Burleigh County, North Dakota

Burleigh County, North Dakota
Burleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 98,458, making it the second-most populous county in North Dakota. Its county seat is Bismarck, the state capital. The county was named for Dakota Territory political figure Walter A. Burleigh.
History
The territorial legislature created Burleigh County on January 4, 1873, annexing territory from Buffalo County. Burleigh was not organized at that time, but the organization was effected on July 16, 1873. Its boundaries were altered in 1879, 1881, 1883, and twice in 1885.
Burleigh County is included in the Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area, commonly called "Bismarck–Mandan".
Geography
The Missouri River flows south-southeasterly along the lower west boundary line of Burleigh County. The central part of the county is drained by south-flowing creeks. The county terrain consists of semi-arid low rolling hills, partially devoted to agriculture. The terrain slopes to the south, and its western portion also slopes to the river valley. The terrain's highest point is on the upper portion of the east boundary line, at ASL. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.1%) is water.
Major highways
Transit
Bis-Man Transit
Jefferson Lines
Adjacent counties
Sheridan County – north
Kidder County – east
Emmons County – south
Morton County - southwest
Oliver County – west
McLean County – northwest
Protected areas
Arena State Game Management Area
Bunker Lake State Game Management Area
Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge (part)
Sibley Nature Park
Wilton Mine State Game Management Area (part)
Lakes
Bunce Lake
Bunker Lake
Clear Lake
Florence Lake
Grass Lake
Harriet Lake
Horseshoe Lake
Lonetree Lake
Long Lake
Mitchell Lake
New Johns Lake (part)
O'Brien Lake
Pelican Lake
Rice Lake
Demographics
2020 census
As of the census of 2020, there were 98,458 people, 42,692 households, and 39,295 families in the county.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 81,308 people, 33,976 households, and 21,213 families in the county. The population density was . There were 35,754 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 93.0% white, 4.2% American Indian, 0.6% black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.2% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 61.0% were German, 21.1% were Norwegian, 8.1% were Russian, 6.8% were Irish, and 2.6% were American.
Of the 33,976 households, 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 37.6% were non-families, and 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.90. The median age was 37.3 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $53,465 and the median income for a family was $71,103. Males had a median income of $44,944 versus $31,943 for females. The per capita income for the county was $28,784. About 6.3% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.
Population by decade
Communities
Cities
Bismarck (county seat)
Lincoln
Regan
Wilton (partly in McLean County)
Wing
Census-designated places
Apple Valley
Driscoll
Menoken
Unincorporated communities
Arena
Baldwin
Brittin
McKenzie
Moffit
Sterling
Townships
Apple Creek
Boyd
Burnt Creek
Canfield
Christiania
Clear Lake
Crofte
Cromwell
Driscoll
Ecklund
Estherville
Florence Lake
Francis
Ghylin
Gibbs
Glenview
Grass Lake
Harriet-Lien
Hay Creek
Hazel Grove
Logan
Long Lake
McKenzie
Menoken
Missouri
Morton
Naughton
Painted Woods
Richmond
Rock Hill
Schrunk
Sibley Butte
Steiber
Sterling
Taft
Telfer
Thelma
Trygg
Wild Rose
Wilson
Wing
Politics
Burleigh County voters have voted Republican for several decades. With the exception of 1964, no Democratic Party candidate has received even 40 percent of the county's vote after 1940.
Education
School districts include:
K-12:
Bismarck Public School District 1
Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock Public School District 6
Kidder County School District 1
McClusky Public School District 19
Wilton Public School District 1
Wing Public School District 28
Elementary:
Apple Creek Public School District 39
Manning Public School District 45
Menoken Public School District 33
Naughton Public School District 25
Sterling Public School District 35
Former districts:
Montefiore Public School District 1
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Burleigh County, North Dakota
References
External links
Burleigh County official website
A brief history of Burleigh County : with a chronology of some of the county's earlier days (1932) from the Digital Horizons website
A brief history of Burleigh County : with a chronology of some of the outstanding events of the county's earlier days (1932) from the Digital Horizons website
Burleigh County maps, Sheet 1 (northern) and Sheet 2 (southern), North Dakota DOT
Bismarck–Mandan
North Dakota counties on the Missouri River
1873 establishments in Dakota Territory
Populated places established in 1873