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (32%)
- Germany (23%)
- Japan (23%)
- Israel (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 478 (78%)
- Carpooled: 60 (10%)
- Walked: 27 (4%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 40 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (1%)
6 people in nursing homes
2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.3% of residents of Marshan township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,280- In family households: 1,187 (320 male householders, 20 female householders)
299 spouses, 475 children (449 natural, 7 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 93 (61 male householders (51 living alone)), 12 female householders (7 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 116 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 58 1-person, 10 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
310 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (20 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |