Rainy Lake is an unorganized territory in

Koochiching County Koochiching County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,062. Its county seat is International Falls. A portion of the Bois Forte Indian Reservation is in the county. A small part of Voya ...

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, United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the unorganized territory has a total area of 387.2 square miles (1,002.8 km²), of which 350.2 square miles (906.9 km²) is land and 37.0 square miles (95.9 km²) (9.56%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,469 people, 1,774 households, and 1,332 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was . There were 2,248 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 97.67%

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, 0.16%

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, 0.87% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.31% of the population. There were 1,774 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.8% were

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living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.91. In the unorganized territory the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 30.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.4 males. The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $46,250, and the median income for a family was $51,791. Males had a median income of $42,622 versus $25,895 for females. The

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for the unorganized territory was $21,404. About 5.1% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the

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, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

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