Ramsey County, North Dakota

US Post Office and Courthouse , one of the county's 13 entries on the National Register of Historic Places
administration
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Devils Lake
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 524 4th Avenue Devils Lake, ND 58301-2490
Foundation :	1873
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	11,429  (2005)
Population density :	3.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3369 km²
Water surface :	301 km²
map
Website : www.co.ramsey.nd.us

Ramsey County is a county in the state of North Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Devils Lake .

geography

The county is located in the northeast of North Dakota and has an area of ​​3369 square kilometers, of which 301 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Cavalier County , Walsh County , Nelson County , Benson County, and Towner County .

history

Ramsey County was formed in 1873. It was named after Alexander Ramsey , a US Senator from Minnesota .

A total of 13 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 1, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	281		-
1890	4418		1,472.2%
1900	9198		108.2%
1910	15.199		65.2%
1920	15,427		1.5%
1930	16,252		5.3%
1940	15,626		-3.9%
1950	14,373		-8th %
1960	13,443		-6.5%
1970	12,915		-3.9%
1980	13,048		1 %
1990	12,681		-2.8%
2000	12,066		-4.8%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Ramsey County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Ramsey County had 12,066 people in 4,957 households and 3,187 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.31 percent white, 0.21 percent African American, 5.40 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.17 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.64 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.52 percent of the population.

Of the 4,957 households, 29.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 51.8 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers, 35.7 percent were non-families, 31.1 percent were single households and 14.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.0 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 18.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 94.4 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the 35,600 USD , and the median income for a family was 42,439 USD. Males had a median income of $ 29,562 versus $ 18,629 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,060. 8.7 percent of families and 12.6 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 16.9 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.

See also

• List of cities in North Dakota

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1034215. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 1, 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. ↑ Ramsey County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′  N , 98 ° 43 ′  W