Burke County, North Dakota

administration
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Bowbells
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 103 Main Street, SE Bowbells, ND 58721-0000
Foundation :	1910
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	1968  (2010)
Population density :	0.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2925 km²
Water surface :	67 km²
map

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

geography

The county is located in the northwest of North Dakota, borders Canada in the north and has an area of ​​2925 square kilometers, of which 67 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in the United States in a clockwise direction: Renville County , Ward County , Mountrail County , Williams County, and Divide County .

history

Burke County was formed in 1910. It was named after John Burke , an early lawyer, political leader of the Dakota Territory, governor of North Dakota, US Treasury Secretary, and presiding judge of the North Dakota Supreme Court.

The Portal State Bank (2008) is one of three entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places.

Three of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 20, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1910	9064		-
1920	9511		4.9%
1930	9998		5.1%
1940	7653		-23.5%
1950	6621		-13.5%
1960	5886		-11.1%
1970	4739		-19.5%
1980	3822		-19.4%
1990	3002		-21.5%
2000	2242		-25.3%
1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 census , Burke County had 2,242 people in 1,013 households and 680 families. The population density was 0.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.24 percent white, 0.13 percent African American, 0.22 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian and 0.04 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.22 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.36 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Burke County's Pyramid of Age

Of the 1,013 households, 23.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.2 percent were married couples living together, 5.3 percent were single mothers, 32.8 percent were non-families, 31.6 percent were single households, and 17.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.77 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 20.8 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 3.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 22.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 28.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 25.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The mean age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 101.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 103.8 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,330 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,384. Males had a median income of $ 28,164 versus $ 16,382 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,026. 11.7 percent of families and 15.4 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 17.2 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 16.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.

See also

• List of localities in North Dakota

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1034235. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 20, 2018.
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
5. ↑ Burke County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′  N , 102 ° 31 ′  W