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People QuickFacts | Benson County | North Dakota
Population, 2013 estimate | 6,877 | 723,393
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 6,660 | 672,591
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 3.3% | 7.6%
Population, 2010 | 6,660 | 672,591
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 10.1% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 34.2% | 22.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 12.2% | 14.2%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 48.7% | 48.9%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 43.4% | 89.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 1.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 54.0% | 5.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.3% | 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.0% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.1% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 1.8% | 2.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 42.6% | 87.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 93.6% | 82.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 0.6% | 2.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 1.7% | 5.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 82.0% | 90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 11.1% | 27.1%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 370 | 54,782
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 16.2 | 16.5
Housing units, 2013 | 2,976 | 339,313
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 65.4% | 66.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 12.1% | 25.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $52,600 | $123,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 2,318 | 282,667
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.87 | 2.3
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $17,220 | $28,700
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $34,706 | $51,641
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 35.7% | 12.1%
Business QuickFacts | Benson County | North Dakota
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 110 | 23,551
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 1,126 | 331,278
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 4.4% | 8.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 300 | 50,952
Total number of firms, 2007 | 390 | 61,546
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 19.2% | 1.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.2% | 24.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 11,349,799
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 125,074 | 13,099,348
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 20,136 | 10,527,300
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $2,928 | $16,495
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,083 | 1,214,201
Building permits, 2012 | 0 | 10,340
Geography QuickFacts | Benson County | North Dakota
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,388.71 | 69,000.80
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 4.8 | 9.7
FIPS Code | 5 | 38
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts