Billings County

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Billings County Courthouse
Billings County Courthouse
administration
US state : North Dakota
Administrative headquarters : Medora
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
495 4th Street
Medora, ND 58645-0168
Foundation : 1879
Area code : 001 701
Demographics
Residents : 813  (2005)
Population density : 0.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2987 km²
Water surface : 5 km²
map
Map of Billings County within North Dakota

Billings County is a county in the state of North Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Medora .

geography

The county is located in southwest North Dakota, about 45 km to the west of the Montana border and has an area of ​​2,987 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: McKenzie County , Dunn County , Stark County , Slope County, and Golden Valley Counties .

The Heart River has its source in the county.

history

Billings County was formed on January 10, 1879, the organization took place on May 4, 1886. It was named after Frederick H. Billings , the president of the Northern Pacific Railroad .

Ten structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 19, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 1323 -
1890 170 -87.2%
1900 975 473.5%
1910 10.186 944.7%
1920 3126 -69.3%
1930 3140 0.4%
1940 2531 -19.4%
1950 1777 -29.8%
1960 1513 -14.9%
1970 1198 -20.8%
1980 1138 -5%
1990 1108 -2.6%
2000 888 -19.9%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Billings County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Theodor Roosevelt National Park (southern part) June 2004

According to the 2000 census , Billings County had 888 people. None of them lived in collective accommodation; the inhabitants lived in 366 households and 255 families. The population density was 0.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.3 percent of the population.

Of the 366 households, 29.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 62.6 percent were married couples living together, 4.4 percent were single mothers, 30.1 percent were non-families, 26.8 percent were single households, and 7.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.95.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.9 percent of residents under the age of 18, 4.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 28.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 112.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 112.4 men.

The median income for a household in the 32,667 USD , and the median income for a family was 35,750 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,500 versus $ 21,000 for women. The per capita income was $ 16,186. 10.7 percent of families and 12.8 percent families lived below the poverty line. These included 11.0 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 12.8 percent of senior citizens aged 65 and over.

See also

Web links

Commons : Billings County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1035616. 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. 24 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 19, 2018.
  4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
  6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
  7. ^ Billings County, North Dakota , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 47 ° 2 ′  N , 103 ° 22 ′  W