Rainy Lake, Minnesota

Rainy Lake is an unorganized territory in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2000 census.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 387.2 square miles (1,002.8 km²), of which 350.2 square miles (906.9 km²) of it is land and 37.0 square miles (95.9 km²) of it (9.56%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,469 people, 1,774 households, and 1,332 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 12.8 people per square mile (4.9/km²). There were 2,248 housing units at an average density of 6.4/sq mi (2.5/km²). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 97.67% White, 0.16% Black or African American, 0.87% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.31% of the population.

There were 1,774 households out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.8% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.91.

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