Adams County (North Dakota)
Adams County is a county located in the state of North Dakota in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Hettinger.
Geography
The County is located in southwestern North Dakota, on the south by South Dakota and has an area of 2561 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hettinger County, Grant County, Sioux County, Perkins County ( South Dakota), Harding County ( South Dakota), Bowman County and Slope County.
History
Adams County was formed on 14 April 1907 parts of the Hettinger County. It was named after John Quincy Adams, an American railway official and pioneers who built the railway line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad through North Dakota.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000, lived in Adams County, 2,593 people in 1,121 households and 725 families. The population density was 1 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.50 percent White, 0.54 percent African American, 0.31 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.12 percent from other races groups; 0.35 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.27 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 1,121 households out of which 26.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.6 percent were married couples living together, 5.5 percent were single mothers, 35.3 percent were non-families, 32.6 percent of all households and 17.9 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.85.
Based on the county the population was spread from 23.2 percent population under 18 years, 4.1 percent between 18 and 24 years, 21.7 percent between 25 and 44 years, 27.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 24.1 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 29,079, and the median income for a family was $ 34,306. Males have a median income of $ 23,073, women $ 18,714. The per capita income was $ 18,425. 8.5 percent of families and 10.4 percent of families were below the poverty line. Of these, 11.1 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 11.1 percent of those 65 years.