[3] Milaca is a truncated form of Mille Lacs Lake.

[5] At the 2000 census,[1] there were 1,189 people, 411 households and 334 families residing in the township.

The population density was 36.1 inhabitants per square mile (13.9/km2).

There were 411 households, of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.0% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.5% were non-families.

15.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.