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Language Spoken At Home in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 632,201 | 100% |
English only | 599,068 | 94.8% |
Language other than English | 33,133 | 5.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 9,235 | 1.5% |
Spanish | 8,524 | 1.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,747 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European languages | 16,163 | 2.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 3,693 | 0.6% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 3,735 | 0.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,065 | 0.3% |
Other languages | 4,711 | 0.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,730 | 0.3% |
Ancestry in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 676,253 | 100% |
American | 20,568 | 3.0% |
Arab | 1,378 | 0.2% |
Czech | 12,535 | 1.9% |
Danish | 8,182 | 1.2% |
Dutch | 8,922 | 1.3% |
English | 30,790 | 4.6% |
French (except Basque) | 29,531 | 4.4% |
French Canadian | 8,808 | 1.3% |
German | 307,605 | 45.5% |
Greek | 488 | 0.1% |
Hungarian | 2,574 | 0.4% |
Irish | 54,687 | 8.1% |
Italian | 7,680 | 1.1% |
Lithuanian | 259 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 197,503 | 29.2% |
Polish | 17,259 | 2.6% |
Portuguese | 668 | 0.1% |
Russian | 23,551 | 3.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 4,860 | 0.7% |
Scottish | 8,344 | 1.2% |
Slovak | 217 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 3,187 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 31,494 | 4.7% |
Swiss | 1,928 | 0.3% |
Ukrainian | 3,515 | 0.5% |
Welsh | 1,935 | 0.3% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 298 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 282,667 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 173,196 | 61.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 74,905 | 26.5% |
Married-couple family | 140,826 | 49.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 54,520 | 19.3% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 10,113 | 3.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 5,470 | 1.9% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 22,257 | 7.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 14,915 | 5.3% |
Nonfamily households | 109,471 | 38.7% |
Householder living alone | 89,495 | 31.7% |
65 years and over | 30,580 | 10.8% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 79,363 | 28.1% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 67,021 | 23.7% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 651,023 | 100% |
Householder | 282,667 | 43.4% |
Spouse | 140,703 | 21.6% |
Child | 173,482 | 26.6% |
Other relatives | 16,799 | 2.6% |
Nonrelatives | 37,372 | 5.7% |
Unmarried partner | 16,712 | 2.6% |
Marital Status in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 278,270 | 100% |
Never married | 97,347 | 35.0% |
Now married, except separated | 147,535 | 53.0% |
Separated | 2,110 | 0.8% |
Widowed | 6,486 | 2.3% |
Divorced | 24,792 | 8.9% |
Females 15 years and over | 273,330 | 100% |
Never married | 71,551 | 26.2% |
Now married, except separated | 145,170 | 53.1% |
Separated | 2,320 | 0.8% |
Widowed | 28,274 | 10.3% |
Divorced | 26,015 | 9.5% |
Fertility in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 9,978 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 3,003 | 30.1% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 38 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 63 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 19 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 113 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 23 | 0% |
Grandparents in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 5,958 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 3,064 | 51.4% |
Less than 1 year | 708 | 11.9% |
1 or 2 years | 618 | 10.4% |
3 or 4 years | 591 | 9.9% |
5 or more years | 1,147 | 19.3% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 3,064 | 100% |
Who are female | 1,882 | 61.4% |
Who are married | 2,273 | 74.2% |
School Enrollment in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 172,600 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 9,497 | 5.5% |
Kindergarten | 8,853 | 5.1% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 61,743 | 35.8% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 33,250 | 19.3% |
College or graduate school | 59,257 | 34.3% |
Educational Attainment in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 442,789 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 21,104 | 4.8% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 21,002 | 4.7% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 120,581 | 27.2% |
Some college, no degree | 105,668 | 23.9% |
Associate's degree | 54,634 | 12.3% |
Bachelor's degree | 86,925 | 19.6% |
Graduate or professional degree | 32,875 | 7.4% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 90.5% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 27.1% |
Veteran Status in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 520,355 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 54,782 | 10.5% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 660,952 | 100% |
With a disability | 71,126 | 10.8% |
Under 18 years | 149,890 | 100% |
With a disability | 4,190 | 2.8% |
18 to 64 years | 419,233 | 100% |
With a disability | 34,738 | 8.3% |
65 years and over | 91,829 | 100% |
With a disability | 32,198 | 35.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 667,493 | 100% |
Same house | 553,146 | 82.9% |
Different house in the U.S. | 110,988 | 16.6% |
Same county | 57,368 | 8.6% |
Different county | 53,620 | 8.0% |
Same state | 21,679 | 3.2% |
Different state | 31,941 | 4.8% |
Abroad | 3,359 | 0.5% |
Place Of Birth in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 676,253 | 100% |
Native | 659,217 | 97.5% |
Born in United States | 654,668 | 96.8% |
State of residence | 463,067 | 68.5% |
Different state | 191,601 | 28.3% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 4,549 | 0.7% |
Foreign born | 17,036 | 2.5% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 17,036 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 6,491 | 38.1% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 10,545 | 61.9% |
Year of Entry in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 21,585 | 100% |
Native | 4,549 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 118 | 2.6% |
Entered before 2010 | 4,431 | 97.4% |
Foreign born | 17,036 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 1,543 | 9.1% |
Entered before 2010 | 15,493 | 90.9% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in North Dakota
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 17,036 | 100% |
Europe | 3,234 | 19.0% |
Asia | 5,860 | 34.4% |
Africa | 3,306 | 19.4% |
Oceania | 154 | 0.9% |
Latin America | 1,915 | 11.2% |
Northern America | 2,567 | 15.1% |