Potshot Lake, Minnesota

Potshot Lake is an unorganized territory in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States; located near Floodwood. The population was 73 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92.1 km²); 35.5 square miles (92.0 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.14%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 73 people, 25 households, and 17 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 2.1 people per square mile (0.8/km²). There were 36 housing units at an average density of 1.0/sq mi (0.4/km²). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 95.89% White, 1.37% Native American, 1.37% Asian, and 1.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.74% of the population.

There were 25 households out of which 44.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.71.

In the unorganized territory the population was spread out with 35.6% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $49,375, and the median income for a family was $53,750. Males had a median income of $44,583 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the unorganized territory was $16,216. There were 4.5% of families and 4.3% of the population living below the poverty line, including 3.3% of under eighteens and 14.3% of those over 64.

References

↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

Municipalities and communities of St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Duluth

Cities	Aurora Babbitt Biwabik Brookston Buhl Chisholm Cook Duluth Ely Eveleth Floodwood Gilbert Hermantown Hibbing Hoyt Lakes Iron Junction Kinney Leonidas McKinley Meadowlands Mountain Iron Orr Proctor Rice Lake Tower Virginia Winton

Townships	Alango Alborn Alden Angora Arrowhead Ault Balkan Bassett Beatty Biwabik Breitung Brevator Camp 5 Canosia Cedar Valley Cherry Clinton Colvin Cotton Crane Lake Culver Duluth Eagles Nest Ellsburg Elmer Embarrass Fairbanks Fayal Field Fine Lakes Floodwood Fredenberg French Gnesen Grand Lake Great Scott Greenwood Halden Industrial Kabetogama Kelsey Kugler Lakewood Lavell Leiding Linden Grove McDavitt Meadowlands Midway Morcom Morse Ness New Independence Normanna North Star Northland Owens Pequaywan Pike Portage Prairie Lake Sandy Solway Stoney Brook Sturgeon Toivola Van Buren Vermilion Lake Waasa White Willow Valley Wuori

CDPs	Mahnomen Nett Lake Soudan

Unincorporated communities	Alborn Angora Ash Lake Bassett Bear River Bengal Brimson Britt Burnett Burntside Buyck Canyon Celina Central Lakes Cherry Clover Valley Cotton Crane Lake Culver Cusson Eldes Corner Elmer Embarrass Fairbanks Florenton Forbes Four Corners French River Gheen Gheen Corner Glendale Gowan Greaney Idington Independence Island Lake Kabetogama Keenan Kelsey Linden Grove Makinen Maney Markham McComber Meadow Brook Melrude Munger Palmers Palo Paupores Payne Peary Petrel Peyla Prosit Ramshaw Robinson Rollins Saginaw Sax Shaw Sherman Corner Side Lake Silica Simar Skibo Sturgeon Taft Toivola Twig Vermilion Dam Wahlsten Wakemup Whiteface Wolf Zim

Unorganized territories	Angleworm Bear Head Lake Birch Lake Camp A Lake Crab Lake Dark River Gheen Hay Lake Heikkala Lake Hush Lake Janette Lake Leander Lake Linwood Lake Marion Lake McCormack Mud Hen Lake Nett Lake Northeast St. Louis Northwest St. Louis Pfeiffer Lake Picket Lake Potshot Lake Sand Lake Slim Lake Sturgeon River Sunday Lake Tikander Lake Whiteface Reservoir

Former CDP	Arnold

Ghost towns	Costin Village Elcor Fermoy Spina

Indian reservations	Fond du Lac Indian Reservation‡ Lake Vermilion Indian Reservation Nett Lake Indian Reservation‡

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 46°58′37″N 92°59′44″W / 46.97694°N 92.99556°W / 46.97694; -92.99556

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