East Kittson is an unorganized territory in Kittson County,

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, United States, named after

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r and railroad

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Norman Kittson Norman Wolfred Kittson (March 6, 1814 – May 10, 1888) was one of early Minnesota's most prominent citizens. He was a fur trader, then a steamboat-line operator and finally a railway entrepreneur and owner of thoroughbred racehorses. He wa ...

. The population was 13 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the unorganized territory has a total area of 72.7 square miles (188.2 km²), of which 72.3 square miles (187.3 km²) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.9 km²) (0.48%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 13 people, 5 households, and 3 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was . There were 16 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 100.00%

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. There were 5 households, out of which 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were

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living together, 20.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.67. In the unorganized territory the population was spread out, with 38.5% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 44.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 60.0 males. The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $26,250, and the median income for a family was $27,083. Males had a median income of $23,750 versus $17,500 for females. The

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for the unorganized territory was $7,690. None of the population or the families were below the

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References

{{authority control Populated places in Kittson County, Minnesota Unorganized territories in Minnesota