Income and Poverty in Kidder County, North Dakota

In Kidder County, North Dakota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $29,705 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was only slightly equal to the median household income in 2000. Hispanic households in Kidder County, North Dakota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $21,938, this income level is 26.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

Compared to counties across the United States, Kidder County reported a relatively low median household income of $29,705 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 36.3 percent lower than the median in North Dakota of $40,487 and the income level is 65.4 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Kidder County, North Dakota can be understood to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 19.8 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 100 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Kidder County, accounting 26.7 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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