Pembina County, North Dakota

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Pembina County, North Dakota
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Location in the state of North Dakota
North Dakota's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	information needed
Seat	Cavalier
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	2,905 km² (1,122 mi²) 2,898 km² (1,119 mi²) 8 km² (3 mi²), 0.27%
Population  - (2000)  - Density	8,585 3/km²

Pembina County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 8,585. Its county seat is Cavalier⁶.

Cavalier Air Force Station and Icelandic State Park are both located in Pembina County.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Townships 1.2 Major highways 1.3 Adjacent counties 2 Demographics 3 Places 3.1 Cities 4 External link

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,905 km² (1,122 mi²). 2,898 km² (1,119 mi²) of it is land and 8 km² (3 mi²) of it (0.27%) is water.

[edit] Townships

Advance Akra Backoo Bathgate Beaulieu Carlisle Cavalier Concrete Crystal

Drayton Elora Felson Gardar Hamilton Joliette La Moure Lincoln Lodema

Midland Neche Park Pembina Saint Joseph Saint Thomas Thingvalla Walhalla

[edit] Major highways

Interstate 29 U.S. Highway 81 North Dakota Highway 5 North Dakota Highway 18

North Dakota Highway 32 North Dakota Highway 44 North Dakota Highway 66 North Dakota Highway 89

[edit] Adjacent counties

• Manitoba Province, Canada (north)
• Kittson County, Minnesota (east)
• Walsh County (south)
• Cavalier County (west)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 8,585 people, 3,535 households, and 2,364 families residing in the county. The population density was 3/km² (8/mi²). There were 4,115 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (4/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.49% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 1.43% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 1.27% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. 3.08% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,535 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,430, and the median income for a family was $45,338. Males had a median income of $30,400 versus $21,340 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,692. About 7.4% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Places

[edit] Cities

• Bathgate
• Canton City
• Cavalier
• Crystal
• Drayton
• Hamilton
• Mountain
• Neche
• Pembina
• St. Thomas
• Walhalla

Note: all incorporated communities in North Dakota are called "cities" regardless of their size.

[edit] External link

• Pembina County official website