Pokegama township, Pine County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Pokegama township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Pokegama township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% 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: 2168
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 276
- South: 34
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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
12 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,012
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 420
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,000
Housing units in Pokegama township with a mortgage: 274 (22 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 161
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pokegama township:
- German (39.1%)
- Norwegian (11.4%)
- Swedish (9.2%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (67%)
- Germany (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 915 (79%)
- Carpooled: 174 (15%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 66 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
12 people in other group homes
97.2% of residents of Pokegama township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,544- In family households: 2,235 (658 male householders, 90 female householders)
672 spouses, 708 children (640 natural, 13 adopted, 55 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 15 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 309 (152 male householders (120 living alone)), 94 female householders (80 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 391 2-persons, 143 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 66 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 200 1-person, 33 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
493 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (35 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 40.7% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |