Golden Valley County, North Dakota Demographics

Golden Valley County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Golden Valley County is 1st in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Golden Valley County is 3rd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Golden Valley County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Golden Valley County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Golden Valley County is 9th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Golden Valley County is 13th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Female residents

Golden Valley County is 14th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White

Golden Valley County is 16th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Golden Valley County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Golden Valley County is 19th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Golden Valley County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	1,804	50th	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,000.8	38th	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.7	48th	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Golden Valley County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	16th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.0%	5th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.2%	26th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Golden Valley County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.4%	5th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.3%	17th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Golden Valley County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	97.5%	14th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	9th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	45th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	46th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	3rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	42nd	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	19th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.5%	19th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Golden Valley County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	50.1%	13th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	52nd	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Golden Valley County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	967	49th	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.6%	26th	25.8%	25.9%
Households	733	50th	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.2%	29th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$59,600	42nd	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.0	50th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	14	21st	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Golden Valley County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$26,109	30th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$35,402	50th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.1%	20th	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Golden Valley County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	71	46th	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	456	44th	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	230	40th	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$49,866	27th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$30,185	1st	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$972	38th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732