Income and Poverty in Billings County, North Dakota

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Billings County, North Dakota may be understood as having a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 12.8 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The White race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 12.9 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 65 to 74 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Billings County, reporting 18 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Billings County had a medium-low household income of $38,220 (2005 Dollars). This median is 5.9 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median household income is 28.6 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

In Billings County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $38,220 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was only slightly equal to the median income in 2000.







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