La Garde Township is a township in Mahnomen County,

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, United States. The township was named for Moses Lagarde, an early settler.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (6.17%) is water.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, 158 people, 55 housing units and 41 families. There were 41 households, of which 53.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were

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living together. 22% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.44 and the average family size was 3.81. The

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was . There were 55 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the township was 5% Hispanic/Latino, 50%

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, 25% Native American and 17.7% from two or more races. 33.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 15 to 44,66.4% from 18 years of age or older. The median age was 31.3 years. For every 100 females there were 190.2 males. There are 116 males and 61 females. The

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was $43,750 and the mean income was $64,607.

References

{{Mahnomen County, Minnesota Townships in Mahnomen County, Minnesota Townships in Minnesota