Bowman County

administration
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Bowman
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 104 1st Street NW Bowman, ND 58623-4335
Foundation :	1883
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	3151 (2010)
Population density :	1 inhabitant / km ²
geography
Total area :	3022 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

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

geography

The county is located in the extreme southwest of North Dakota, borders South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west and has an area of 3,022 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Slope County , Adams County , Harding County, South Dakota, and Carter County, Montana.

history

Old County Post Office (2010)

Bowman County was formed in 1883 and dissolved in 1896. On May 24, 1901, the county was re-established and its organization completed on July 5, 1907. It was named after Edward M. Bowman , an early Dakota Territory politician and legislator.

Two places in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 20, 2018), Fort Dilts and the Emma Petznick and Otto Schade House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	4668	-
1920	4768	2.1%
1930	5119	7.4%
1940	3860	-24.6%
1950	4001	3.7%
1960	4154	3.8%
1970	3901	-6.1%
1980	4229	8.4%
1990	3596	-15%
2000	3242	-9.8%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 census , Bowman County had 3,242 people in 1,358 households and 890 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.98 percent white, 0.03 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.03 percent Asian and 0.15 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.65 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.68 percent of the population.

Bowman County Age Pyramid

Of the 1,358 households, 29.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.5 percent were married couples living together, 4.1 percent were single mothers, 34.4 percent were non-families, 31.5 percent were single households, and 17.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.95.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.1 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 5.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 21.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 96.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,906 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,485. Males had a median income of $ 28,682 versus $ 17,992 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,662. 5.9 percent of families and 8.2 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 9.9 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 10.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1035619. 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. 28 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 20, 2018.
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
^ Bowman County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

46.11 -103.52Coordinates: 46 ° 7 ′ N , 103 ° 31 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1035619. 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. 28 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 20, 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] Bowman County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .