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Nelson County, ND

3,015 Population
981.8 square miles 3.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Dakota: 35.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,484 ±$4,431 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Dakota: $42,474 ±$499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$68,051 ±$7,896 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Dakota: $75,949 ±$1,002
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10% ±3.9% (288  ±112) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in North Dakota: 10.6% 79,628 (±0.4% / ±3,136)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.7 minutes ±2 (24,280  ±3,916) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Dakota: 18 6,753,895 (±0.3 / ±116,740)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

1,295 ±89 Number of households
  • North Dakota: 325,079 ±1,663
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.2 (2,913  ±5) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Dakota: 2.3 751,761
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.9% ±6.7% (35  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Dakota: 6.4% 11,181 (±0.4% / ±757)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

1,798 ±29 Number of housing units
  • North Dakota: 374,866 ±238
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$114,500 ±$11,853 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in North Dakota: $241,100 ±$2,406
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.6% ±2% (225  ±60.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in North Dakota: 16.4% 125,799 (±0.5% / ±4,121.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.3% ±6.7% (2,107  ±161.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 93.8% 477,731 (±0.9% / ±4,816.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
28.2% ±4% (636  ±90.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 32.3% 164,378 (±0.6% / ±2,956.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.6% (107  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 4.5% 34,813
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9% ±2% (216  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Dakota: 7.4% 43,237 (±0.2% / ±1,422)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
216 Total veterans ±48 213 Male ±48 3 Female ±3

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