Pelican township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (10% naturalized citizens)
| Pelican township: | 11.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Pelican township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 489
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 152
- South: 52
- West: 50
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 263
- One, attached: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 65
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Pelican township with a mortgage: 74 (6 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 39
- Food (15%)
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Health care (21%)
- Food (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pelican township:
- Norwegian (41.9%)
- German (13.9%)
- Yugoslavian (7.4%)
- Swedish (4.7%)
- Irish (3.5%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- English (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (52%)
- Mexico (41%)
- Canada (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 303 (79%)
- Carpooled: 42 (11%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 17 (4%)
- Worked at home: 19 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (12%)
- Electricity (7%)
81.3% of residents of Pelican township speak English at home.
10.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
8.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 841- In family households: 794 (205 male householders, 27 female householders)
199 spouses, 320 children (307 natural, 5 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 10 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 47 (23 male householders (19 living alone)), 18 female householders (15 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 87 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 52 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 7 2-persons,
227 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (18 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |