Income and Poverty in Nelson County, North Dakota

Compared to counties across the United States, Nelson County reported a relatively low median income for households of $33,804 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 19.8 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median household income is 45.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 112 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $71,663. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Nelson County had a median household income level of $62,888, this median was 86 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Nelson County, North Dakota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $33,638 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.5 percent less than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $138,938. This income level is 311 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Nelson County, North Dakota can be recognized as having a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 10.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 16.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Nelson County, having 17 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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