Income and Poverty in Sargent County, North Dakota

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Sargent County reported a median household income of $48,750, which was 12 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In Sargent County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $43,599 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.1 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Sargent County, North Dakota recorded a median income of $13,163, which is 69.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 63 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $16,088.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Sargent County reported a medium-high median household income of $43,539 (2005 Dollars). This median is 7 percent higher than the median in North Dakota of $40,487 and the income level is 12.8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Sargent County, North Dakota can be recognized as having a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 50 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Sargent County, having 16.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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