Morton County, North Dakota Demographics

Morton County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Current population (2012)

Morton County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Households

Morton County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Housing units

Morton County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Morton County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Morton County is 6th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Morton County is 6th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home median value

Morton County is 6th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in People per household

Morton County is 7th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income per household

Morton County is 7th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Morton County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	28,101	5th	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,926.3	7th	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	14.3	7th	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Morton County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	10th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.3%	9th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.8%	42nd	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Morton County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.4%	23rd	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.3%	11th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Morton County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	93.5%	40th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	13th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.9%	12th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	32nd	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	5th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	13th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	28th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.3%	38th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Morton County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	49.8%	14th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	33rd	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Morton County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	12,152	5th	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.1%	14th	25.8%	25.9%
Households	10,918	5th	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.2%	24th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$120,400	6th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	6th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	565	6th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Morton County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$27,347	23rd	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$55,196	7th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.4%	48th	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Morton County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	752	7th	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,179	7th	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,755	5th	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$342,132	7th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,238	23rd	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$26,063	10th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732