Sandstone Township, Pine County, Minnesota

Sandstone Township, Minnesota
FIPS code		27-58414[1]
GNIS feature ID	0665547[2]

Sandstone Township is a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,614 at the 2000 census.

Sandstone Township was named for sandstone outcroppings near the

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 60.9 square miles (157.6 km²), of which 60.7 square miles (157.2 km²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.4 km²) (0.26%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

of any race were 14.25% of the population.

There were 278 households, out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.7% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the township the population was spread out, with 14.1% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 49.2% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 341.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 427.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $45,250, and the median income for a family was $53,438. Males had a median income of $29,401 versus $24,583 for females. The

, including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.

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