Stark County (North Dakota)

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

Geography

The County is located in the central south-west of North Dakota and has an area of ​​3472 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Dunn County, Mercer County, Morton County, Grant County, Hettinger County, Slope County and Billings County.

The county is drained by the Heart River.

History

Stark County was formed in 1879. It was named after George Stark, a vice-president of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Stark County 22,636 people in 8,932 households and 5,877 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 97.52 percent White, 0.23 percent African American, 0.94 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.28 percent from other races groups; 0.78 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.04 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,932 households out of which 32.1 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.9 percent were married couples living together, 7.9 percent were single mothers, 34.2 percent were non-families, 29.1 percent of all households and 11.9 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.04.

Based on the county the population was spread from 25.5 percent population under 18 years, 11.6 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 years and 15.0 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 32,526, and the median income for a family was $ 41,527. Males had a median income of $ 30,474, women $ 20,000. The per capita income was $ 15,929. 7.9 percent of families and 12.3 percent of families were below the poverty line. Of these, 11.6 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 16.7 percent of those 65 years.