Divide County, North Dakota

The Divide County is a county located in the state of North Dakota in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Crosby.

Geography

The County is located in the extreme northwest of North Dakota is bordered to the north by Canada, to the west by Montana and has an area of ​​3352 square kilometers, of which 90 square kilometers are water surface. It borders in the United States clockwise to the following counties: Burke County, Williams County and Sheridan County ( Montana).

History

Divide County was formed in 1910. It was named after the state of division of Williams County.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Divide County 2,283 people in 1,005 households and 649 families. The population density was 0.7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.99 percent White, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.53 percent Asian, and 0.18 percent from other races; 0.18 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.61 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,005 households out of which 22.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.8 percent were married couples living together, 4.2 percent were single mothers, 35.4 percent were non-families, 33.4 percent of all households and 19.9 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.79.

Based on the county the population was spread from 20.2 percent population under 18 years, 3.6 percent between 18 and 24 years, 20.1 percent between 25 and 44 years, 26.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 29.5 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 30,089, and the median income for a family was $ 39,292. Males have a median income of $ 28,333, women $ 16,371. The per capita income was $ 16,225. 9.5 percent of families and 14.6 percent of families were below the poverty line. Of these, 19.5 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 14.7 percent of those 65 years.