Burke County, North Dakota Demographics

Burke County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income per capita

Burke County is 8th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income per household

Burke County is 8th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Burke County is 10th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Asian

Burke County is 11th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Burke County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home ownership rate

Burke County is 16th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White

Burke County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Foreign born residents

Burke County is 20th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Burke County is 20th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Burke County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	2,171	46th	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,103.6	33rd	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.8	46th	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Burke County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	11th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.8%	21st	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.9%	32nd	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Burke County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.5%	8th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.1%	44th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Burke County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	97.4%	16th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	29th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	38th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	10th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	28th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	44th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	20th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.4%	20th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Burke County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	46.5%	50th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	17th	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Burke County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	1,328	43rd	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.3%	51st	25.8%	25.9%
Households	989	46th	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.5%	15th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$54,000	47th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.0	52nd	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	17	20th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Burke County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$34,630	2nd	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$54,402	8th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.2%	42nd	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Burke County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	85	42nd	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	473	43rd	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	191	44th	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$17,871	44th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,718	31st	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,347	26th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732