Ward County, North Dakota (ND)

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• • 55,57782.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,2996.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,4545.1%Two or more races
  • 2,2863.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,1801.7%Asian alone
  • 6471.0%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1980.3%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $275,061

Here:	$275,061
State:	$259,816

Townhouses or other attached units: $230,921

Here:	$230,921
State:	$230,047

In 2-unit structures: $268,704

Here:	$268,704
State:	$207,036

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $204,399

Here:	$204,399
State:	$409,576

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $148,275

Here:	$148,275
State:	$374,793

Mobile homes: $76,423

Here:	$76,423
State:	$78,704

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 6
• Burglaries: 36
• Thefts: 102
• Auto thefts: 18

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 22
• Thefts: 126
• Auto thefts: 8

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

Health of residents in Ward 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: $2,945 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,135 (1.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ward County is $386 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $475 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $656 a month.

Cities in this county include: Minot, Minot AFB, Burlington, Kenmare, Surrey, Berthold, Sawyer, Des Lacs, Logan, Ruthville.

2018 air pollution in Ward County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.030 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 9.6 µg/m³. Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.0 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Current college students: 4,170
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 29.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,710 (24.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,9572010 or later
• 7262000 to 2009
• 5011990 to 1999
• 2741980 to 1989
• 1331970 to 1979
• 282Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 14.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 95.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 16,197
• One, attached: 2,425
• Two: 1,564
• 3 or 4: 1,755
• 5 to 9: 964
• 10 to 19: 2,236
• 20 to 49: 3,356
• 50 or more: 1,899
• Mobile homes: 2,768

Housing units in Ward County with a mortgage: 11,268 (330 second mortgage, 453 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,925

Religion statistics for Ward County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Ward County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• North Dakota Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4509, Natural disaster type: Other
• North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 25, 2014 to July 02, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4190: August 19, 2014, FEMA Id: 4190, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 17, 2013 to June 17, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4128: July 12, 2013, FEMA Id: 4128, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• North Dakota Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: April 29, 2011 to May 01, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1986: May 20, 2011, FEMA Id: 1986, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 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 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
• North Dakota Severe Winter Storm and Record and/or Near Record Snow, Incident Period: October 04, 2005 to October 06, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1616: November 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 1616, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snow
• North Dakota Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3247: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3247, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 15 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.91% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($45,361 average adjusted gross income)

0.64% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,762 average AGI)

Ward County:	0.64%
North Dakota average:	0.11%

2.30% relocated from other counties in North Dakota ($12,664 average AGI)
6.97% relocated from other states ($29,935 average AGI)

Ward County:	6.97%
North Dakota average:	4.83%

from Burleigh County, ND	0.29% ($58,512 average AGI)
from Williams County, ND	0.26% ($63,368)
from Mountrail County, ND	0.21% ($74,855)
from McHenry County, ND	0.20% ($46,617)
from Cass County, ND	0.16% ($34,532)
from Bossier Parish, LA	0.15% ($58,533)
from Clark County, NV	0.13% ($34,974)

13.41% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($52,400 average adjusted gross income)

0.52% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,528 average AGI)

Ward County:	0.52%
North Dakota average:	0.10%

2.86% relocated to other counties in North Dakota ($12,158 average AGI)
10.03% relocated to other states ($38,714 average AGI)

Ward County:	10.03%
North Dakota average:	6.08%

to Cass County, ND	0.51% ($53,732 average AGI)
to Burleigh County, ND	0.40% ($55,574)
to Williams County, ND	0.30% ($71,108)
to McHenry County, ND	0.26% ($53,051)
to Mountrail County, ND	0.21% ($66,508)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.18% ($74,054)
to Grand Forks County, ND	0.17% ($45,314)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 16.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 7.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Ward County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 16,638 (5,615 living alone), Female householders: 12,270 (4,936 living alone)

• 12,896 spouses (12,858 opposite-sex spouses), 1,992 unmarried partners, (1,992 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 16,888 children (15,812 natural, 571 adopted, 505 stepchildren), 2,362 grandchildren, 165 brothers or sisters, 602 parents, 102 foster children, 436 other relatives, 1,129 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,161

Size of family households: 8,663 2-persons, 2,995 3-persons, 3,154 4-persons, 971 5-persons, 309 6-persons, 126 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,551 1-person, 1,530 2-persons, 602 3-persons, 7 4-persons.

10,341 married couples with children.
2,836 single-parent households (772 men, 2,064 women).

93.2% of residents of Ward speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $630,262,000 ($11,210 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $313,931,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $147,186,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $57,394,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $20,536,000
Federal grants: $76,313,000
Federal procurement contracts: $115,292,000 ($99,668,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $213,539,000 ($196,736,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,868,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $47,168,000
Federal Government insurance: $69,129,000

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

Here:	-95 per 1000 residents
State:	-29 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.89 millions of gallons per day (100% from ground, 0% from surface)

• Year house built in Ward County, North Dakota
• 2,9542014 or later
• 6,1372010 to 2013
• 3,4422000 to 2009
• 2,5071990 to 1999
• 2,6931980 to 1989
• 5,4011970 to 1979
• 2,2861960 to 1969
• 2,6641950 to 1959
• 1,7971940 to 1949
• 3,2831939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Ward County, North Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ward County, North Dakota
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 1773 rooms
• 1,0654 rooms
• 2,4685 rooms
• 2,8976 rooms
• 2,9327 rooms
• 2,4938 rooms
• 5,1619+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ward County, North Dakota
• 2921 room
• 1,3262 rooms
• 3,9453 rooms
• 2,1954 rooms
• 1,7695 rooms
• 8836 rooms
• 2327 rooms
• 5958 rooms
• 4789+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Ward County, North Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ward County, North Dakota
• 0no bedroom
• 5541 bedroom
• 2,2472 bedrooms
• 6,9683 bedrooms
• 4,6734 bedrooms
• 2,7515+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ward County, North Dakota
• 391no bedroom
• 3,5661 bedroom
• 5,0022 bedrooms
• 2,1103 bedrooms
• 6464 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ward County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 74no vehicle
• 3,7181 vehicle
• 7,6112 vehicles
• 3,5343 vehicles
• 1,5964 vehicles
• 6605+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ward County in renter-occupied apartments
• 724no vehicle
• 6,4791 vehicle
• 3,3552 vehicles
• 1,1573 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

80.2% of Ward County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 28% lived in North Dakota.

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

• This state: 39,970
• Other state: 22,803
• Northeast: 2,034
• Midwest: 7,685
• South: 4,489
• West: 8,595

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 637
• Number of aged recipients: 45
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 592
• Number of recipients under 18: 77
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 470
• Number of recipients older than 64: 90
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 267
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 261

Ward County on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #6 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #70 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #87 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #100 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+)"