New Scandia township, Washington County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (90% naturalized citizens)
| New Scandia township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of New Scandia 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, 88% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2872
- Northeast: 93
- Midwest: 474
- South: 70
- West: 37
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,332
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 12
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in New Scandia township with a mortgage: 737 (102 second mortgage, 136 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 155
- Construction (20%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Scandia township:
- German (30.0%)
- Swedish (18.2%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- Norwegian (9.2%)
- United States or American (4.5%)
- Italian (3.9%)
- English (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (27%)
- Germany (19%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Russia (17%)
- Netherlands (7%)
- Ireland (6%)
- El Salvador (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,599 (80%)
- Carpooled: 249 (13%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 138 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (4%)
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.0% of residents of New Scandia township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,682- In family households: 3,396 (914 male householders, 154 female householders)
971 spouses, 1,173 children (1,063 natural, 62 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 45 other relatives, 90 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 286 (126 male householders (96 living alone)), 94 female householders (72 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 450 2-persons, 219 3-persons, 247 4-persons, 107 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 168 1-person, 44 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
819 married couples with children.
81 single-parent households (24 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |