Otter Tail Township is a township in
Otter Tail County
Otter Tail County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, its population was 60,081. Its county seat is Fergus Falls. Otter Tail County comprises the Fergus Falls micropolitan statistical area. With 1,048 lakes in it ...
,
Minnesota, United States. The population was 556 at the 2000 census.
Otter Tail Township was organized in 1870, and named after
Otter Tail Lake
Otter Tail Lake is a lake in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the largest lake in Otter Tail County.
Geography
Adjoining the city of Ottertail, it is a part of the Otter Tail River chain of lakes. Upstream from ...
.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.4 square miles (78.8 km), of which 16.4 square miles (42.4 km) is land and 14.1 square miles (36.4 km) (46.25%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 556 people, 241 households, and 187 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 644 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.74%
White, 0.36%
Native American, 0.18%
Asian
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, 0.54%
Pacific Islander, and 0.18% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino
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of any race were 1.08% of the population.
There were 241 households, out of which 22.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.7% were
married couples
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living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.63.
In the township the population was spread out, with 18.3% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 35.6% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $37,000, and the median income for a family was $38,667. Males had a median income of $28,250 versus $21,875 for females. The
per capita income for the township was $21,931. About 8.9% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Townships in Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Townships in Minnesota