South Harbor Township is a township in Mille Lacs County,

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, United States. The population was 800 at the 2010 census.

History

South Harbor Township was named for its location south of

Mille Lacs Lake Mille Lacs Lake ( , also called Lake Mille Lacs or Mille Lacs) is a large, shallow lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located in the counties of Mille Lacs, Aitkin, and Crow Wing, roughly north of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropol ...

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 71.20%, is water.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 885 people, 364 households and 266 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 694 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 88.70%

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, 0.90%

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, 7.57% Native American, 0.34% Asian, and 2.49% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.36% of the population. There were 364 households, of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were

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living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.9% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.76. 24.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.1 males. The

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was $36,058 and the median family income was $42,500. Males had a median income of $35,909 compared with $19,583 for females. The

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was $19,742. About 7.5% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the

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, including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over.

References

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