Burke County, North Dakota

Burke County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,242. Its is.

History
Burke County was founded in 1910 and is named after (1859–1937), a politician who served as  and.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,925 (1,129 ). 2,858 km² (1,104 sq mi) of it is land and 67 km² (26 sq mi) of it (2.28%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,242 people, 1,013 households, and 680 families residing in the county. The was 0.8/km² (2.0/sq mi). There were 1,412 housing units at an average density of 0.5/km² (1.3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 99.24%, 0.13% or , 0.22% , 0.13% , 0.04% from , and 0.22% from two or more races. 0.36% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,013 households out of which 23.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.20% were living together, 5.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.80% were non-families. 31.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.77.

In the county the population was spread out with 20.80% under the age of 18, 3.50% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 28.30% from 45 to 64, and 25.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 101.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,330, and the median income for a family was $31,384. Males had a median income of $28,164 versus $16,382 for females. The for the county was $14,026. About 11.70% of families and 15.40% of the population were below the, including 17.20% of those under age 18 and 16.50% of those age 65 or over.

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