Garvin, Minnesota
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Garvin is a city in Lyon County
Lyon County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 25,425 people, 9,715 households, and 6,334 families residing in the county. The population density was 36 people per square mile . There were 10,298 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile...

, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, United States
United States
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. The population was 135 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.3 square mile (0.776996433 km²), of which, 0.3 square mile (0.776996433 km²) of it is land and 3.57% is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 159 people, 57 households, and 44 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 590.3 people per square mile (227.4/km²). There were 68 housing units at an average density of 252.5 per square mile (97.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.60% White, 3.14% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.63% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.26% of the population.

There were 57 households out of which 45.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.4% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the city the population was spread out with 32.1% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 112.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,750, and the median income for a family was $41,429. Males had a median income of $25,556 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $13,108. About 7.4% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 15.4% of those sixty five or over.
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