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People QuickFacts | Ward County | North Dakota
Population, 2012 estimate | 64,798 | 699,628
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 61,675 | 672,591
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 5.1% | 4.0%
Population, 2010 | 61,675 | 672,591
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.9% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.6% | 22.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 12.6% | 14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 48.9% | 49.4%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 90.8% | 90.4%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.8% | 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.8% | 5.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.5% | 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 3.4% | 2.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 88.1% | 88.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 78.1% | 83.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.2% | 2.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.1% | 5.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 92.5% | 90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 26.2% | 26.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 6,104 | 54,920
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 15.8 | 16.3
Housing units, 2011 | 27,221 | 320,909
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 64.3% | 66.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.7% | 25.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $124,300 | $118,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 24,453 | 278,669
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.39 | 2.3
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,026 | $27,305
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $51,081 | $49,415
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.1% | 12.3%
Business QuickFacts | Ward County | North Dakota
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,866 | 22,370
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 24,715 | 306,064
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 3.9% | 3.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 3,925 | 47,770
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,720 | 61,546
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 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 | 24.2% | 24.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 11,349,799
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,379,691 | 13,099,348
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,118,967 | 10,527,300
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $19,949 | $16,495
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 106,720 | 1,214,201
Building permits, 2012 | 1,502 | 10,340
Geography QuickFacts | Ward County | North Dakota
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 2,013.28 | 69,000.80
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 30.6 | 9.7
FIPS Code | 101 | 38
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Minot, ND Micro 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