Little Sand Lake, Minnesota

Little Sand Lake is an unorganized territory in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2010 census, the unorganized territory population was 349.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.7 km²), of which 34.7 square miles (89.9 km²) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.7 km²), or 2.96%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 369 people, 144 households, and 110 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 10.6 people per square mile (4.1/km²). There were 155 housing units at an average density of 4.5/sq mi (1.7/km²). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 94.04% White, 0.81% Native American, 0.54% from other races, and 4.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.90% of the population.

There were 144 households out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.6% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the unorganized territory the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 34.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 118.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.9 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $40,357, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $36,563 versus $25,714 for females. The per capita income for the unorganized territory was $16,452. About 10.7% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

Municipalities and communities of Itasca County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Grand Rapids
Cities	Bigfork Bovey Calumet Cohasset Coleraine Deer River Effie Grand Rapids Keewatin La Prairie Marble Nashwauk Squaw Lake Taconite Warba Zemple
Townships	Alvwood Arbo Ardenhurst Balsam Bearville Bigfork Blackberry Bowstring Carpenter Deer River Feeley Good Hope Goodland Grand Rapids Grattan Greenway Harris Iron Range Kinghurst Lake Jessie Lawrence Liberty Lone Pine Marcell Max Moose Park Morse Nashwauk Nore Oteneagen Pomroy Sago Sand Lake Spang Splithand Stokes Third River Trout Lake Wabana Wawina Wildwood Wirt
Unorganized territories	Bowstring Lake Deer Lake Effie Little Sand Lake Northeast Itasca
CDPs	Ball Club Inger
Unincorporated communities	Alvwood Bass Lake Bear River Bergville Blackberry Bowstring Dora Lake Dunbar Goodland Grattan Houpt Jessie Lake Mack Marcell Martin Max Orth Pengilly Pomroy Rosy Spring Lake Suomi Swan River Talmoon Togo Wawina Wirt
Indian reservations	Deer Creek Indian Reservation‡ Leech Lake Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 47°14′59″N 93°15′09″W / 47.24972°N 93.25250°W / 47.24972; -93.25250