Rolette County

administration
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Rolla
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 939 Rolla, ND 58367-0939
Foundation :	1873
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	13,864  (2005)
Population density :	5.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2433 km²
Water surface :	96 km²
map
Website : www.rolettecounty.com

Rolette County is a county in the state of North Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Rolla .

geography

The county is located in northern North Dakota, bordering Canada and has an area of ​​2,433 square kilometers, of which 96 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in the United States in a clockwise direction: Towner County , Pierce County, and Bottineau Counties .

history

Rolette County was formed in 1873. It was named after Joseph Rolette, Jr. , an early political leader in the area. The county is home to many indigenous people, mostly members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation .

The Coghlan Castle 's (2010) one of three entries of the county in the National Register of Historic Places .

Three buildings 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%
1890	2427		-
1900	7995		229.4%
1910	9558		19.5%
1920	10,061		5.3%
1930	10,760		6.9%
1940	12,583		16.9%
1950	11.102		-11.8%
1960	10,641		-4.2%
1970	11,549		8.5%
1980	12,177		5.4%
1990	12,772		4.9%
2000	13,674		7.1%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Age pyramid of Rolette County

As of the 2000 census , Rolette County had 13,674 people in 4,556 households and 3,366 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 25.12 percent white, 0.07 percent African American, 73.01 percent Native American, 0.07 percent Asian and 0.12 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.61 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80 percent of the population.

Of the 4,556 households, 43.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 44.0 percent were married couples living together, 22.7 percent were single mothers, 26.1 percent were non-families, 22.6 percent were single households and 9.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.45 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 36.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 18.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 9.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 97.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 91.9 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 26,232 , and the median income for a family is $ 29,744. Males had a median income of $ 24,288 versus $ 20,383 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,873. 28.0 percent of families and 31.0 percent families lived below the poverty line. 39.2 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 19.6 percent were people over 65 years of age.

See also

• List of cities in North Dakota

Web links

Commons : Rolette County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1034228. 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. ^ Rolette County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′  N , 99 ° 50 ′  W