McIntosh County, North Dakota
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Major highways
North Dakota Highway 3North Dakota Highway 3North Dakota Highway 3 is a major north–south highway in North Dakota. It runs from Manitoba Highway 10 at the International Peace Garden to South Dakota Highway 45 south of Ashley.-Major Junctions:*I-94 at exit 200 and running concurrent to exit 208...
North Dakota Highway 11
North Dakota Highway 13North Dakota Highway 13North Dakota Highway 13 is an long highway that serves southeast North Dakota. For the most part, the highway is a rural 2-lane road, but the final east of I-29 is a four-lane divided road. Its eastern terminus is located at its junction with ND 210...
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 3,390 people, 1,467 households, and 975 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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was 4 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 1,853 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.88% White
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.15% Native American
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.29% Asian
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.03% Pacific Islander
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.09% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 0.56% from two or more races. 0.83% of the population were Hispanic
Race (United States Census)
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or Latino
Race (United States Census)
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of any race. 82.2% were of German and 5.0% American
United States
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ancestry according to Census 2000.
There were 1,467 households out of which 22.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.30% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 3.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% were non-families. 32.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.75.
In the county the population was spread out with 19.40% under the age of 18, 4.60% from 18 to 24, 19.40% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 34.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females there were 91.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $26,389, and the median income for a family was $31,771. Males had a median income of $22,153 versus $16,743 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the county was $15,018. About 10.60% of families and 15.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.50% of those under age 18 and 18.90% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
| Year | GOP Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
DEM Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 2008 United States presidential election, 2008 The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365... |
59.8% 916 | 37.8% 579 | 2.4% 37 |
| 2004 United States presidential election, 2004 The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States' 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior U.S. Senator... |
72.8% 1,254 | 25.3% 436 | 1.9% 32 |
| 2000 United States presidential election, 2000 The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush , and Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President.... |
72.0% 1,178 | 21.4% 350 | 6.7% 109 |
| 1996 United States presidential election, 1996 The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary Jack... |
56.4% 1,005 | 26.4% 470 | 17.2% 306 |
| 1992 United States presidential election, 1992 The United States presidential election of 1992 had three major candidates: Incumbent Republican President George Bush; Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot.... |
55.2% 1,134 | 21.9% 450 | 22.9% 470 |
| 1988 United States presidential election, 1988 The United States presidential election of 1988 featured no incumbent president, as President Ronald Reagan was unable to seek re-election after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the Republican nomination, while the... |
73.5% 1,726 | 25.5% 598 | 1.0% 23 |
| 1984 United States presidential election, 1984 The United States presidential election of 1984 was a contest between the incumbent President Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate, and former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate. Reagan was helped by a strong economic recovery from the deep recession of 1981–1982... |
81.5% 2,047 | 17.0% 427 | 1.6% 39 |
| 1980 United States presidential election, 1980 The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent... |
86.0% 2,471 | 10.7% 308 | 3.3% 94 |
| 1976 United States presidential election, 1976 The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. It pitted incumbent President Gerald Ford, the Republican candidate, against the relatively unknown former governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic... |
64.3% 1,785 | 32.9% 912 | 2.8% 79 |
| 1972 United States presidential election, 1972 The United States presidential election of 1972 was the 47th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on November 7, 1972. The Democratic Party's nomination was eventually won by Senator George McGovern, who ran an anti-war campaign against incumbent Republican President Richard... |
81.6% 2,440 | 17.4% 521 | 1.0% 29 |
| 1968 United States presidential election, 1968 The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial United States presidential election. Coming four years after Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson won in a historic landslide, it saw Johnson forced out of the race and Republican Richard Nixon elected... |
59.6% 1,625 | 34.3% 935 | 6.0% 165 |
| 1964 United States presidential election, 1964 The United States presidential election of 1964 was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had come to office less than a year earlier following the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy. Johnson, who had successfully associated himself with Kennedy's... |
66.6% 1,891 | 33.4% 950 | 0.0% 0 |
| 1960 United States presidential election, 1960 The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th American presidential election, held on November 8, 1960, for the term beginning January 20, 1961, and ending January 20, 1965. The incumbent president, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible to run again. The Republican Party... |
81.1% 2,694 | 18.9% 628 | 0.0% 0 |
McIntosh County is a historically Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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county. The last Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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to carry McIntosh County was Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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in 1936
United States presidential election, 1936
The United States presidential election of 1936 was the most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States in terms of electoral votes. In terms of the popular vote, it was the third biggest victory since the election of 1820, which was not seriously contested.The election took...
. In 1920, 1940, 1944. and 1952 elections the Republican Presidential candidate reportedly received over 90% of the county's vote. Although shifting somewhat Democratic in more recent Presidential elections John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
received roughly 59% of the county's vote in the 2008 U.S. presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
.
In the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
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it is represented by Republican Rick Berg
Rick Berg
Richard Alan Berg is the U.S. Representative for . Berg serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served in the state House of Representatives. He served as Majority Leader and Speaker.-Early life, education, and pre-political career:Berg...
. As part of District 28 it is represented in the North Dakota Senate
North Dakota Senate
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by Robert S. Erbele (R) and in the North Dakota House of Representatives
North Dakota House of Representatives
The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and is larger than the North Dakota Senate....
by Mike Brandenburg (R) and William E. Kretschmar (R).
Cities
- AshleyAshley, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 882 people, 436 households, and 258 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,404.9 people per square mile . There were 528 housing units at an average density of 841.0 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 98.41% White, 0.34%...
- VenturiaVenturia, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 23 people, 10 households, and 8 families residing in the city. The population density was 343.0 people per square mile . There were 14 housing units at an average density of 208.8 per square mile...
- WishekWishek, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,122 people, 466 households, and 290 families residing in the city. The population density was 772.1 people per square mile . There were 532 housing units at an average density of 366.1 per square mile...
- ZeelandZeeland, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 141 people, 73 households, and 40 families residing in the city. The population density was 471.2 people per square mile . There were 103 housing units at an average density of 344.2 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 98.58% White, 0.71% from...
Note: all incorporated communities in North Dakota are called "cities" regardless of their size.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in McIntosh County, North Dakota