People QuickFacts	Morton County	North Dakota
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	28,101	699,628
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	27,471	672,591
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.3%	4.0%
 	Population, 2010    	27,471	672,591
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.8%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.6%	22.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.8%	14.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.2%	49.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	93.9%	90.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	1.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.6%	5.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	1.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.6%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.5%	2.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	92.8%	88.6% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.0%	83.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.8%	2.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.2%	5.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.4%	90.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	22.3%	26.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,237	54,920
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.9	16.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	12,152	320,909
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	78.2%	66.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	17.1%	25.8%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$120,400	$118,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	10,918	278,669
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.43	2.30
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$27,347	$27,305
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$55,196	$49,415
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	7.4%	12.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Morton County	North Dakota
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	735	21,832
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	8,625	294,907
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	22.8	15.6
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,038	47,770 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,755	61,546
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	24.6%	24.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	11,349,799
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	238,106	13,099,348
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	342,132	10,527,300
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,238	$16,495
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	26,063	1,214,201
 	Building permits, 2011     	252	6,201

   	Geography QuickFacts	Morton County	North Dakota
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	1,926.27	69,000.80
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	14.3	9.7
 	FIPS Code    	059	38
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Bismarck, ND Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts