Income and Poverty in Griggs County, North Dakota

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Griggs County, North Dakota can be recognized as having a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 10.1 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 25 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Griggs County, with 15.8 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Griggs County reported a relatively low median household income of $34,599 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 17 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the income level is 42 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

In Griggs County, North Dakota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $34,639 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Griggs County had a median household income level of $39,488, this was 14.1 percent greater than the areas median level for all households.







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