Winton is a city in Saint Louis County

St. Louis County, Minnesota

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, Minnesota

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, United States

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. The population was 172 at the 2010 census. The city is home to a small hydroelectric dam on the edge of Garden Lake, one of 11 stations owned by Minnesota Power. http://www.mnpower.com/environment/hydro.htm

Minnesota State Highway 169

Minnesota State Highway 169

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 serves as a main arterial route in the community.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the city has a total area of 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 185 people, 85 households, and 49 families residing in the city. The population density

Population density

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 was 1,421.2 people per square mile (549.5/km²). There were 97 housing units at an average density of 745.2 per square mile (288.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.46% White and 0.54% Native American. 22.4% were of German

Germans

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, 17.8% Finnish, 8.6% Slovene, 7.2% Norwegian

Norwegians

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, 7.2% Scandinavia

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n, 6.6% Swedish, 5.9% Polish

Poles

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 and 5.3% English

English people

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 ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 85 households out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples

Marriage

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 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

Per capita income

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 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.