Knife Lake township, MN

Kanabec County, MN

2022 population: 1,300 ( 144 from 2010 )
Land area: 30.3 square miles
Population density: 42.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,281	98.54%	13.5%
Black:	0	0.00%	100.0%
Indian:	0	0.00%	100.0%
Asian:	3	0.23%	62.5%
2+ races:	8	0.62%	0.0%
Hispanic:	8	0.62%	33.3%

Total non-White:	19	1.46%	29.6%

2010-2022 Components	Number	Rate

Change in White population:	152	15.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	-8	-0.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,156
1,129	97.66%
3	0.26%
2	0.17%
8	0.69%
8	0.69%
6	0.52%
27	2.34%

2000
1,049
1,010	96.28%
0	0.00%
7	0.67%
11	1.05%
14	1.33%
7	0.67%
39	3.72%

1990
825
775	93.94%
0	0.00%
14	1.70%
9	1.09%
n/a
0	0.00%
50	6.06%

1980
733
723	98.64%
0	0.00%
4	0.55%
6	0.82%
n/a
0	0.00%
10	1.36%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

119	11.3
-12	-1.1

Number	Rate
1990's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

235	28.5
-11	-1.3

Number	Rate
1980's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

52	7.1
40	5.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Knife Lake township, MN

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
45.0
315	24.2%
985	75.8%
229	17.6%

488
2.66

359	73.6%
276	76.9%
15	4.2%
129	26.4%

2010
Number	Percent
45.0
249	21.5%
907	78.5%
201	17.4%

459
2.52

349	76.0%
298	85.4%
15	4.3%
110	24.0%

2000
Number	Percent
41.0
284	27.1%
765	72.9%
151	14.4%

404
2.60

305	75.5%
262	85.9%
21	6.9%
99	24.5%

1990
Number	Percent
32.3
221	26.8%
604	73.2%
118	14.3%

294
2.81

237	80.6%
199	84.0%
11	4.6%
57	19.4%

1980
Number	Percent
33.1
203	27.7%
530	72.3%
91	12.4%

266
2.76

225	84.6%
207	92.0%
3	1.3%
41	15.4%

2022 Housing Data for Knife Lake township, MN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	5	1.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	10	2.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	3	0.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	20	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	17	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	16	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	7	1.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	25	5.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	36	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	29	5.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	71	14.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	60	12.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	59	12.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	85	17.4%
$200,000 or more	45	9.2%

Median Household Income	102,692
Per Capita Income	42,132

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	9	1.8%
Public Assistance	4	0.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	4	0.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	598	74.0%
Unemployed	11	1.4%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	609	75.4%
Not in Labor Force	199	24.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	238	152	61.0%
Non-Profit	3	42	6.7%
Self-Employed	74	53	58.3%

Local Government	29	71	29.0%
State Government	7	0	100.0%
Federal Government	0	2	0.0%

Total Private + Self	312	205	60.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	39	115	25.3%
Total	351	320	52.3%

Pct. Govt.	16.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	124	18.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	75	11.2%
Professional, Technical	124	18.5%
Service Occupations	139	20.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3	0.4%
All others	209	31.1%

White Collar		48.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Construction	130	19.4%
Health care and social assistance	86	12.8%
Educational services	79	11.8%
Other services	58	8.6%
Accommodation and food services	58	8.6%
Retail trade	56	8.3%
Manufacturing	45	6.7%
Finance and insurance	32	4.8%
Public administration	30	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	19	2.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	18	2.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	13	1.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	13	1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	12	1.8%
Wholesale trade	11	1.6%
Information	5	0.7%
Utilities	3	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3	0.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	8	0.62%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	0	0.00%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	3	0.23%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,249	98.4%
Tagalog	6	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	5	0.4%
Spanish	3	0.2%
German, other Germanic	3	0.2%
Other Indo-European	3	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	354	27.2%
Swedish	204	15.7%
Norwegian	201	15.5%
Scandinavian	106	8.2%
Irish	91	7.0%
English	47	3.6%
Czech	46	3.5%
American	42	3.2%
Scotch-Irish	35	2.7%
Italian	31	2.4%
French	29	2.2%
Polish	26	2.0%
European	24	1.8%
Danish	14	1.1%
Finnish	13	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,300	100.0%
Not a citizen	0	0.0%

Native	1,292	99.4%
Foreign-born	8	0.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4	0.4%	75	8.1%	294	31.7%	365	39.4%	119	12.9%	69	7.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4	0.4%
9-12 Years	75	8.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	294	31.7%
Some College	365	39.4%
Bach. Degree	119	12.9%
Grad Degree	69	7.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +98	R +56	R + 0.8%
D +42
2020 vs. 2012	R +156	R +215	R + 27.8%
D -59
2020 vs. 2008	R +159	R +212	R + 27.2%
D -53

