Empire township, Dakota County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Empire township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
53% of Empire township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1172
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 248
- South: 36
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 483
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 9
Housing units in Empire township with a mortgage: 289 (38 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 105
- Construction (18%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Air transportation (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Empire township:
- German (34.3%)
- Norwegian (23.5%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- English (4.8%)
- Swedish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Greek (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- South Africa (45%)
- Greece (34%)
- Colombia (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 724 (80%)
- Carpooled: 132 (15%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.6% of residents of Empire township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,547- In family households: 1,449 (338 male householders, 81 female householders)
379 spouses, 571 children (536 natural, 6 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 98 (35 male householders (21 living alone)), 46 female householders (44 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 130 2-persons, 121 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 65 1-person, 14 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
462 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (12 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 11.9% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |