Ward County Facts

Census Statistics

	Ward County	North Dakota
Population, 2003 estimate	56,721	633,837
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-3.5%	-1.3%
Population, 2000	58,795	642,200
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	1.5%	0.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.4%	6.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.2%	25.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.5%	14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.2%	50.1%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	92.4%	92.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.2%	0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.1%	4.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.7%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.9%	1.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	91.5%	91.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	50.9%	56.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.1%	1.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.7%	6.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	22.1%	22.0%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	8,371	97,817
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	14.5	15.8?
Housing units, 2002	25,358	294,165
Homeownership rate, 2000	62.6%	66.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	24.8%	24.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$79,500	$74,400?
Households, 2000	23,041	257,152
Persons per household, 2000	2.46	2.41
Median household income, 1999	$33,670	$34,604
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,926	$17,769
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.8%	11.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,629	20,206
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	21,643	257,335
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.8%	0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,283	39,624
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	281,572	5,115,890
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	753,712	6,702,134
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,764	$10,457
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	2.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.3%	22.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	154	3,265
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	564,085	6,436,570
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	2,013	68,976
Persons per square mile, 2000	29.2	9.3
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	101	38

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