| | People QuickFacts | Foster County | North Dakota |
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Population, 2011 estimate | NA | 683,932 |
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Population, 2010 | 3,343 | 672,591 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | -11.1% | 4.7% |
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Population, 2000 | 3,759 | 642,200 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.8% | 22.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 22.7% | 14.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 49.9% | 49.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 98.4% | 90.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 1.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 5.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 1.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 0.5% | 1.8% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 0.9% | 2.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 97.9% | 88.9% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 | 91.0% | 82.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 | 1.6% | 2.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 | 2.7% | 5.4% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 87.7% | 89.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 18.2% | 26.3% |
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Veterans, 2006-2010 | 229 | 55,739 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 | 13.2 | 16.0 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 1,801 | 317,498 |
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Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 | 75.8% | 66.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 | 15.7% | 25.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 | $76,500 | $111,300 |
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Households, 2006-2010 | 1,506 | 276,642 |
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Persons per household, 2006-2010 | 2.25 | 2.29 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 | $27,945 | $25,803 |
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Median household income 2006-2010 | $41,066 | $46,781 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 | 7.3% | 12.3% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Foster County | North Dakota |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 | 142 | 21,4452 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2009 | 1,360 | 296,0832 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 | -14.9% | 16.0%2 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2009 | 260 | 44,623 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 422 | 61,546 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.6% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 15.4% | 24.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 01 | 11,349,799 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 101,726 | 13,099,348 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 80,669 | 10,527,300 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $23,423 | $16,495 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,701 | 1,214,201 |
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Building permits, 2010 | 1 | 3,833 |
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Federal spending, 2009 | 153,258 | 8,942,3692 |
