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Wales Minnesota Guide


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Population:  unincorporated
 Lake County Unorganized Territory 2 1970 1980 1990 2000 1990-2000 Change
Actual Percent
Population -- -- 1,856 1,955 99 5.33
Land Area (sq. mile) 0.00 0.00 268.44 268.42 -0.02 -0.01
Density (persons per sq. mile) -- -- 6.91 7.28 0.37 5.34
Housing Units 0 0 1,069 1,096 27 2.53
Households -- 0 689 800 111 16.11
Persons Per Household -- -- 2.69 2.43 -0.26 -9.79

Geography:

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 705.2 km˛ (272.3 mi˛). 695.2 km˛ (268.4 mi˛) of it is land and 10.0 km˛ (3.9 mi˛) of it (1.42%) is water.

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Demographics:
 
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,955 people, 800 households, and 571 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 2.8/km˛ (7.3/mi˛). There were 1,096 housing units at an average density of 1.6/km˛ (4.1/mi˛). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 98.93% White, 0.36% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.26% from other races, and 0.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.51% of the population.

There were 800 households out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.9% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the unorganized territory the population was spread out with 22.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 30.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 107.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.0 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $48,098, and the median income for a family was $50,921. Males had a median income of $42,917 versus $24,803 for females. The per capita income for the unorganized territory was $23,436. About 4.5% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

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History:  

WALES, a village in section 21 of T. 55N, R. 11W (Two Harbors), which had a station of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad, and a post office named Emetta, 1919-23, changing to Wales, 1923-65.

Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society


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Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway train near Wales, Minnesota. Courtesy of RailPictures.net


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Map of Wales Minnesota
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Highway Map of the Wales Minnesota area
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