Sargent County

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Sargent County Courthouse (2007)
Sargent County Courthouse (2007)
administration
US state : North Dakota
Administrative headquarters : Forman
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
355 Main Street
Forman, ND 58032-4400
Foundation : 1883
Area code : 001 701
Demographics
Residents : 4150  (2005)
Population density : 1.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2246 km²
Water surface : 22 km²
map
Map of Sargent County within North Dakota
Website : www.co.sargent.nd.us

Sargent County is a county in the state of North Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Forman .

geography

The county is located in the southeast of North Dakota, borders South Dakota to the south and has an area of ​​2246 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Ransom County , Richland County , Marshall County, South Dakota, Brown County, South Dakota, and Dickey County .

history

Sargent County was formed on March 3, 1883 and finally organized on October 8 of the same year. It was named after Homer E. Sargent , the general manager of the Northern Pacific Railroad at the time the county was created.

One building in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of April 1, 2018, the Sargent County Courthouse .

In 1997 the Lutheran Church , built in Brampton in 1908 , was closed and moved to Norway. There it was reconstructed as an émigré church .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 5076 -
1900 6039 19%
1910 9202 52.4%
1920 9655 4.9%
1930 9298 -3.7%
1940 8693 -6.5%
1950 7616 -12.4%
1960 6856 -10%
1970 5937 -13.4%
1980 5512 -7.2%
1990 4549 -17.5%
2000 4366 -4%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Sargent County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Sargent County had 4,366 people in 1,786 households and 1,243 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.24 percent white, 0.05 percent African American, 0.46 percent Native American, 0.05 percent Asian and 0.55 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.66 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.73 percent of the population.

Of the 1,786 households, 30.3 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 61.0 percent were married couples living together, 3.9 percent were single mothers, 30.4 percent were non-families, 27.7 percent were single households, and 14.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 5.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 110.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 110.1 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 37,213 , and the median income for a family is $ 44,063. Males had a median income of $ 34,222 versus $ 19,844 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,689. 6.0 percent of families and 8.2 percent families lived below the poverty line. 8.9 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 11.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1035303. 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. 275 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 22, 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. ^ Sargent County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 46 ° 7 ′  N , 97 ° 38 ′  W