Petersburg township, Jackson County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Petersburg township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Petersburg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 198
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 56
- South: 3
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 122
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Petersburg township with a mortgage: 36 (0 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Machinery (18%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Petersburg township:
- German (42.6%)
- United States or American (12.7%)
- Norwegian (10.4%)
- English (6.4%)
- Czech (5.6%)
- Danish (4.8%)
- Irish (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 116 (81%)
- Carpooled: 10 (7%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (4%)
- Worked at home: 10 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Wood (6%)
97.6% of residents of Petersburg township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 267- In family households: 239 (76 male householders, 8 female householders)
70 spouses, 82 children (73 natural, 2 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 28 (16 male householders (8 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 45 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person, 8 2-persons,
52 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (3 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |