Williams County (North Dakota)

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

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme northwest of North Dakota is bordered to the west by Montana, is in the north approximately 45 km from the border with Canada, and has an area of ​​5563 square kilometers, of which 201 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Divide County, Burke County, Mountrail County, McKenzie County, Roosevelt County ( Montana) and Sheridan County ( Montana).

History

Williams County was formed in 1890. It was named after Erastus Appelman Williams, an early politician and member of the legislation of the Dakota Territory.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census of 2000, there were in the Williams County, 19,761 people in 8,095 households and 5,261 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 92.95 percent White, 0.12 percent African American, 4.40 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.14 percent from other races groups; 2.21 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.94 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,095 households out of which 31.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.3 percent were married couples living together, 8.8 percent were single mothers, 35.0 percent were non-families, 30.9 percent of all households and 13.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.99.

Based on the county the population was spread out 26.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 7.8 percent between 18 and 24 years, 25.5 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 16.5 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 31,491, and the median income for a family was $ 39,065. Males have a median income of $ 29,884, women $ 19,329. The per capita income was $ 16,763. 9.6 percent of families and 11.9 percent of families were below the poverty line. Of these, 16.5 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years old and 8.1 percent are 65 years old.