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Young America Township is a township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 838 at the 2000 census. Of interesting note, due to presence of a major rebate-processing center, the town has more than 20 ZIP codes, including the ZIP code 55555. 55397 is the actual delivery ZIP for the town, all ZIPs beginning with 555 are rebate/contest/fulfillment ZIPs.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 88.3 km² (34.1 mi²). 84.9 km² (32.8 mi²) of it is land and 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) of it (3.81%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 838 people, 267 households, and 229 families residing in the township. The population density was 9.9/km² (25.6/mi²). There were 271 housing units at an average density of 3.2/km² (8.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.37% White, 0.36% African American, 1.55% Asian, and 0.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.07% of the population.

There were 267 households out of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.2% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.9% were non-families. 10.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the township the population was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 116.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $65,000, and the median income for a family was $70,625. Males had a median income of $37,426 versus $29,792 for females. The per capita income for the township was $23,216. About 2.2% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.5% of those under age 18 and 13.9% of those age 65 or over.

• Carver County, Minnesota
• Townships in Minnesota