Sargent County, North Dakota Demographics

Sargent County is 4th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Sargent County is 9th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Asian

Sargent County is 13th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Sargent County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income per household

Sargent County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home ownership rate

Sargent County is 18th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Sargent County is 19th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Sargent County is 19th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Sargent County is 20th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Sargent County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	3,896	31st	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	858.5	48th	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4.5	21st	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sargent County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	32nd	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.8%	18th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	31st	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sargent County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.8%	19th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.5%	41st	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sargent County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	97.1%	21st	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	36th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	33rd	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	9th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	4th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	37th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	13th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	25th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sargent County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	47.2%	46th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	30th	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sargent County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	1,992	31st	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.9%	30th	25.8%	25.9%
Households	1,715	28th	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.9%	17th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$72,400	27th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	25th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	17	19th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sargent County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$26,258	27th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$52,154	15th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.1%	49th	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sargent County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	125	31st	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,918	20th	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	369	31st	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$27,627	37th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,773	41st	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,173	31st	$1,214,201	$613,795,732