Foster County, North Dakota Demographics

Foster County is 43rd out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Foster County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Foster County is 3rd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income per capita

Foster County is 6th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White

Foster County is 7th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Foster County is 9th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Female residents

Foster County is 18th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Foster County is 18th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Foster County is 19th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail sales

Foster County is 19th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Foster County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	3,392	33rd	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	635.5	52nd	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5.3	18th	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Foster County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	40th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.2%	27th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.7%	18th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Foster County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.3%	24th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.3%	23rd	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Foster County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	98.0%	6th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	35th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	44th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	47th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	22nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	40th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	38th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.8%	7th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Foster County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	50.3%	9th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	23rd	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Foster County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	1,806	34th	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.3%	19th	25.8%	25.9%
Households	1,506	31st	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.3%	31st	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$77,100	23rd	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.2	35th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	37th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Foster County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$34,606	3rd	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$47,500	28th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.9%	43rd	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Foster County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	147	27th	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,403	23rd	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	422	27th	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$80,669	19th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$23,423	2nd	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,701	24th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732