Income and Poverty in Mercer County, North Dakota

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Mercer County, North Dakota can be considered to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 7.5 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 29.5 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Mercer County, with 26.1 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Mercer County reported a relatively high median household income of $49,455 (2005 Dollars). This median is 18.1 percent higher than the median income in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median household income is 0.7 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Mercer County, North Dakota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $51,188, which is 3.5 percent greater than the areas median income level for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Mercer County had a median income of $21,938, this median was 55.6 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Mercer County, North Dakota White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $50,057 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $77,513. This household income level is 56.7 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.







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