| | People QuickFacts | Foster County | North Dakota |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 3,392 | 699,628 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 3,343 | 672,591 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.5% | 4.0% |
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Population, 2010 | 3,343 | 672,591 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.0% | 22.1% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 22.2% | 14.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 49.9% | 49.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 98.4% | 90.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 1.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 5.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 1.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 0.5% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.0% | 2.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 97.5% | 88.6% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 90.6% | 83.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.4% | 2.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.2% | 5.3% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.3% | 90.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.3% | 26.5% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 242 | 54,920 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 13.8 | 16.3 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 1,806 | 320,909 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 76.3% | 66.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.3% | 25.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $77,100 | $118,200 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 1,506 | 278,669 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.19 | 2.30 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $34,606 | $27,305 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $47,500 | $49,415 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.9% | 12.3% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Foster County | North Dakota |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 147 | 22,3702 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 1,403 | 306,0642 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.6% | 3.8%2 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 276 | 47,770 |
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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, 2012 | 2 | 10,340 |