Pierce County, North Dakota Demographics

Pierce County is 6th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Pierce County is 9th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Pierce County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Female residents

Pierce County is 16th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income below poverty line

Pierce County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Pierce County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail sales

Pierce County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Pierce County is 18th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Pierce County is 20th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	4,457	25th	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,018.6	37th	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4.3	22nd	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	27th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.0%	29th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.1%	17th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.3%	44th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.2%	47th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	94.2%	39th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	18th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.3%	9th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	45th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	41st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	38th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	24th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.7%	36th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	49.8%	15th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	22nd	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	2,189	28th	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.4%	17th	25.8%	25.9%
Households	1,951	26th	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.9%	45th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$81,700	20th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.1	43rd	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	40th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$22,011	49th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$40,139	44th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.9%	16th	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	163	24th	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,392	24th	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	482	26th	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$85,697	17th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,927	6th	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,020	28th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732