Adams County, North Dakota

administration
The Adams County Courthouse (circa 1930) is one of three entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Hettinger
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 602 Adams Avenue Hettinger, ND 58639-0000
Foundation :	April 14, 1907
Made up from:	Hettinger County
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	2343 (2010)
Population density :	0.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2561 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Adams County is a county in the state of North Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Hettinger .

geography

The county is located in the southwest of North Dakota, borders South Dakota to the south and has an area of 2561 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Hettinger County , Grant County , Sioux County , Perkins County, South Dakota, Harding County, South Dakota, Bowman County, and Slope County .

history

Adams County was formed on April 17, 1907 from parts of Hettinger County. It was named after John Quincy Adams , a US railroad official and pioneer who built the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad through North Dakota.

Three of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 18, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	5407	-
1920	5593	3.4%
1930	6343	13.4%
1940	4664	-26.5%
1950	4910	5.3%
1960	4449	-9.4%
1970	3832	-13.9%
1980	3584	-6.5%
1990	3174	-11.4%
2000	2593	-18.3%
2010	2343	-9.6%
1900-1990 2000

Adams County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Adams County had 2,593 people in 1,121 households and 725 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.50 percent white, 0.54 percent African American, 0.31 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.12 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.35 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.27 percent of the population.

Of the 1,121 households, 26.6 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.6 percent were married couples living together, 5.5 percent were single mothers, 35.3 percent were non-families, 32.6 percent were single households and 17.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.85.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.2 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 4.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 21.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 24.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 91.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 90.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,079 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,306. Males had a median income of $ 23,073 versus $ 18,714 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,425. 8.5 percent of families and 10.4 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 11.1 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 11.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Web links

Commons : Adams County (North Dakota) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1034210. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 3 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 18, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
^ Adams County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

46.09 -102.53Coordinates: 46 ° 5 ′ N , 102 ° 32 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1034210. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 3 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 18, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011

[6] Adams County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .