Income and Poverty in Grant County, North Dakota

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Grant County was reported to have a very low household income of $27,103 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 49.4 percent lower than the median in North Dakota of $40,487 and this is 81.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

In Grant County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $27,300 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $178,235. This household income level is 557.6 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic households in Grant County, North Dakota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $17,062, this median household income is 37 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Grant County reported a median household income of $27,788, this level was 2.5 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Grant County, North Dakota can be considered to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 20.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 84.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 12 to 17 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Grant County, with 31.7 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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