Sioux County (North Dakota)
Sioux County is a county located in the state of North Dakota in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Fort Yates.
Geography
The County is located in southern North Dakota, adjacent to South Dakota and has an area of 2922 square kilometers, of which 89 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Morton County, Emmons County, Corson County ( South Dakota), Adams County and Grant County.
History
Sioux County was formed in 1915. It was named after the North American Indian people of the Sioux.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census of 2000, there were 4,044 people in Sioux County in 1,095 households and 871 families. The population density was 1 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 84.59 percent White, 14.34 percent Black or African American, 0.02 percent Native American, 0.02 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.07 percent from other races groups; 0.89 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.61 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 1,095 households out of which 48.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 39.1 percent were married couples living together, 29.1 percent were single mothers, 20.4 percent were non-families, 16.6 percent of all households and 4.4 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 3.63 and the average family size was 3.98 persons.
Based on the county the population was spread out 40.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 11.1 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44 years, 16.2 percent between 45 and 64 years and 5.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 22,483, and the median income for a family was $ 24,000. Males have a median income of $ 22,039, women $ 19,458. The per capita income was $ 7,731. 33.6 percent of families and 39.2 percent of families were below the poverty line. Of these, 44.4 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 25.8 percent of those 65 years.