East Cook is an

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Cook County Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40% of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 20 ...

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, United States. The population was 814 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the unorganized territory has a total area of , of which is land and (9.72%) is water.

Unincorporated communities

The following unincorporated communities are located within East Cook Unorganized Territory: * Hovland

Streams

Brule River The Brule River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. states of Michigan and Wisconsin. Nearly the entire course forms a portion of t ...

* Carlson Creek * Cliff Creek *

Durfee Creek Durfee is a stream in Cook County, Minnesota, in the United States. Durfee Creek was named for George H. Durfee, a county judge. See also *List of rivers of Minnesota Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for ...

Flute Reed River The Flute Reed River is a stream in northeastern Minnesota, United States, flowing into Lake Superior at the village of Hovland.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 2, 2 ...

* Gauthier Creek * Greenwood River * Irish Creek *

Kadunce River The Kadunce River is an stream in northeastern Minnesota, the United States, flowing into Lake Superior.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 2, 2012 See also *List of ri ...

* Kimball Creek * Swamp River * Swamper Creek * Woodpile Creek * Woods Creek

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 814 people, 372 households, and 233 families residing in the unorganized territory. The

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was . There were 1,128 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 95.70%

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, 1.11%

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, 0.86% Native American, 0.61%

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, 0.74% from

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, and 0.98% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.23% of the population. There were 372 households, out of which 21.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were

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living together, 3.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.73. In the unorganized territory the population was spread out, with 19.2% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 37.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.6 males. The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $41,786, and the median income for a family was $49,444. Males had a median income of $31,010 versus $26,827 for females. The

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for the unorganized territory was $21,728. About 11.8% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the

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, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

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