Steele County, North Dakota facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Steele County
U.S. county
Steele County Courthouse in Finley
Location within the U.S. state of North Dakota
North Dakota's location within the U.S.
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
Founded	June 2, 1883 (created) July 13, 1883 (organized)
Named for	Edward H. Steele
Seat	Finley
Largest city	Finley
Area
• Total	715 sq mi (1,850 km2)
• Land	712 sq mi (1,840 km2)
• Water	3.2 sq mi (8 km2)  0.5%
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,798
• Estimate  (2021)	1,810
• Density	2.5147/sq mi (0.9709/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	At-large

Steele County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,798, making it the fifth-least populous county in North Dakota. Its county seat since 1919 is Finley.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 715 square miles (1,850 km²), of which 712 square miles (1,840 km²) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km²) (0.5%) is water.

Major highways

• North Dakota Route 32
• North Dakota Route 38
• North Dakota Route 200

Adjacent counties

• Grand Forks County (north)
• Traill County (east)
• Cass County (southeast)
• Barnes County (southwest)
• Griggs County (west)
• Nelson County (northeast)

Demographics

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 1,975 people, 864 households, and 589 families in the county. The population density was 2.8 inhabitants per square mile (1.1/km²). There were 1,171 housing units at an average density of 1.6 per square mile (0.62/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.6% white, 1.2% American Indian, 0.2% black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.0% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 60.0% were Norwegian, 35.2% were German, 5.4% were Irish, and 1.0% were American.

Of the 864 households, 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.8% were non-families, and 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.78. The median age was 47.7 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,191 and the median income for a family was $54,625. Males had a median income of $36,588 versus $25,648 for females. The per capita income for the county was $27,728. About 4.3% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

• Finley (county seat)
• Hope
• Luverne
• Sharon

Unincorporated communities

• Pickert
• Blabon

Ghost town

• Sherbrooke (original county seat)

Townships

Education

Steele County has the following school districts:

• Dakota Prairie Public School District 1
• Finley-Sharon Public School District 19
• Griggs County Central School District 18
• Hatton Public School District 7
• Hope-Page School District (merger of Hope Public School District 10 and Page Public School District 80)
• May-Port CG Public School District 14
• Northwood Public School District 129

In 1964 the county had 992 students in four schools; at the time there were five school districts but Colgate was not operating any schools as its school closed in 1964.

Images for kids

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  Outline map of Steele County, North Dakota, 1911

See also

In Spanish: Condado de Steele (Dakota del Norte) para niños