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As of the
census2
of 2000, there were 185 people, 85 households, and 49
families residing in the city. The
population density was 549.5/km˛ (1,421.2/mi˛).
There were 97 housing units at an average density of
288.1/km˛ (745.2/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city was
99.46%
White and 0.54%
Native American.
There were
85 households out of which 25.9% had children under the
age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were
married couples living together, 7.1% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 41.2% were
non-families. 37.6% of all households were made up of
individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was
2.18 and the average family size was 2.84.
In the city the population was spread
out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24,
32.4% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who
were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40
years. For every 100 females there were 117.6 males. For
every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.8
males.
The median income for a household in
the city was $29,063, and the median income for a family
was $41,250. Males had a median income of $38,750 versus
$14,688 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $18,017. About
1.9% of families and 8.9% of the population were below
the
poverty line, including 5.0% of those under the age
of eighteen and 7.4% of those sixty five or over.
WINTON, a city in section 24 of Morse Township (T.
63N, R. 12W), incorporated as a village on July 23, 1901, reincorporated
on April 6, 1906, and separated from the township on April 23, 1906; the
post office began in 1895; it had a Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
Railroad station, also shown as Winpon. The village was named in honor
of William C. Winton, a member of the Knox Lumber Company of Duluth,
which did much logging around Ely and Winton. He was superintendent for
building the first sawmill at Winton in 1898.
