Sioux Agency Township, Minnesota
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Sioux Agency Township is a township in
Yellow Medicine County Yellow Medicine County is a County (United States), county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Its eastern border is formed by the Minnesota River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,528. ...
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Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
, United States. The population was 237 at the 2000 census.


History

Sioux Agency Township was originally called Yellow Medicine Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1866. The present name, adopted in 1877, was given on account of the Sioux Indian agency being located there.


Geography

According to the
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, the township has a total area of 42.1 square miles (109.1 km), of which 41.5 square miles (107.6 km) is land and 0.6 square mile (1.5 km) (1.35%) is water.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 237 people, 95 households, and 70 families residing in the township. The
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was 5.7 people per square mile (2.2/km). There were 112 housing units at an average density of 2.7/sq mi (1.0/km). The racial makeup of the township was 93.67%
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, 0.84% Native American, 4.22% from other races, and 1.27% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 5.06% of the population. There were 95 households, out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6% were
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living together, 2.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.93. In the township the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 121.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.2 males. The median income for a household in the township was $40,139, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $19,643 for females. The
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for the township was $19,641. About 2.8% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the
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, including 12.1% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.


References

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