Editing Ponemah, Minnesota

{{Short description|Census-designated place in Minnesota, US}}
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'''Ponemah''' ([[Ojibwe language]] '''''Obaashiing''''') is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) within the [[Lower Red Lake, Minnesota|Lower Red Lake]] unorganized territory in [[Beltrami County, Minnesota|Beltrami County]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States]]. The population was 724 at the 2010 census.<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

==History==
Though its name in the Ojibwe language is "Obaashiing" meaning "At the narrows", "Ponemah" is derived from another Ojibwe word ''baanimaa'', meaning "later (on), after(wards)", as used in [[The Song of Hiawatha]].<ref>Upham, Warren (1920; repr. 2001). [http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/city.cfm?PlaceNameID=2443&BookCodeID=74&County=4&SendingPage=Results.cfm "PONEMAH"] in ''Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia'' (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press) {{ISBN|0873513967}}</ref> Ponemah contained a government school for [[Ojibwe]] children.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n58 39]}}</ref> A post office called Ponemah has been in operation since 1901.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Beltrami&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Beltrami County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States census|U.S. Census]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|11.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 874
|2010= 724
|2020= 599
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 874 people, 209 households, and 174 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|44.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 215 housing units at an average density of 11.0/sq&nbsp;mi (4.2/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the CDP was 0.34% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 99.20% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.23% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.23% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.83% of the population. It is the most Native American census designated location in the United States by Percent.

There were 209 households, out of which 51.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 21.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 44.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families. 13.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 4.18 and the average family size was 4.37.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 49.5% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 11.6% from 45 to 64, and 2.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 18 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.0 males.

The [[median]] income for a household is $13,571, and the median income for a family was $13,527. Males had a median income of $21,250 versus $16,719 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $4,000.  About 57.3% of families and 52.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 52.7% of those under age 18 and 58.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Politics==
{{Hidden begin|titlestyle=background:#ccccff|title=Presidential election results}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential elections results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/mngov/electionresults|title=Election Results - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|2.4% ''10''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''96.1%''' ''398''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% ''6''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|0.6% ''2''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''90.3%''' ''289''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.1% ''31''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|0.3% ''1''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''99.2%''' ''385''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% ''3''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|5.5% ''20''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''93.7%''' ''342''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% ''3''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|5.5% ''22''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''94.5%''' ''379''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|11.4% ''33''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''79.6%''' ''230''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.0% ''59''

|}
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==Education==
It is in the [[Red Lake School District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27007_beltrami/DC20SD_C27007.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Beltrami County, MN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-08-12}}</ref> which operates Ponemah Elementary School (K-8), and [[Red Lake Secondary Complex]] (formerly Red Lake High School).

==References==
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{{Beltrami County, Minnesota}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Beltrami County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Ojibwe in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Anishinaabe communities in the United States]]