Cavalier County

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Cavalier County Courthouse
Cavalier County Courthouse
administration
US state : North Dakota
Administrative headquarters : Langdon
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
901 3rd Street
Langdon, ND 58249-2457
Foundation : 1873
Area code : 001 701
Demographics
Residents : 3993  (2010)
Population density : 1 inhabitant / km 2
geography
Total area : 3911 km²
Water surface : 56 km²
map
Map of Cavalier County within North Dakota
Website : cavaliercounty.utma.com

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

geography

The county is located in northeast North Dakota, borders Canada to the north and has an area of ​​3911 square kilometers, of which 56 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in the United States in a clockwise direction: Pembina County , Walsh County , Ramsey County, and Towner County .

history

Cavalier County was formed on January 4, 1873, and completed on July 8, 1884. It was named after Charles Cavalier , one of the first settlers in the area to immigrate from Europe.

The Roxy Theater, North Dakota (2009) is one of two entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

Two places in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of March 21, 2018.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 6471 -
1900 12,580 94.4%
1910 15,659 24.5%
1920 15,555 -0.7%
1930 14,554 -6.4%
1940 13,923 -4.3%
1950 11,840 -15%
1960 10,064 -15%
1970 8213 -18.4%
1980 7636 -7%
1990 6064 -20.6%
2000 4831 -20.3%
2010 3993 -17.3%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , there were 4,831 people in 2,017 households and 1,361 families in Cavalier County. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.10 percent white, 0.14 percent African American, 0.52 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian and 0.10 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.03 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.64 percent of the population.

Cavalier County's Pyramid of Age

Of the 2,017 households, 27.5 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 60.8 percent were married couples living together, 3.8 percent were single mothers, 32.5 percent were non-families, 30.8 percent were single households and 17.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.93.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 3.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 21.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 22.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 97.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,868 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,601. Males had a median income of $ 28,886 versus $ 19,647 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,817. 7.8 percent of families and 11.5 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 16.6 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 11.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.

See also

Web links

Commons : Cavalier County  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1035304. 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. 49 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 21, 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. ^ Cavalier County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′  N , 98 ° 28 ′  W