Traill County, North Dakota

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Traill County, North Dakota
Map
Location in the state of North Dakota
North Dakota's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	information needed
Seat	Hillsboro
Largest City	Mayville
Area - Total - Land - Water	863 sq mi (2,234 km²) 862 sq mi (2,232 km²) 1 sq mi (2 km²), 0.08%
Population - (2005) - Density	8,321 9.6/sq mi (3.7/km²)
Time zone	Central : UTC-6/-5
Website: http://www.mylocalgov.com/traillcountynd/

Traill County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. Current estimates^[1] place the 2005 population at 8,321; the 2000 Census lists the population is 8,477. Its county seat is Hillsboro ⁶. Its largest city is Mayville

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Places
- 3.1 Cities
- 3.2 Unincorporated communities
4 External links

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 863 square miles (2,234 km²). 862 square miles (2,232 km²) of it is land, while only 1 square mile (2 km²) of it (0.08%) is water.

[edit] Townships

Belmont
Bingham
Blanchard
Bloomfield
Bohnsack
Buxton
Caledonia
Eldorado
Elm River

Ervin
Galesburg
Garfield
Greenfield
Herberg
Hillsboro
Kelso
Lindaas
Mayville

Morgan
Norman
Norway
Roseville
Stavanger
Viking
Wold

[edit] Major highways

Interstate 29
North Dakota Highway 18
North Dakota Highway 200

[edit] Adjacent counties

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1900	13,107		–
1910	12,545		-4.3%
1920	12,210		-2.7%
1930	12,600		3.2%
1940	12,300		-2.4%
1950	11,359		-7.7%
1960	10,583		-6.8%
1970	9,571		-9.6%
1980	9,624		0.6%
1990	8,752		-9.1%
2000	8,477		-3.1%
Est. 2005	8,321	^[2]	-1.8%

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 8,477 people, 3,341 households, and 2,231 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 persons per square mile (4/km²). There were 3,708 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.31% White, 0.11% Black or African American, 0.94% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.96% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. 2.18% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,341 households out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,445, and the median income for a family was $45,852. Males had a median income of $30,138 versus $20,583 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,014. About 6.4% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Places

Sunflower field in Traill County

[edit] Cities

Blanchard
Buxton
Clifford
Galesburg
Hatton
Hillsboro
Mayville
Portland
Reynolds (officially in Grand Forks County)

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

[edit] Unincorporated communities

[edit] External links

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