Northeast Itasca, Minnesota

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 424.8 square miles (1,100.2 km²), of which 399.0 square miles (1,033.4 km²) is land and 25.8 square miles (66.7 km²), or 6.07%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,170 people, 488 households, and 359 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 2.9 people per square mile (1.1/km²). There were 1,509 housing units at an average density of 3.8/sq mi (1.5/km²). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 96.92% White, 0.34% Black or African American, 1.37% Native American, 0.17% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.68% of the population.

There were 488 households out of which 20.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% were married couples living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.66.

In the unorganized territory the population was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 31.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 121.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 119.1 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $40,583, and the median income for a family was $43,565. Males had a median income of $35,104 versus $20,977 for females. The per capita income for the unorganized territory was $18,624. About 5.3% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.5% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.