Income and Poverty in Emmons County, North Dakota

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Emmons County, North Dakota may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 20.1 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 50 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Emmons County, having 33.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 9.1 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $27,788. In Emmons County, North Dakota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $30,559 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly equal to the median household income in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Emmons County, North Dakota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $40,950, this median household income is 34 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Emmons County accounted a relatively low median household income of $30,559 (2005 Dollars). This median is 32.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median is 60.8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.