Roosevelt Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota
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Roosevelt Township is a township in Beltrami County
Beltrami County, Minnesota
Beltrami County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 44,442. Its county seat is Bemidji. Portions of the Leech Lake and Red Lake Indian reservations are in the county. The northernmost portion of the Mississippi River flows...

, 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
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. The population was 219 as of the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93.1 km²), of which 34.1 square miles (88.2 km²) is land and 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²) (5.23%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

  • Debs at 47.7313446°N 95.1280568°W

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Lakes

  • Clearwater Lake
  • Haggerty Lake (vast majority)
  • Iverson Lake
  • Myrtle Lake
  • Perch Lake
  • Sandy Lake
  • White Fish Lake

Adjacent townships

  • Alaska Township (northeast)
  • Maple Ridge Township
    Maple Ridge Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota
    Maple Ridge Township is a township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 108 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.5 square miles , of which 34.2 square miles is land and...

     (east)
  • Buzzle Township (south)
  • Dudley Township, Clearwater County (southwest)
  • Sinclair Township, Clearwater County (west)
  • Clover Township, Clearwater County
    Clover Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
    Clover Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 116 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...

     (northwest)

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 219 people, 98 households, and 60 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density
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 was 6.4 people per square mile (2.5/km²). There were 148 housing units at an average density of 4.3/sq mi (1.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 96.35% White, 0.91% Native American, and 2.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.46% of the population.

There were 98 households out of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.72.

In the township the population was spread out with 20.1% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $25,893, and the median income for a family was $31,875. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $16,964 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the township was $14,057. About 15.6% of families and 19.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 36.4% of those sixty five or over.
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