Logan County, North Dakota

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administration
US state : North Dakota
Administrative headquarters : Napoleon
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
301 Broadway
Napoleon, ND 58561-7010
Foundation : 1873
Area code : 001 701
Demographics
Residents : 1990  (2010)
Population density : 0.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2619 km²
Water surface : 48 km²
map
Map of Logan County within North Dakota

Logan County is a county in the state of North Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Napoleon .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of North Dakota, about 50 km to the south from South Dakota and has an area of ​​2,619 square kilometers, of which 48 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Stutsman County , LaMoure County , McIntosh County , Emmons County, and Kidder County .

history

Logan County was formed on January 4, 1873 and finally organized on September 1, 1884. It was named after John A. Logan , a US Senator from Illinois .

Snow in Napoleon

Two of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 28, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 597 -
1900 1625 172.2%
1910 6168 279.6%
1920 7723 25.2%
1930 8089 4.7%
1940 7561 -6.5%
1950 6357 -15.9%
1960 5369 -15.5%
1970 4245 -20.9%
1980 3493 -17.7%
1990 2847 -18.5%
2000 2308 -18.9%
2010 1990 -13.8%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Logan County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Logan County's population was 2,308. 72 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 963 households and 659 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.2 percent white , 0.1 percent African American , 0.1 percent Native American , 0.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population .

Of the 963 households, 25.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 63.1 percent were married couples living together, 3.1 percent were single mothers, 31.5 percent were non-families, 29.2 percent were single households, and 16.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.88 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 3.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 21.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 27.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,986 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,125. Males had a median income of $ 23,750 versus $ 18,269 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,947. 12.6 percent of families and 15.1 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 16.2 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 18.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1035620. 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. 184 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 28, 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. ↑ Logan County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 46 ° 27 ′  N , 99 ° 29 ′  W