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

Wells County is 50th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Wells County is 4th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wells County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White

Wells County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Wells County is 8th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Female residents

Wells County is 16th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Wells County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	4,271	27th	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,271.0	23rd	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.3	30th	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wells County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	36th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.7%	46th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	27.5%	5th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wells County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.6%	42nd	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.1%	25th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wells County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	98.0%	5th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.1%	52nd	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	47th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	42nd	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	34th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	35th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	51st	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.4%	4th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wells County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	50.5%	8th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	28th	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wells County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	2,459	25th	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.1%	32nd	25.8%	25.9%
Households	2,032	25th	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.5%	36th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$55,600	44th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.0	49th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	39th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wells County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$26,145	29th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$42,035	37th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.9%	22nd	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wells County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	181	23rd	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,373	25th	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	516	24th	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$63,979	22nd	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,168	16th	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,987	29th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732