Divide County, North Dakota

Divide County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,283. Its is.

Divide County was formed from in. The name Divide results from two factors, that division from Williams County and the fact that Divide County lies on the between the watersheds which flow into the  and those which flow into. Divide's name may also derive from the fact that it lies on the boundary between the and.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,352 (1,294 ). 3,262 km² (1,260 sq mi) of it is land and 90 km² (35 sq mi) of it (2.68%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Major highways

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Places of interest
Two s are displayed at in Writing Rock Township.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,283 people, 1,005 households, and 649 families residing in the county. The was 0.7/km² (1.8/sq mi). There were 1,469 housing units at an average density of 0.4/km² (1.2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.99%, 0.13% , 0.53% , 0.18% from , and 0.18% from two or more races. 0.61% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,005 households out of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the county the population was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 20.1% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 29.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,089, and the median income for a family was $39,292. Males had a median income of $28,333 versus $16,371 for females. The for the county was $16,225. About 9.5% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the, including 19.5% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over.

The Top 4 Largest Ancestries are Norwegian (64.7%), German (24.0%), Swedish (8.8%), and Irish (5.9%).

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