Emmons County, North Dakota

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

Geography

The County is located in southern North Dakota, adjacent to South Dakota and has an area of 4027 square kilometers, of which 116 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Burleigh County, Kidder County, Logan County, McIntosh County, Campbell County ( South Dakota), Sioux County and Morton County.

History

Emmons County was formed in 1879. It was named after James Emmons, an early businessman of the area in Bismarck.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Emmons County 4,331 people in 1,786 households and 1,241 families. The population density was 1 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 99.05 percent White, 0.05 percent African American, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.18 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.30 percent from other races groups; 0.12 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.15 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,786 households out of which 27.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.0 percent were married couples living together, 4.4 percent were single mothers, 30.5 percent were non-families, 28.4 percent of all households and 16.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.92.

Based on the county the population was spread from 24.8 percent population under 18 years, 3.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 22.3 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 25.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 101.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were statistically 100.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 26,119, and the median income for a family was $ 31,857. Males had a median income of $ 23,235, women $ 15,590. The per capita income was $ 14,604. 14.7 percent of families and 20.1 percent of families were below the poverty line. Of these, 23.4 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 24.6 percent of those 65 years.