Becker Township is a township in

Sherburne County Sherburne County is a county in Central Minnesota. At the 2020 census, the population was 97,183. The county seat is Elk River. Sherburne County is included in the Minneapolis-St. Paul- Bloomington, MN- WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hist ...

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, United States. The population was 3,605 at the 2000 census.

History

Becker Township was organized in 1871, and named for

George Loomis Becker George Loomis Becker (February 4, 1829 – January 6, 1904) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Life and career Becker was born in Locke, New York in 1829. He attended Case Western Reserve ...

, a state legislator.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.63%) is water. Becker Township is bordered on the southwest by the

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,605 people, 1,099 households, and 974 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,285 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.25%

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, 0.11%

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, 0.19% Native American, 0.28%

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, 0.28% from

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, and 0.89% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.64% of the population. There were 1,099 households, out of which 53.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.0% were

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living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.3% were non-families. 7.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.28 and the average family size was 3.45. In the township the population was spread out, with 35.8% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 3.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.2 males. The median income for a household in the township was $65,089, and the median income for a family was $65,960. Males had a median income of $48,150 versus $26,581 for females. The

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for the township was $23,015. About 1.8% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the

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, including 1.1% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

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