Steele County, North Dakota Demographics

Steele County is 7th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income per capita

Steele County is 8th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White

Steele County is 9th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Steele County is 12th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in People per household

Steele County is 13th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home ownership rate

Steele County is 14th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Steele County is 18th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Steele County is 19th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Steele County is 20th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	1,989	47th	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	712.2	50th	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.8	35th	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	4.8%	45th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.5%	40th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	24.4%	14th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.9%	18th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.7%	38th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	97.8%	8th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	39th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	32nd	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	52nd	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	37th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	46th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	40th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.6%	9th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	48.9%	28th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	38th	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	1,163	47th	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.8%	43rd	25.8%	25.9%
Households	836	48th	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.5%	13th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$65,500	35th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	12th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	35th	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$30,038	7th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$49,485	20th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	3.7%	53rd	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Steele County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	63	48th	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	567	40th	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	51st	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$25,883	39th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,052	19th	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$588	41st	$1,214,201	$613,795,732