Spring Grove, Minnesota
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Spring Grove is a city in Houston County
Houston County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,718 people, 7,633 households, and 5,411 families residing in the county. The population density was 35 people per square mile . There were 8,168 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, United States
United States
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. The population was 1,330 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all of it land. Minnesota State Highway 44
Minnesota State Highway 44
Minnesota State Highway 44 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. 52 in Canton Township, near Prosper, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 16 in Hokah, near La Crescent.Highway 44 is in length.-Route...

 and County Highways 4 and 16 are three of the main routes in the community.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 1,304 people, 581 households, and 349 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,455.8 people per square mile (559.4/km²). There were 610 housing units at an average density of 681.0 per square mile (261.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.00% White, 0.08% Native American, 0.31% Asian, and 0.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.23% of the population.

There were 581 households out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.9% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.74.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 29.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,643, and the median income for a family was $38,000. Males had a median income of $28,182 versus $18,125 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $16,307. About 6.7% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.3% of those under age 18 and 15.1% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

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