Griggs County

Griggs County Courthouse
administration
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Cooperstown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 808 Rollin Avenue, SW Cooperstown, ND 58425-7315
Foundation :	1881
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	2420  (2010)
Population density :	0.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2957 km²
Water surface :	28 km²
map
Website : www.cooperstownnd.com

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

geography

The county is located in east-east North Dakota and has an area of ​​2957 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Nelson County , Steele County , Barnes County , Stutsman County , Foster County, and Eddy County .

history

Griggs County was formed in 1881. It was named after Alexander Griggs , the captain of a steamship and founder of the city of Grand Forks .

The Northern Lights Masonic Lodge (2017) is one of four entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

Four buildings and sites in the county are listed in the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 24, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	2817		-
1900	4744		68.4%
1910	6274		32.3%
1920	7402		18%
1930	6889		-6.9%
1940	5818		-15.5%
1950	5460		-6.2%
1960	5023		-8th %
1970	4184		-16.7%
1980	3714		-11.2%
1990	3303		-11.1%
2000	2754		-16.6%
2010	2420		-12.1%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Griggs County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Griggs County's population was 2,754. 57 of them were housed in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 1,178 households and 781 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.3 percent white, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.

Of the 1,178 households, 26.7 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.3 percent were married couples living together, 4.7 percent were single mothers, 33.7 percent were non-families, 31.6 percent were single households, and 18.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.88 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 4.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 21.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 25.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 99.9 men.

The median income for a household in the 29,572 USD , and the median income for a family was 38,611 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,981 versus $ 19,327 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,131. 7.8 percent of families and 10.1 percent families lived below the poverty line. These included 10.0 percent of children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 10.3 percent of people over 65 years of age.

See also

• List of localities in North Dakota

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1034219. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 24, 2018.
3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
6. ↑ Griggs County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 47 ° 28 ′  N , 98 ° 14 ′  W