LaMoure County

administration
La Moure County Courthouse in LaMoure, listed on the NRHP with number 80004284
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	LaMoure
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 202 4th Avenue, NE La Moure, ND 58458-0000
Foundation :	1873
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	4139 (2010)
Population density :	1.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2981 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : lamoco.drtel.net

The LaMoure County is a county in the state of North Dakota of the United States . The county seat is La Moure .

geography

The county is located in the southeast of North Dakotam, about 50 km from South Dakota to the south and has an area of 2981 square kilometers, of which 9 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Stutsman County , Barnes County , Ransom County , Dickey County , McIntosh County, and Logan Counties .

history

LaMoure County was formed on January 4, 1873, and completed on October 17, 1881. It was named after Judson LaMoure , an early politician in the Dakota Territory Law Assembly and a MP in the North Dakota Senate .

Two of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 27, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	20th	-
1890	3187	15,835%
1900	6048	89.8%
1910	10,724	77.3%
1920	11,564	7.8%
1930	11,517	-0.4%
1940	10,298	-10.6%
1950	9498	-7.8%
1960	8705	-8.3%
1970	7117	-18.2%
1980	6473	-9%
1990	5383	-16.8%
2000	4701	-12.7%
2010	4139	-12%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Age pyramid of LaMoure County (in 2000)

As of the 2000 census , LaMoure County had 4,701 people in 1,942 households and 1,308 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.23 percent white, 0.02 percent African American, 0.13 percent Asian and 0.11 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.34 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.55 percent of the population.

Of the 1,942 households, 27.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 60.5 percent were married couples living together, 4.0 percent were single mothers, 32.6 percent were non-families, 30.8 percent were single households, and 16.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 5.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 23.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 102.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 100.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,707 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,495. Males had a median income of $ 26,351 versus $ 17,500 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,059. 14.7 percent of the population and 12.3 percent of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 16.3 percent were children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 12.9 percent were 65 or older.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 1035621. 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. 170 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 27, 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
^ LaMoure County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

46.47 -98.53Coordinates: 46 ° 28 ′ N , 98 ° 32 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 1035621. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] 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. 170 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 27, 2018.

[5] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011

[7] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011

[8] LaMoure County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .