Walsh County, North Dakota

Walsh County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 12,389. Its is.

Walsh County was created by the 1881 territorial legislature and organized on, from the northern parts of  and southern parts of. It is named in honor of (1845 – 1913), a newspaperman and politician in. Grafton became the county seat in 1881.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,352 (1,294 ). 3,320 km² (1,282 sq mi) of it is land and 32 km² (12 sq mi) of it (0.96%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 12,389 people, 5,029 households, and 3,319 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 5,757 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.86%, 0.33% or , 1.02% , 0.19% , 0.02% , 2.51% from , and 1.07% from two or more races. 5.65% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,029 households out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.10% were living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.00% were non-families. 31.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.20% 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 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 25.00% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 19.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 100.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,845, and the median income for a family was $41,619. Males had a median income of $28,080 versus $19,961 for females. The for the county was $16,496. About 7.70% of families and 10.90% of the population were below the, including 12.20% 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.

External link

 * Walsh County official website