Nelson County, North Dakota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Nelson County is 8th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Nelson County is 9th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Nelson County is 14th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home ownership rate

Nelson County is 14th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Nelson County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Nelson County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	3,080	35th	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	981.8	41st	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.2	31st	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Nelson County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	4.1%	52nd	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.2%	49th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	27.2%	8th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Nelson County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.2%	14th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.6%	9th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Nelson County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	96.8%	24th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	25th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	29th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	34th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	44th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	21st	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	39th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.6%	17th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Nelson County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	49.1%	22nd	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	37th	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Nelson County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	1,914	32nd	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.2%	24th	25.8%	25.9%
Households	1,443	32nd	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.2%	14th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$51,100	51st	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.1	46th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	4	32nd	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Nelson County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$25,757	34th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$41,961	39th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.9%	44th	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Nelson County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	119	33rd	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	785	35th	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	558	21st	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$24,384	40th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,563	39th	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,030	34th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732