2016 vs. 2008	R +61	R +156	R + 26.4%
D -95
How to interpret this table

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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (St)	Diff (US)	PSV
2020	74%	Donald Trump* (R)	507	67.4%	Joe Biden (D)	235	31.2%	10	1.3%	752	22	21	0.02%
2016	67%	Donald Trump (R)	409	63.1%	Hillary Clinton (D)	193	29.8%	46	7.1%	648	18	17	0.02%
2012	70%	Mitt Romney (R)	351	53.7%	Barack Obama* (D)	294	45.0%	9	1.4%	654	9	6	0.02%
2008	74%	John McCain (R)	348	53.6%	Barack Obama (D)	288	44.4%	13	2.0%	649	10	8	0.02%
2004	74%	George W. Bush* (R)	322	53.0%	John Kerry (D)	277	45.6%	9	1.5%	608	5	2	0.02%
2000	70%	George W. Bush (R)	253	47.3%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	252	47.1%	30	5.6%	535	2	-1	0.02%

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Knife Lake township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

235

31.2%

Donald Trump* (R)

507

67.4%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

0.9%

Other

0.4%

TOTAL

752

Turnout: 74%	Diff (St): 22	Diff (US): 21

2016 President, Knife Lake township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

193

29.8%

Donald Trump (R)

409

63.1%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

3.4%

Other

3.7%

TOTAL

648

Turnout: 67%	Diff (St): 18	Diff (US): 17

2012 President, Knife Lake township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

294

45.0%

Mitt Romney (R)

351

53.7%

Other

1.4%

TOTAL

654

Turnout: 70%	Diff (St): 9	Diff (US): 6

2008 President, Knife Lake township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

288

44.4%

John McCain (R)

348

53.6%

Other

2.0%

TOTAL

649

Turnout: 74%	Diff (St): 10	Diff (US): 8

2004 President, Knife Lake township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

322

53.0%

John Kerry (D)

277

45.6%

Ralph Nader (I)

0.3%

Other

1.2%

TOTAL

608

Turnout: 74%	Diff (St): 5	Diff (US): 2

2000 President, Knife Lake township

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

253

47.3%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

252

47.1%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

3.7%

Other

1.9%

TOTAL

535

Turnout: 70%	Diff (St): 2	Diff (US): -1

* incumbent

Historical Statewide Election Results for Knife Lake township, MN

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Year	Type	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff	PSV
2022	G	60%	Scott Jensen (R)	380	62.5%	Tim Walz* (DFL)	207	34.0%	21 [+]	3.5%	608	18	0.02%
[-] Other candidates in 2022: James McCaskel (Legal Marijuana Now) 10 (1.6%); Steve Patterson (Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis) 9 (1.5%); Hugh McTavish (Independence-Alliance) 2 (0.3%);
2020	S2	73%	Jason Lewis (R)	464	63.0%	Tina Smith* (DFL)	216	29.3%	57 [+]	7.7%	737	19	0.02%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Kevin O'Connor (Legal Marijuana Now) 43 (5.8%); Oliver Steinberg (Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis) 14 (1.9%);
2018	S2	57%	Karin Housley (R)	308	54.6%	Tina Smith* (DFL)	231	41.0%	25 [+]	4.4%	564	12	0.02%
[-] Other candidates in 2018: Sarah Wellington (Legal Marijuana Now) 15 (2.7%); Jerry Trooien (I) 10 (1.8%);
2018	S1	58%	Amy Klobuchar* (DFL)	308	54.0%	Jim Newberger (R)	254	44.6%	8 [+]	1.4%	570	8	0.02%
[-] Other candidates in 2018: Dennis Schuller (Legal Marijuana Now) 5 (0.9%); Paula Overby (Green) 3 (0.5%);
2018	G	58%	Jeff Johnson (R)	304	53.3%	Tim Walz (DFL)	250	43.9%	16 [+]	2.8%	570	11	0.02%
[-] Other candidates in 2018: Chris Wright (Legalize Cannabis) 9 (1.6%); Josh Welter (Libertarian) 7 (1.2%);
2014	S2	56%	Al Franken* (DFL)	266	50.5%	Mike McFadden (R)	236	44.8%	25 [+]	4.7%	527	2	0.03%
[-] Other candidates in 2014: Steve Carlson (Independence Party) 19 (3.6%); Heather Johnson (Libertarian) 6 (1.1%);
2014	G	55%	Jeff Johnson (R)	259	49.7%	Mark Dayton* (DFL)	238	45.7%	24 [+]	4.6%	521	5	0.03%
[-] Other candidates in 2014: Hannah Nicollet (Independence Party) 16 (3.1%); Other (Write-in) 5 (1.0%); Chris Holbrook (Libertarian) 3 (0.6%); Chris Wright (Grassroots) 0 (0.0%);

*: incumbent +: ran on additional party lines Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election RO: runoff election PSV: percent of state vote

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	635
Median Value	$259,300

Occupied	488	76.9%
Vacant	147	23.1%

Owned	486	99.6%
Rented	2	0.4%
Median Rent	n/a

Single-Family Units	567	89.3%
Detached	563	88.7%
Attached	4	0.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	0	0.0%
Mobile Homes	65	10.2%

Knife Lake township, MN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Knife Lake township, MN

2022 Housing Data for Knife Lake township, MN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Knife Lake township, MN

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Knife Lake township, MN

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Knife Lake township, MN

Historical Presidential Election Results for Knife Lake township, MN

Historical Statewide Election Results for Knife Lake township, MN