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Benson County, ND

5,861 Population
1,388.6 square miles 4.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 35.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,568 ±$2,026 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Dakota: $42,474 ±$499
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$68,049 ±$5,331 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

22.2% ±4.6% (1,295  ±270) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in North Dakota: 10.6% 79,628 (±0.4% / ±3,136)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.8 minutes ±1.2 (31,240  ±3,218) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 18 6,753,895 (±0.3 / ±116,740)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

1,922 ±91 Number of households
  • North Dakota: 325,079 ±1,663
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
3 ±0.1 (5,842  ±5) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Dakota: 2.3 751,761
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

12.5% ±4.4% (138  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in North Dakota: 6.4% 11,181 (±0.4% / ±757)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,544 ±40 Number of housing units
  • North Dakota: 374,866 ±238
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$83,100 ±$8,390 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in North Dakota: $241,100 ±$2,406
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.8% ±2.3% (439  ±129) 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

88.5% ±5.7% (2,958  ±193.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Dakota: 93.8% 477,731 (±0.9% / ±4,816.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
22.1% ±3.1% (739  ±104.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Dakota: 32.3% 164,378 (±0.6% / ±2,956.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.3% (76  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Dakota: 4.5% 34,813
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8% ±1.3% (310  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Dakota: 7.4% 43,237 (±0.2% / ±1,422)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
310 Total veterans ±49 300 Male ±48 10 Female ±8

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