Income and Poverty in Mountrail County, North Dakota

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Mountrail County, North Dakota may be understood as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 19.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 100 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Mountrail County, having 32.1 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

In Mountrail County, North Dakota White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $32,087 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic households in Mountrail County, North Dakota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $27,788, this income level is 12.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $70,566. This household income level is 122.6 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Mountrail County reported a median household income of $27,788, this was 12.4 percent less than the median for all households.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Mountrail County reported a relatively low median income for households of $31,705 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 27.7 percent lower than the median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the income level is 55 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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