Little Sand Lake, Minnesota

Little Sand Lake is an unorganized territory in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2000 census, the unorganized territory population was 369.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.7 km²), of which, 34.7 square miles (89.9 km²) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.7 km²) of it (2.96%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 369 people, 144 households, and 110 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 10.6 people per square mile (4.1/km²). There were 155 housing units at an average density of 4.5/sq mi (1.7/km²). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 94.04% White, 0.81% Native American, 0.54% from other races, and 4.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.90% of the population.

There were 144 households out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.6% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the unorganized territory the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 34.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 118.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.9 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $40,357, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $36,563 versus $25,714 for females. The per capita income for the unorganized territory was $16,452. About 10.7% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.

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