Ransom County, North Dakota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Ransom County is 10th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Ransom County is 12th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White

Ransom County is 13th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Ransom County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home median value

Ransom County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in People per household

Ransom County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Ransom County is 18th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Asian

Ransom County is 20th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Ransom County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	5,444	23rd	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	862.4	46th	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6.3	17th	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Ransom County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	30th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	10th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.1%	27th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ransom County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.0%	26th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.4%	35th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ransom County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	97.6%	12th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	21st	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	51st	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	18th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	33rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	34th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	36th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.3%	13th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ransom County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	49.2%	20th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	51st	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ransom County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	2,641	23rd	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.3%	21st	25.8%	25.9%
Households	2,307	22nd	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.8%	34th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,800	15th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	15th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5	30th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Ransom County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$23,546	46th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$47,922	25th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.9%	45th	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Ransom County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	195	21st	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,608	22nd	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	344	35th	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$53,907	25th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,383	32nd	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,256	22nd	$1,214,201	$613,795,732