Steele County, North Dakota

Steele County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,258. Its is. The city of is in.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,853 (715 ). 1,845 km² (712 sq mi) of it is land and 8 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.44%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,258 people, 923 households, and 635 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 1,231 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.32%, 0.04% or , 0.62% , 0.04% , 0.22% from , and 0.75% from two or more races. 0.18% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 923 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.30% were living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 28.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.60% under the age of 18, 4.70% from 18 to 24, 23.10% from 25 to 44, 25.00% from 45 to 64, and 19.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 107.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,757, and the median income for a family was $43,914. Males had a median income of $30,104 versus $20,694 for females. The for the county was $17,601. About 5.00% of families and 7.10% of the population were below the, including 8.00% of those under age 18 and 3.60% of those age 65 or over.

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