Forest Prairie township, Meeker County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Forest Prairie township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
76% of Forest Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 744
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 55
- South: 10
- West: 9
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: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 316
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,600
Housing units in Forest Prairie township with a mortgage: 100 (4 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forest Prairie township:
- German (71.2%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Norwegian (4.3%)
- Swedish (4.3%)
- Irish (3.7%)
- Polish (2.2%)
- Finnish (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 291 (80%)
- Carpooled: 24 (7%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 41 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (5%)
98.7% of residents of Forest Prairie township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 831- In family households: 775 (221 male householders, 29 female householders)
227 spouses, 284 children (268 natural, 6 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (32 male householders (28 living alone)), 13 female householders (10 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 113 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 6 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
223 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (9 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 5.4% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 6.9% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |