Towner County, North Dakota

Towner County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,876. Its is. The city of is in.

History
The county was founded in 1883 by territorial legislation (predating statehood). It was named after (b. 1842, d. 1897). He was a member of the. After founding, the county government was fully organized on January 24, 1884.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,698 (1,042 ). 2,654 km² (1,025 sq mi) of it is land and 44 km² (17 sq mi) of it (1.63%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,876 people, 1,218 households, and 785 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 1,558 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.32%, 0.07% or , 2.05% , 0.07% , 0.03% from , and 0.45% from two or more races. 0.17% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,218 households out of which 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.90% were living together, 4.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.50% were non-families. 33.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 3.60% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 23.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 97.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,740, and the median income for a family was $39,286. Males had a median income of $24,917 versus $17,335 for females. The for the county was $17,605. About 6.30% of families and 8.90% of the population were below the, including 9.20% of those under age 18 and 8.80% of those age 65 or over.

Cities
Note: all incorporated communities in North Dakota are called "cities" regardless of their size.