Maple Grove Township is a

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Crow Wing County Crow Wing County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,123. Its county seat is Brainerd. The county was formed in 1857, and was organized in 1870. Crow Wing County i ...

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, United States. The population was 665 at the 2000 census. Maple Grove Township was named for the abundance of

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trees in the area.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 36.0 square miles (93.1 km²), of which 34.3 square miles (88.9 km²) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.2 km²) (4.53%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 665 people, 239 households, and 184 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 281 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.35%

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, 0.60%

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, 0.30% Asian, and 0.75% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.15% of the population. There were 239 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.7% were

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living together, 2.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.21. In the township the population was spread out, with 29.2% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males. The median income for a household in the township was $50,833, and the median income for a family was $56,429. Males had a median income of $37,167 versus $27,375 for females. The

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for the township was $20,552. About 3.8% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the

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, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

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