Cass County, North Dakota (ND)

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• • 150,83184.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9,9005.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,3973.0%Two or more races
  • 5,1342.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4,9322.8%Asian alone
  • 1,5090.8%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 800.04%Some other race alone
  • 460.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $297,299

Here:	$297,299
State:	$259,816

Townhouses or other attached units: $201,971

Here:	$201,971
State:	$230,047

In 2-unit structures: $249,658

Here:	$249,658
State:	$207,036

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $321,714

Here:	$321,714
State:	$409,576

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $308,311

Here:	$308,311
State:	$374,793

Mobile homes: $57,529

Here:	$57,529
State:	$78,704

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 8
• Burglaries: 45
• Thefts: 147
• Auto thefts: 25

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 13
• Burglaries: 48
• Thefts: 95
• Auto thefts: 16

Health of residents in Cass County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

Health of residents in Cass County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,872 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,993 (1.3%)

Area name: Fargo, ND-MN MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cass County is $443 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $563 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $812 a month.

Cities in this county include: Fargo, West Fargo, Casselton, Horace, Kindred, Harwood, Mapleton, Arthur, Hunter, Frontier.

2018 air pollution in Cass County:

Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 15.7 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.2 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Crow Wing County, Minnesota , Hubbard County, Minnesota , Mercer County , Traill County .

Current college students: 14,297
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 41.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 13,576 (31.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7,0362010 or later
• 4,4902000 to 2009
• 1,8911990 to 1999
• 2921980 to 1989
• 2761970 to 1979
• 518Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 15.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 89.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 33,063
• One, attached: 7,669
• Two: 1,904
• 3 or 4: 3,720
• 5 to 9: 2,280
• 10 to 19: 6,677
• 20 to 49: 17,445
• 50 or more: 10,546
• Mobile homes: 1,740
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 408

Housing units in Cass County with a mortgage: 22,903 (588 second mortgage, 2,552 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,626

Religion statistics for Cass County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cass County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• North Dakota Flooding, Incident Period: April 1, 2020 - April 25, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4553-ND: July 9, 2020, FEMA Id: 4553, Natural disaster type: Flood
• North Dakota Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4509, Natural disaster type: Other
• North Dakota Flooding, Incident Period: March 21, 2019 - April 28, 2019, FEMA Id: 4444, Natural disaster type: Flood
• North Dakota Flooding, Incident Period: April 22, 2013 to May 07, 2013, Emergency Declared EM-3364: April 26, 2013, FEMA Id: 3364, Natural disaster type: Flood
• North Dakota Flooding, Incident Period: April 22, 2013 to May 16, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4118: May 29, 2013, FEMA Id: 4118, Natural disaster type: Flood
• North Dakota Flooding, Incident Period: April 05, 2011 to July 01, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3318: April 07, 2011, FEMA Id: 3318, Natural disaster type: Flood
• North Dakota Flooding, Incident Period: February 14, 2011 to July 20, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1981: May 10, 2011, FEMA Id: 1981, Natural disaster type: Flood
• North Dakota Flooding, Incident Period: February 26, 2010 to July 15, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1907: April 30, 2010, FEMA Id: 1907, Natural disaster type: Flood
• North Dakota Flooding, Incident Period: February 26, 2010 to April 30, 2010, Emergency Declared EM-3309: March 14, 2010, FEMA Id: 3309, Natural disaster type: Flood
• North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 13, 2009 to August 10, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1829: March 24, 2009, FEMA Id: 1829, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 22 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.51% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($48,795 average adjusted gross income)

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($795 average AGI)

Cass County:	0.12%
North Dakota average:	0.11%

2.23% relocated from other counties in North Dakota ($13,730 average AGI)
6.17% relocated from other states ($34,271 average AGI)

Cass County:	6.17%
North Dakota average:	4.83%

from Clay County, MN	1.23% ($49,669 average AGI)
from Grand Forks County, ND	0.39% ($43,622)
from Burleigh County, ND	0.28% ($51,790)
from Hennepin County, MN	0.26% ($41,720)
from Ward County, ND	0.22% ($53,732)
from Otter Tail County, MN	0.18% ($43,160)
from Richland County, ND	0.16% ($35,929)

