New Sweden township, Nicollet County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| New Sweden township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
86% of New Sweden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 294
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 17
- South: 1
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 114
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 1
- Mobile homes: 5
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in New Sweden township with a mortgage: 27 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (52%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (26%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (32%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Sweden township:
- German (38.5%)
- Swedish (23.7%)
- Norwegian (20.4%)
- English (3.6%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- Scandinavian (2.6%)
- Slovak (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 113 (69%)
- Carpooled: 7 (4%)
- Walked: 1 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (26%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (77%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (2%)
94.5% of residents of New Sweden township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English well, 60% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 324- In family households: 300 (84 male householders, 8 female householders)
85 spouses, 113 children (110 natural, 2 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 24 (18 male householders (15 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 39 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person, 3 2-persons,
99 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (0 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 11.4% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |