Eddy County, North Dakota

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The Eddy County Courthouse (2008) is one of five entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Eddy County Courthouse (2008) is one of five entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .
administration
US state : North Dakota
Administrative headquarters : New Rockford
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
524 Central Avenue
New Rockford, ND 58356-1652
Foundation : 1885
Area code : 001 701
Demographics
Residents : 2385  (2010)
Population density : 1.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1889 km²
Water surface : 37 km²
map
Map of Eddy County within North Dakota

The Eddy County is a county in the state of North Dakota of the United States . The county seat is New Rockford .

geography

The county is located northeast of the geographic center of North Dakota and has an area of ​​1,889 square kilometers, of which 37 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Benson County , Nelson County , Griggs County , Foster County, and Wells County .

history

Eddy County was formed on March 31, 1885. It was named after Ezra B. Eddy, one of the first bankers in the Fargo area .

Five buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 22, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 1377 -
1900 3330 141.8%
1910 4800 44.1%
1920 6493 35.3%
1930 6346 -2.3%
1940 5741 -9.5%
1950 5372 -6.4%
1960 4936 -8.1%
1970 4103 -16.9%
1980 3554 -13.4%
1990 2951 -17%
2000 2757 -6.6%
2010 2385 -13.5%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Eddy County's Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Eddy County had 2,757 people in 1,164 households and 743 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.37 percent white, 0.07 percent African American, 2.36 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.25 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.73 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.62 percent of the population.

Of the 1,164 households, 27.7 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.4 percent were married couples living together, 5.0 percent were single mothers, 36.1 percent were non-families, 34.2 percent were single households, and 20.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 6.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 22.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 24.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.3 men.

The median income for a household in the 28,642 USD , and the median income for a family was 37,625 USD. Males had a median income of $ 24,063 versus $ 20,344 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,941. 6.9 percent of families and 9.7 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 11.5 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 11.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1034222. 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. 92 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 22, 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. ^ Eddy County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′  N , 98 ° 54 ′  W