7.99% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($52,615 average adjusted gross income)

0.17% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,255 average AGI)

Cass County:	0.17%
North Dakota average:	0.10%

1.51% relocated to other counties in North Dakota ($8,927 average AGI)
6.30% relocated to other states ($42,433 average AGI)

Cass County:	6.30%
North Dakota average:	6.08%

to Clay County, MN	1.43% ($45,732 average AGI)
to Hennepin County, MN	0.43% ($47,183)
to Grand Forks County, ND	0.23% ($36,795)
to Burleigh County, ND	0.21% ($55,095)
to Otter Tail County, MN	0.20% ($66,694)
to Richland County, ND	0.20% ($55,879)
to Becker County, MN	0.16% ($80,053)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 14.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cass County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 40,568 (13,887 living alone), Female householders: 38,168 (14,617 living alone)

• 34,831 spouses (34,632 opposite-sex spouses), 5,540 unmarried partners, (5,479 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 46,717 children (44,612 natural, 977 adopted, 1,128 stepchildren), 672 grandchildren, 698 brothers or sisters, 687 parents, 55 foster children, 514 other relatives, 8,828 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,645

Size of family households: 20,088 2-persons, 9,149 3-persons, 8,825 4-persons, 3,588 5-persons, 555 6-persons, 52 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 28,504 1-person, 6,443 2-persons, 1,213 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 60 6-persons, 66 7-or-more-persons.

30,304 married couples with children.
9,012 single-parent households (1,597 men, 7,415 women).

91.4% of residents of Cass speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $734,498,000 ($5,711 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $73,038,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $230,077,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $82,474,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $32,575,000
Federal grants: $205,929,000
Federal procurement contracts: $50,117,000 ($17,638,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $133,325,000 ($29,597,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,883,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $134,239,000
Federal Government insurance: $308,892,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+8 per 1000 residents
State:	-29 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.82 millions of gallons per day (19% from ground, 81% from surface)

• Year house built in Cass County, North Dakota
• 9,4082014 or later
• 7,3112010 to 2013
• 14,5592000 to 2009
• 11,9831990 to 1999
• 9,6701980 to 1989
• 13,4221970 to 1979
• 4,8861960 to 1969
• 5,6501950 to 1959
• 2,0691940 to 1949
• 6,4941939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cass County, North Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cass County, North Dakota
• 01 room
• 522 rooms
• 6283 rooms
• 2,2804 rooms
• 4,4455 rooms
• 4,9906 rooms
• 5,4847 rooms
• 5,5218 rooms
• 13,1299+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cass County, North Dakota
• 1,6891 room
• 4,3002 rooms
• 8,3053 rooms
• 15,3604 rooms
• 6,2825 rooms
• 2,8056 rooms
• 1,4437 rooms
• 3228 rooms
• 1,7019+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cass County, North Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cass County, North Dakota
• 0no bedroom
• 6691 bedroom
• 4,8042 bedrooms
• 14,0273 bedrooms
• 11,8754 bedrooms
• 5,1545+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cass County, North Dakota
• 1,749no bedroom
• 10,7111 bedroom
• 22,3832 bedrooms
• 6,2283 bedrooms
• 6594 bedrooms
• 4775+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cass County, North Dakota in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cass County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 470no vehicle
• 6,4591 vehicle
• 20,2512 vehicles
• 5,4653 vehicles
• 2,0064 vehicles
• 1,8785+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cass County in renter-occupied apartments
• 5,071no vehicle
• 20,0861 vehicle
• 14,0792 vehicles
• 2,4683 vehicles
• 1654 vehicles
• 3385+ vehicles

76.5% of Cass County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in North Dakota.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 99,667
• Other state: 67,569
• Northeast: 2,371
• Midwest: 48,751
• South: 7,795
• West: 8,652

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,339
• Number of aged recipients: 123
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,216
• Number of recipients under 18: 159
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 952
• Number of recipients older than 64: 228
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 548
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 571

Cass County on our top lists:

• #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant adherents"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #92 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #96 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"