Kidder County, North Dakota

Kidder County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,753. Its is. The county was created by the 1872-1873 territorial legislature and was named for Jefferson Parrish Kidder ( 1816-1882 ), an 1858 settler in what became southeastern Dakota and who served as a delegate to Congress from Dakota from 1875 to 1879, and as an associate justice of the territorial supreme court during 1865-1875 and 1879-1883. The county was organized on March 22, 1881 and Steele became the county seat in 1881.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,712 (1,433 ). 3,499 km² (1,351 sq mi) of it is land and 213 km² (82 sq mi) of it (5.75%) is water.

Major highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,753 people, 1,158 households, and 787 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 1,610 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 99.49%, 0.18% or , 0.11% , 0.07% , and 0.15% from two or more races. 0.58% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,158 households out of which 27.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.70% were living together, 4.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.00% were non-families. 29.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.20% under the age of 18, 5.00% from 18 to 24, 22.90% from 25 to 44, 24.90% from 45 to 64, and 24.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 103.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,389, and the median income for a family was $30,469. Males had a median income of $23,056 versus $17,250 for females. The for the county was $14,270. About 17.60% of families and 19.80% of the population were below the, including 20.40% of those under age 18 and 23.30% of those age 65 or over.

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