Mercer County, North Dakota Demographics

Mercer County is 1st in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income per household

Mercer County is 5th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income per capita

Mercer County is 7th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Mercer County is 8th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home median value

Mercer County is 12th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Mercer County is 14th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Mercer County is 14th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Mercer County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Households

Mercer County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Housing units

Mercer County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	8,486	16th	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,043.0	35th	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	8.1	14th	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	20th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	25th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.7%	39th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.3%	35th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.9%	27th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	95.7%	32nd	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	26th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.3%	18th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	25th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	7th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	31st	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	29th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.6%	28th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	48.3%	37th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	42nd	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	4,468	15th	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.3%	18th	25.8%	25.9%
Households	3,662	15th	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.4%	19th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$109,300	8th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.2	27th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	61	12th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$30,387	5th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$62,578	1st	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.7%	38th	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	229	19th	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	0	53rd	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	866	14th	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$85,749	16th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,763	29th	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$8,162	15th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732