McPherson township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
McPherson township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of McPherson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 475
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 30
- South: 1
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 159
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $91,700
Housing units in McPherson township with a mortgage: 56 (10 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 22
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Health technologists and technicians (12%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in McPherson township:
- German (56.9%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- Norwegian (11.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.4%)
- English (3.5%)
- United States or American (2.6%)
- Polish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 201 (78%)
- Carpooled: 28 (11%)
- Worked at home: 29 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (1%)
97.9% of residents of McPherson township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 515- In family households: 446 (124 male householders, 15 female householders)
120 spouses, 181 children (164 natural, 11 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 69 (29 male householders (13 living alone)), 9 female householders (7 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 20 1-person, 14 2-persons, 1 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
109 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (5 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 2.5% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 12.3% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |