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Ward County, ND

68,427 Population
2,013 square miles 34 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Dakota: 36.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,643 ±$4,300 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in North Dakota: $45,281 ±$1,190
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,069 ±$10,541 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Dakota: $77,871 ±$2,755
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.2% ±3.3% (7,489  ±2,182) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 11.1% 85,442 (±0.9% / ±6,937)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.3 minutes ±1.1 (654,740  ±41,167) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Dakota: 17.9 6,706,845 (±0.3 / ±118,502)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

29,798 ±1,130 Number of households
  • North Dakota: 349,705 ±2,892
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (66,460  ±143) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Dakota: 2.2 765,661
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.6% ±4.3% (1,233  ±700) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Dakota: 6.1% † 11,148 (±0.9% / ±1,595)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,734 ±67 Number of housing units
  • North Dakota: 380,994 ±1,011
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$281,200 ±$27,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in North Dakota: $266,100 ±$5,332
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.4% ±4.2% (11,703  ±2,850) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Dakota: 14.1% 111,011 (±1.2% / ±9,554.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.4% ±7.6% (41,947  ±3,483.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 94.2% 500,114 (±2% / ±11,278)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.2% ±4.7% (13,861  ±2,128) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 34% 180,357 (±1.3% / ±6,839.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3% (2,056  ±756) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Dakota: 5.3% 41,910
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10% ±2.2% (4,814  ±1,072) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 6.9% 41,869 (±0.6% / ±3,343)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,814 Total veterans ±1,072 4,172 Male ±962 642 Female ±342

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