Slope County, North Dakota

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Slope County, North Dakota
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Location in the state of North Dakota
North Dakota's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	information needed
Seat	Amidon
Largest city	Marmarth
Area - Total - Land - Water	1,219 sq mi (3,157 km²) 1,218 sq mi (3,155 km²) 1 sq mi (3 km²), 0.10%
Population - (2000) - Density	767 36/sq mi (014/km²)

Slope County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 767, making it the fourteenth least populous county in the United States. The county seat is Amidon,^[1] the second least populous county seat in the country.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent counties
2 Demographics
3 Places
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,219 square miles (3,158 km²), of which, 1,218 square miles (3,154 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 km²) of it (0.10%) is water.

White Butte, the highest point in North Dakota at an elevation of 3506 ft (1062 m), is in Slope County.

[edit] Adjacent counties

Billings County (north)
Stark County (northeast)
Hettinger County (east)
Adams County (southeast)
Bowman County (south)
Fallon County, Montana (west)
Golden Valley County (northwest)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 767 people, 313 households, and 222 families residing in the county. The population density was 0.63 people per square mile (0.14/km²). There were 451 housing units at an average density of 0.37 per square mile (0.24/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 99.74% White, 0.13% Native American, and 0.13% from two or more races. 0.13% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Slope County has the highest percentage white population of any U.S. county. 46.9% were of German, 15.2% Norwegian, 8.1% American, 7.4% [[english people|English]] and 7.2% Swedish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 313 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 116.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.0 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,667, and the median income for a family was $26,058. Males had a median income of $20,000 versus $12,115 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,513. About 15.40% of families and 16.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.30% of those under age 18 and 8.00% of those age 65 or over.