Parker township, Morrison County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Parker township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
77% of Parker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% 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: 4083
- Northeast: 143
- Midwest: 37
- South: 119
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 862
- One, attached: 76
- Two: 73
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 28
- Mobile homes: 177
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,400
Housing units in Parker township with a mortgage: 354 (23 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 175
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (30%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Parker township:
- German (30.0%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (12.6%)
- Swiss (9.9%)
- English (6.8%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- Irish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Taiwan (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 822 (46%)
- Carpooled: 538 (30%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Taxi: 167 (9%)
- Walked: 82 (5%)
- Other means: 40 (2%)
- Worked at home: 141 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (27%)
- Wood (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Coal or coke (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
46.9% of residents of Parker township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
52.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,443- In family households: 4,228 (835 male householders, 162 female householders)
792 spouses, 2,250 children (2,163 natural, 44 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 40 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 215 (102 male householders (96 living alone)), 95 female householders (89 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 323 2-persons, 205 3-persons, 128 4-persons, 107 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 183 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 185 1-person, 9 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
126 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (5 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 486
| Here: | 61.3% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |