Knife Lake Township, Kanabec County, Minnesota

Knife Lake Township, Minnesota
Township
Knife Lake Township Location within Minnesota and the United States Knife Lake Township Knife Lake Township (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°56′52″N 93°17′55″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Kanabec
Area
• Total	31.8 sq mi (82.4 km2)
• Land	30.7 sq mi (79.4 km2)
• Water	1.1 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Elevation	1,056 ft (322 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,212
• Density	39.4/sq mi (13.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55051
Area code	320
FIPS code	27-33560
GNIS feature ID	0664641

Knife Lake Township is a township in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,212 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.8 square miles (82 km²), of which 30.7 square miles (80 km²) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²) (3.61%) is water.

Demographics

At the 2020 census, there were 1,212 people, 488 households, and 359 families residing in the township. The population density was 39.4 per square mile (15.2/km²). There were 649 housing units at an average density of 21.1 per square mile (8.1/km²). The racial make-up of the township was 96.20% White, 0.33% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.33% from other races and 2.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.16% of the population.

There were 488 households, of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no spouse present and 11.9% had a male householder with no spouse present. 26.4% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.03.

24.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64 and 17.6% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.9 males.

The median household income was $102,692 and the median family income was $106,417. Males had a median income of $74,250 and females $21,625. The per capita income $42,132. About 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.