Slope County

Slope County Courthouse
administration
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Amidone
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 206 S Main Street Amidon, ND 58620-0000
Foundation :	1915
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	709  (2005)
Population density :	0.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3158 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Slope County is a county in the state of North Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Amidon .

geography

The county is located in southwest North Dakota, borders Montana to the west , is about 50 km from South Dakota to the south and has an area of ​​3,158 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Billings County , Stark County , Hettinger County , Adams County , Bowman County , Fallon County, Montana, and Golden Valley Counties .

history

Slope County was formed on December 31, 1914. It was named after the Missouri Slope, an area in western North Dakota, west of the Missouri .

The Mystic Theater is one of three entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

Three buildings and sites in the county are listed in the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 1, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1920	4940		-
1930	4150		-16%
1940	2932		-29.3%
1950	2315		-21%
1960	1893		-18.2%
1970	1484		-21.6%
1980	1157		-22%
1990	907		-21.6%
2000	767		-15.4%
1900-1990 2000

Slope County ND

Slope County's Pyramid of Age

As of the 2000 census , Slope County had 767 people in 313 households and 222 families. The population density was 0.14 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.74 percent white and 0.13 percent Native American; 0.13 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.13 percent of the population. African Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders and other ethnic groups were absent.

Of the 313 households, 30.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 64.5 percent were married couples living together, 3.8 percent were single mothers, 28.8 percent were non-families, 27.2 percent were single households and 10.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 4.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 116.7 males. Statistically, there were 117.0 men for every 100 women aged 18 or over.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 24,667 , and the median income for a family is $ 26,058. Males had a median income of $ 20,000 versus $ 12,115 for women. The per capita income was $ 14,513. 15.4 percent of families and 16.9 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 16.3 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 : Slope County  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1035896. 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. 285 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 1, 2018.
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
6. ↑ Slope County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 46 ° 27 ′  N , 103 ° 28 ′  W