Barnes County, North Dakota

Barnes County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 11,775. Its is.

The 's legislature authorized a Burbank County (named for governor ) in 1872. But in they renamed it Barnes County in honor of Judge Alanson H. Barnes (1818-1890) who was an associate justice of the Territorial Court. It was finally organized in a meeting at Valley City on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,919 (1,513 ). 3,863 km² (1,492 sq mi) of it is land and 56 km² (22 sq mi) of it (1.43%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 11,775 people, 4,884 households, and 3,115 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 5,599 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.91%, 0.45% or , 0.76% , 0.19% , 0.12% from , and 0.57% from two or more races. 0.54% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,884 households out of which 27.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.90% were living together, 6.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.20% were non-families. 31.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.30% under the age of 18, 11.30% from 18 to 24, 23.00% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 19.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,166, and the median income for a family was $42,149. Males had a median income of $28,504 versus $18,447 for females. The for the county was $16,566. About 6.40% of families and 10.80% of the population were below the, including 10.90% of those under age 18 and 10.90% of those age 65 or over.

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