Income and Poverty in Sheridan County, North Dakota

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Sheridan County, North Dakota can be understood to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 21.0 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 category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 100 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Sheridan County, reporting 33.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Sheridan County had a median income of $13,163, this was 54 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Sheridan County, North Dakota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $28,899 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic Householders in Sheridan County, North Dakota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $48,263, this income level is 68.7 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Compared to counties across the United States, Sheridan County accounted a relatively low median income for all households of $28,607 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 41.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median household income is 71.8 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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