Demographic Profile for Stark County, North Dakota
When calculating the total land area, Stark encompasses a total area of 1338 square miles. The county has a very low average population density of 16 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Kittitas, WA (16 per sq. mile ), Van Buren, IA (16 per sq. mile ), Wasatch, UT (16 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Dade, MO (16 per sq. mile ), Jackson, MN (16 per sq. mile ), Ashland, WI (16 per sq. mile ).
Stark County, North Dakota has a population that is made of 96.5 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 1.4 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.9 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of North Dakota percent of 3. Since 2000, Stark has increased the percent of minority population when 1.5 percent of the people were minorities.
Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individual migrated to the Stark internationally. The international migration into Stark accounts for 1.7 percent of all immigration into North Dakota. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.
The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Stark County, North Dakota to be 39.8 years of age. The median age in Stark is greater than the median age in North Dakota of 39.1. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 37.1 years old. With a total of 21.2 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Stark can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 62.5 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 16.3 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.
Stark County, North Dakota had a total estimated population of 22,073 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 22,546. The decline represents a decrease of -2.1 percent. Stark ranks 43 of 53 counties by growth in total population in North Dakota and the county ranks 2,727 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Stark County, North Dakota has a population that is made of 96.5 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 1.4 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.9 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of North Dakota percent of 3. Since 2000, Stark has increased the percent of minority population when 1.5 percent of the people were minorities.
Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individual migrated to the Stark internationally. The international migration into Stark accounts for 1.7 percent of all immigration into North Dakota. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.
The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Stark County, North Dakota to be 39.8 years of age. The median age in Stark is greater than the median age in North Dakota of 39.1. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 37.1 years old. With a total of 21.2 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Stark can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 62.5 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 16.3 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.
Stark County, North Dakota had a total estimated population of 22,073 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 22,546. The decline represents a decrease of -2.1 percent. Stark ranks 43 of 53 counties by growth in total population in North Dakota and the county ranks 2,727 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
