CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA

'Cass County' is a county located in the state of North Dakota, USA. As of 2000, the population was 123,138. Its county seat is Fargo. ⁶ It is the most populous county in North Dakota.

Contents

History

Geography

Townships

Major highways

Adjacent counties

Demographics

Population by decade

Places

Cities

Census-designated places

External links

History

Cass County dates back to the days of the Dakota Territory. It was one of the original counties defined in 1872, and was organized on October 27, 1873 at a meeting in Fargo. It is named in honor of a railroad executive George Washington Cass.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,579 km² (1,768 mi²). 4,572 km² (1,765 mi²) of it is land and 7 km² (3 mi²) of it (0.15%) is water.

Townships

★ Addison ★ Amenia ★ Arthur ★ Ayr ★ Barnes ★ Bell ★ Berlin ★ Buffalo ★ Casselton ★ Chaffee ★ Clifton ★ Cornell ★ Davenport ★ Dows ★ Durbin ★ Eldred ★ Empire

★ Erie ★ Everest ★ Fargo ★ Gardner ★ Gill ★ Gunkel ★ Harmony ★ Harwood ★ Highland ★ Hill ★ Howes ★ Hunter ★ Kinyon ★ Lake ★ Leonard ★ Maple River ★ Mapleton

★ Noble ★ Normanna ★ Page ★ Pleasant ★ Pontiac ★ Raymond ★ Reed ★ Rich ★ Rochester ★ Rush River ★ Stanley ★ Tower ★ Walburg ★ Warren ★ Watson ★ Wheatland ★ Wiser

Major highways

★ Interstate 29 ★ Interstate 94 ★ U.S. Highway 10 ★ U.S. Highway 52

★ U.S. Highway 81 ★ North Dakota Highway 18 ★ North Dakota Highway 38 ★ North Dakota Highway 46

Adjacent counties

★ Traill County (north)

★ Norman County, Minnesota (northeast)

★ Clay County, Minnesota (east)

★ Richland County (southeast)

★ Ransom County (southwest)

★ Barnes County (west)

★ Steele County (northwest)

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 123,138 people, 51,315 households, and 29,814 families residing in the county. The population density was 27/km² (70/mi²). There were 53,790 housing units at an average density of 12/km² (30/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.10% White, 0.81% Black or African American, 1.08% Native American, 1.26% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. 1.23% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 51,315 households out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.9% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the county the population was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 16.0% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.5 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $38,147, and the median income for a family was $51,469. Males had a median income of $32,216 versus $22,300 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,889. About 5.7% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

Population by decade

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Places

Cities

★ Alice

★ Amenia

★ Argusville

★ Arthur

★ Ayr

★ Briarwood

★ Buffalo

★ Casselton

★ Davenport

★ Enderlin

★ Fargo

★ Frontier

★ Gardner

★ Grandin

★ Harwood

★ Horace

★ Hunter

★ Kindred

★ Leonard

★ Mapleton

★ North River

★ Oxbow

★ Page

★ Prairie Rose

★ Tower City

★ Reile's Acres

★ West Fargo
''Note: all incorporated communities in North Dakota are called "cities" regardless of their size.''

Census-designated places

★ Erie

★ Wheatland

External links

★ Cass County official website