Stark County, North Dakota

administration
Stark County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 85002991
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Dickinson
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 51 3rd Street East Dickinson, ND 58601-5254
Foundation :	1879
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	22,073 (2005)
Population density :	6.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3472 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Stark County is a county in the state of North Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Dickinson .

geography

The county is located in central southwest North Dakota and has an area of 3,472 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Dunn County , Mercer County , Morton County , Grant County , Hettinger County , Slope County, and Billings Counties .

The Heart River flows through the county .

history

Stark County was formed on February 10, 1879, and finally organized on May 30, 1883. It was named after George Stark , a vice president of the Northern Pacific Railroad , who helped reorganize the company after it went bankrupt in 1875.

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	2304	-
1900	7621	230.8%
1910	12,504	64.1%
1920	13,542	8.3%
1930	15,340	13.3%
1940	15,414	0.5%
1950	16,137	4.7%
1960	18,451	14.3%
1970	19,613	6.3%
1980	23,697	20.8%
1990	22,832	-3.7%
2000	22,636	-0.9%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Stark County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Stark County had 22,636 people in 8,932 households and 5,877 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.52 percent white, 0.23 percent African American, 0.94 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.28 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.78 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.04 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,932 households, 32.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.9 percent were married couples living together, 7.9 percent were single mothers, 34.2 percent were non-families, 29.1 percent were single households and 11.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.04.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.5 percent of residents under the age of 18, 11.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.0 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,526 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,527. Males had a median income of $ 30,474 and women $ 20,000. The per capita income was $ 15,929. 7.9 percent of families and 12.3 percent families lived below the poverty line. 11.6 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 16.7 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 1035618. 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. 289 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 1, 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
Jump up ↑ Stark County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

46.81 -102.66Coordinates: 46 ° 49 ′ N , 102 ° 40 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 1035618. 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. 289 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 1, 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] Jump up ↑ Stark County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .