Burleigh County, North Dakota

Burleigh County is a located in the  of. The population estimate from the  places the population at 73,818. As of the official census, the population was 69,416. Its is. Burleigh County and make up the ",  " or "".

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,320 (1,668 ). 4,230 km² (1,633 sq mi) of it is land and 91 km² (35 sq mi) of it (2.10%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 69,416 people, 27,670 households, and 18,206 families residing in the county. The was 16/km² (42/sq mi). There were 29,003 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (18/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.03%, 0.26% or , 3.28% , 0.40% , 0.03% , 0.16% from , and 0.85% from two or more races. 0.67% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 27,670 households out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,309, and the median income for a family was $52,085. Males had a median income of $34,753 versus $22,473 for females. The for the county was $20,436. About 5.30% of families and 7.80% of the population were below the, including 8.80% of those under age 18 and 7.50% of those age 65 or over.

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