Sheridan County, North Dakota Demographics

Sheridan County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Sheridan County is 34th out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Sheridan County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home ownership rate

Sheridan County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Sheridan County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Sheridan County is 4th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income below poverty line

Sheridan County is 14th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Sheridan County is 19th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Sheridan County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	1,266	51st	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	972.4	43rd	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.4	51st	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sheridan County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	2.8%	53rd	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	14.6%	53rd	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	30.6%	2nd	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sheridan County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.8%	46th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.2%	49th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sheridan County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	97.2%	19th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	47th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	34th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	39th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	25th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	42nd	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.2%	14th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sheridan County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	48.8%	31st	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	41st	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sheridan County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	892	51st	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.5%	50th	25.8%	25.9%
Households	608	51st	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	86.2%	2nd	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$53,800	48th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.1	44th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	4	33rd	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sheridan County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$25,217	37th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$38,235	46th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.3%	4th	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sheridan County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	41	51st	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	170	50th	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	128	46th	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$4,345	51st	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,317	48th	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$600	40th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732