McHenry County, North Dakota

administration
The McHenry County Courthouse in Towner, listed on the NRHP with number 80002917
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Towner
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 147 Towner, ND 58788-0147
Foundation :	1873
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	5395 (2010)
Population density :	1.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	4951 km²
Water surface :	97 km²
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The McHenry County is a county in the state of North Dakota of the United States . The county seat is Towner .

geography

The county is located in northern North Dakota, about 50 km from the border with Canada and has an area of 4951 square kilometers, of which 97 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Bottineau County , Pierce County , Sheridan County , McLean County , Ward County, and Renville Counties .

history

McHenry County was formed on January 4, 1873. It was named after James McHenry , an early settler in the southern Dakota Territory and a member of its legislative assembly in 1865. The county was finally organized on October 15, 1884.

Twelve buildings and sites in the county are listed in the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 28, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	1584	-
1900	5253	231.6%
1910	17,627	235.6%
1920	15,544	-11.8%
1930	15,439	-0.7%
1940	14,034	-9.1%
1950	12,556	-10.5%
1960	11,099	-11.6%
1970	8977	-19.1%
1980	7858	-12.5%
1990	6528	-16.9%
2000	5987	-8.3%
2010	5395	-9.9%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

McHenry County's Pyramid of Age

According to the 2000 census , McHenry County's 5,987 people lived in 2,526 households and 1,699 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.73 percent white, 0.08 percent African American, 0.40 percent Native American, 0.03 percent Asian and 0.05 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.40 percent of the population.

Of the 2,526 households, 28.3 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.2 percent were married couples living together, 5.6 percent were single mothers, 32.7 percent were non-families, 29.8 percent were single households and 15.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.0 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 5.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 21.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 103.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 101.0 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 27,274 , and the median income for a family was $ 35,676. Males had a median income of $ 25,740 versus $ 18,505 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,140. 12.0 percent of families and 15.8 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 18.5 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 16.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved May 20, 2019
↑ GNIS-ID: 1035305. 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. 200 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 28, 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
^ McHenry County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

48.23 -100.64Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ N , 100 ° 38 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved May 20, 2019

[2] GNIS-ID: 1035305. 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. 200 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 28, 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] McHenry County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .