Income and Poverty in Steele County, North Dakota

In Steele County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $41,925 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Steele County reported a median household income of $30,713, which was 26.6 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Steele County, North Dakota can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 7.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 100 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Steele County, reporting 18.8 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Steele County accounted a medium-high median income for households of $41,836 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 3.2 percent higher than the median income in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median is 17.4 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.