Burleigh County, North Dakota Demographics

Burleigh County is 1st in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home median value

Burleigh County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Current population (2012)

Burleigh County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Households

Burleigh County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Housing units

Burleigh County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Burleigh County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Burleigh County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Burleigh County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Burleigh County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Burleigh County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Burleigh County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	85,774	2nd	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,632.7	13th	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	49.8	2nd	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Burleigh County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	12th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	14th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.9%	44th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Burleigh County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.8%	2nd	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.3%	3rd	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Burleigh County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	92.9%	41st	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	8th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.1%	10th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	11th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	12th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	17th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	35th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.7%	40th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Burleigh County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	50.7%	5th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.2%	27th	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Burleigh County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	36,409	2nd	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.8%	3rd	25.8%	25.9%
Households	33,437	2nd	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.9%	41st	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$159,000	1st	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	18th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,389	5th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Burleigh County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$30,070	6th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$56,231	5th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.3%	32nd	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Burleigh County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,732	2nd	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	43,530	2nd	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,856	2nd	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,401,007	2nd	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,153	13th	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$170,107	2nd	$1,214,201	$613,795,732