Balkan township, St. Louis County, Minnesota (MN)

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Balkan township, MN map Land area: 64.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.1 sq. mi.
Population: 811 (all rural)

Males: 413	(50.9%)
Females: 398	(49.1%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 811 (793 owner occupied, 18 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	2%
State:	25%

Races in Balkan township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
Asian: 0.5%
Two or more races: 1.1%
Some other race: 0.6%

Median age of males: 42.6
Median age of females: 43.6

Average houshold size: 2.47
Average family size: 2.90

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Population density: 13 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	4.3%
Whole state:	7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	1.9%
Whole state:	3.2%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Notable location: Camp Austin.

Lakes and reservoirs: Balkan Lake, Croxton Pond, Jean Lake, Moska Lake, Louise Lake, Spring Lake, Deepwater Lake, Sherman Mine Waste Water Basin.

Creek: Boriin Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 7 (100% naturalized citizens)

Balkan township:	0.9%
State:	5.3%

69% of Balkan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% 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: 670
Northeast: 12
Midwest: 74
South: 25
West: 15

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500

Balkan township, Minnesota satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 354
Mobile homes: 5
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3

Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000

Housing units in Balkan township with a mortgage: 51 (3 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 3
1995 to 1998: 22
1990 to 1994: 23
1980 to 1989: 51
1970 to 1979: 83
1960 to 1969: 29
1950 to 1959: 35
1940 to 1949: 25
1939 or earlier: 91

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Balkan township, Minnesota:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 5
3 rooms: 22
4 rooms: 61
5 rooms: 100
6 rooms: 58
7 rooms: 39
8 rooms: 17
9 or more rooms: 25

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Balkan township, Minnesota:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 3
5 rooms: 4
6 rooms: 0
7 rooms: 1
8 rooms: 2
9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Balkan township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 25
2 bedrooms: 98
3 bedrooms: 165
4 bedrooms: 37
5 or more bedrooms: 2

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Balkan township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 7
3 bedrooms: 3
4 bedrooms: 0
5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Balkan township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 12
1 vehicle: 86
2 vehicles: 105
3 vehicles: 83
4 vehicles: 27
5 or more vehicles: 14

Cars and other vehicles available in Balkan township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 1
1 vehicle: 6
2 vehicles: 3
3 vehicles: 0
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Mining (28%)
Construction (17%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Health care (7%)
Educational services (6%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Metal and metal products (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (15%)
Educational services (12%)
Air transportation (10%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Public administration (8%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (15%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
Extraction workers (5%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Balkan township:

Finnish (20.3%)
Italian (13.6%)
German (13.5%)
Norwegian (10.3%)
Slovene (6.4%)
Swedish (5.9%)
Polish (5.3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

United Kingdom (29%)
Germany (29%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (29%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 331 (85%)
Carpooled: 45 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
Worked at home: 12 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
Wood (21%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
Electricity (9%)
Utility gas (3%)

98.3% of residents of Balkan township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 805

In family households: 703 (224 male householders, 23 female householders)
209 spouses, 216 children (209 natural, 2 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 102 (37 male householders (24 living alone)), 54 female householders (54 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 129 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person, 13 2-persons.

149 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (7 men, 12 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10

Here:	13.3%
Minnesota:	11.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9

Here:	19.6%
Minnesota:	6.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3

Here:	9.1%
Minnesota:	24.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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