Turtle Lake, North Dakota

Turtle Lake is a city in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 581 at the 2010 census. Turtle Lake was founded in 1905.Geography and climateTurtle Lake is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.52sqmi, of which, 0.51sqmi is land and 0.01sqmi is water.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 581 people, 278 households, and 159 families residing in the city. The population density was 1139.2PD/sqmi. There were 340 housing units at an average density of 666.7/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 95.5% White, 0.3% African American, 2.1% Native American, 0.2% Asian, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.2% of the population.There were 278 households of which 19.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.8% were non-families. 39.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 24.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.65.