Ransom County, North Dakota

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Ransom County, North Dakota
Map
Location in the state of North Dakota
North Dakota's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	Established January 4, 1873 Organized April 4, 1881
Seat	Lisbon
Largest city	Lisbon
Area - Total - Land - Water	864 sq mi (2,238 km²) 863 sq mi (2,235 km²) 1 sq mi (3 km²), 0.16%
Population - (2000) - Density	5,890 8/sq mi (3/km²)
Website: www.ransomcountynd.com

Ransom County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 5,890. Its county seat is Lisbon.^[1]

1 Geography
- 1.1 Townships
- 1.2 Adjacent counties
2 Demographics
3 Places
- 3.1 Cities
- 3.2 Unincorporated community
4 References

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 864 square miles (2,238 km²), of which, 863 square miles (2,235 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (4 km²) of it (0.16%) is water.

[edit] Townships

Aliceton
Alleghany
Bale
Big Bend
Casey
Coburn
Elliott
Englevale
Fort Ransom
Greene

Hanson
Island Park
Isley
Liberty
Lisbon
McLeod
Moore
Northland
Owego
Preston

Rosemeade
Sandoun
Scoville
Shenford
Springer
Sydna
Tuller

[edit] Adjacent counties

Cass County (northeast)
Richland County (east)
Sargent County (south)
Dickey County (southwest)
LaMoure County (west)
Barnes County (northwest)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 5,890 people, 2,350 households, and 1,560 families residing in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile (3/km²). There were 2,604 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.93% White, 0.19% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. 0.81% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 39.5% were of German and 34.9% Norwegian ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 2,350 households out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.10% were married couples living together, 5.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.60% were non-families. 30.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 21.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 106.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,672, and the median income for a family was $44,865. Males had a median income of $35,023 versus $18,772 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,219. About 6.30% of families and 8.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.70% of those under age 18 and 8.20% of those age 65 or over.