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According to the
United States Census Bureau, the CDP
has a total area of 17.2
km˛ (6.7
mi˛). 16.9 km˛ (6.5 mi˛) of it is land
and 0.3 km˛ (0.1 mi˛) of it (1.80%) is water.
As of the
census2
of 2000, there were 607 people, 174 households,
and 136 families residing in the CDP. The
population density was 35.9/km˛ (92.9/mi˛).
There were 189 housing units at an average
density of 11.2/km˛ (28.9/mi˛). The racial
makeup of the CDP was 5.11%
White, 94.40%
Native American, and 0.49% from two
or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.82% of the
population.
There
were 174 households out of which 46.6% had
children under the age of 18 living with
them, 16.1% were
married couples living together, 49.4%
had a female householder with no husband
present, and 21.8% were non-families. 15.5%
of all households were made up of individuals
and 6.3% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household
size was 3.47 and the average family size
was 3.85.
In the CDP the population
was spread out with 44.3% under the age
of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25
to 44, 13.2% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who
were 65 years of age or older. The median
age was 22 years. For every 100 females
there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females
age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.
The median income for
a household in the CDP was $20,208, and
the median income for a family was $18,958.
Males had a median income of $22,813 versus
$20,938 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $7,738.
About 41.5% of families and 40.6% of the
population were below the
poverty line, including 46.7% of those
under age 18 and 25.6% of those age 65 or
over.
VINELAND, a village and port of Mille Lacs near its
outlet, in Kathio, was named for the early Norse settlement on the
northeast coast of North America in the year 1000, visited by numerous
later voyages, which was called in the Icelandic language Vinland,
meaning Wineland, from grapes found there. Its post office was called
Vineland from 1891 to 1921 and Wigwam Bay from 1921 to 1929, at which
time it was discontinued.
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