Guide to Pequot Lakes Minnesota

Pequot Lakes (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

499

681

843

947

2,162

+1,215

+128.30

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.80

1.09

0.86

1.45

18.15

+16.70

+1,151.72

Density (persons per sq. mile)

623.8

624.8

980.2

653.8

132.4

-521.4

-79.75

Housing Units

299

385

519

564

1,392

+828

+146.81

Households

283

426

479

955

+476

+99.37

Persons Per Household

2.41

1.98

1.96

2.26

+0.30

+15.31

Pequot Lakes is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Minnesota Highway 371 serves as a main route in the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.15 square miles (47.01 km2), of which 16.43 square miles (42.55 km2) is land and 1.81 square miles (4.69 km2) is water. The elevation is 1,283 ft (391 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,162 people, 955 households, and 576 families residing in the city. The population density was 132.4 inhabitants per square mile (51.1/km2). There were 1,392 housing units at an average density of 85.2 per square mile (32.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.3% White, 0.4% African American, 0.8% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population.

There were 955 households of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.5% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.7% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.89.

The median age in the city was 40.6 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.7% were from 45 to 64; and 18.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.7% male and 52.3% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

PEQUOT LAKES, a city in Sibley Township, sections 10 and 15, platted on March 10, 1900, by Walter and Flora Brown. The city had been called Sibley for an early logger and was renamed by a postal official for the first Indian-sounding name he thought of, which is the name of a former tribe of Algonquian Indians in eastern Connecticut. The post office has been operating since 1896; it had a Northern Pacific Railroad station.