Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $2,448 (1.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,984 (1.8%)
Area name: Fargo, ND-MN MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cass County is $443 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $563 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $812 a month.
Cities in this county include: Fargo
, West Fargo
, Casselton
, Horace
, Kindred
, Harwood
, Mapleton
, Arthur
, Hunter
, Frontier
.
2005 air pollution in Cass County:
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.006 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.069 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.061 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 17 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
55 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
7.6 µg/m3.
Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
23 µg/m3.
Below U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.003 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Barnes County
, Clay County, Minnesota
, Ransom County
, Richland County
, Steele County
, Traill County
, Norman County, Minnesota
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Cass County: Dalrymple
Spur
(A),
Raymond Town Hall
(B),
Warren Town Hall
(C),
Clifton Town Hall
(D),
Reed Town Hall
(E),
Rochester Town Hall
(F),
Gill Town Hall
(G),
Berlin Town Hall
(H),
Pontiac Town Hall
(I)
Churches in Cass County include: Canaan
Church
(A),
American Church
(B),
Bethel Church
(C),
Goshen Church
(D),
Osterdalen Church
(E),
Herby Church
(F),
Maple-Sheyenne Church
(G),
Nora Church
(H),
Christiania Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Lower
Maple River Cemetery
(1),
Greenwood Cemetery
(2),
German Cemetery
(3),
Saint Martins Cemetery
(4),
Argusville Cemetery
(5),
Saint Johannes Cemetery
(6),
Davenport Cemetery
(7)
Lake: Bertha,
Lake
(A).
Rivers and creeks: Swan
Creek
(A),
Sheyenne River
(B),
Maple River
(C),
Wild Rice River
(D),
Rush River
(E),
Buffalo Creek
(F)
Parks in Cass County include: Magnolia
State Game Management Area
(1),
Meadow Brook Park
(2)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
2.2% | | North
Dakota: | 2.6% |
Current college students: 14,297
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 31.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,929 (26% naturalized citizens)
| Cass
County: |
3.2% | | Whole
state: |
1.9% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 2,052
- 1990
to 1994: 791
- 1985
to 1989: 130
- 1980
to 1984: 162
- 1975
to 1979: 191
- 1970
to 1974: 85
- 1970
to 1974: 137
- 1965
to 1969: 381
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Mean travel time to work: 15.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 89.2%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 24,507
- One,
attached: 3,319
- Two:
1,230
- 3
or 4: 2,230
- 5
to 9: 3,267
- 10
to 19: 5,242
- 20
or more: 11,915
- Mobile
homes: 2,076
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Housing units in Cass County with a mortgage: 17,329 (1,897 second mortgage, 2,113 home equity loan, 103 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,258 Agriculture
in Cass County
Average size of farms: 1173 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $217437
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $190.74
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.65%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 6.43%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $161416
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 90.97%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $201103
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.16%
Average age of principal farm operators: 51 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 1.39
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.18%
Corn for grain: 92628 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 306636 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 524177 harvested acres
Vegetables: 31 harvested acresCass
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above North Dakota state average. It is 1.9 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 10 fatalities and 111 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/20/1957, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado killed 10 people and injured 103 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(11%)
- Educational
services (7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Health
care (4%)
- Truck
transportation (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Finance
and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Social
assistance (6%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males in 2005: |
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Sales
representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females in 2005:
|
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered
nurses (5%)
- Customer
service representatives (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Bosnia
and Herzegovina (16%)
- Canada
(11%)
- India
(7%)
- Other
Eastern Africa (6%)
- Other
Northern Africa (6%)
- Germany
(5%)
- China,
excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Cass County:
|
- German
(34%)
- Norwegian
(32%)
- Irish
(4%)
- Swedish
(3%)
- English
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (3%)
- United
States or American (2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 58,202 (83%)
- Carpooled:
5,584 (8%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 238 (0%)
- Taxi:
18 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
40 (0%)
- Bicycle:
341 (0%)
- Walked:
2,663 (4%)
- Other
means: 292 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 2,365 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Cass County, North Dakota
- 2646
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 720
people in nursing homes
- 208
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 116
people in federal prisons and detention centers
- 116
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 87
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 76
people in other group homes
- 54
people in religious group quarters
- 36
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 36
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 11
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 10
people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 7
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $58,381.
9.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,575 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
9.03% | | North
Dakota average: |
7.27% |
0.26% of residents moved from foreign countries ($173 average AGI)
| Cass
County: |
0.26% | | North
Dakota average: |
0.22% |
3.37% relocated from other counties in North Dakota ($10,898 average AGI)
5.40% relocated from other states ($19,504 average AGI)
| Cass
County: |
5.40% | | North
Dakota average: |
3.54% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Clay County, MN
|
1.22% ($25,077 average AGI) |
| from
Grand Forks County, ND
|
0.49% ($30,591) |
| from
Burleigh County, ND
|
0.36% ($30,610) |
| from
Richland County, ND
|
0.32% ($30,793) |
| from
Otter Tail County, MN
|
0.24% ($27,695) |
| from
Ward County, ND
|
0.22% ($27,623) |
| from
Hennepin County, MN
|
0.21% ($43,539) |
7.78% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,034 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.78% | | North
Dakota average: | 7.80% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($95 average AGI)
| Cass
County: |
0.04% | | North
Dakota average: | 0.16% |
1.75% relocated to other counties in North Dakota ($7,112 average AGI)
5.99% relocated to other states ($31,826 average AGI)
| Cass
County: |
5.99% | | North
Dakota average: |
4.16% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Clay County, MN
|
1.21% ($35,404 average AGI) |
| to
Hennepin County, MN
|
0.49% ($32,148) |
| to
Burleigh County, ND
|
0.31% ($33,766) |
| to
Grand Forks County, ND
|
0.25% ($27,440) |
| to
Richland County, ND
|
0.22% ($42,966) |
| to
Becker County, MN
|
0.18% ($51,663) |
| to
Maricopa County, AZ
|
0.18% ($44,188) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.9
Births
per 1000 population in Cass County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.3
Deaths
per 1000 population in Cass County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Cass County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 14,051 (12,118 aged, 1,933 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 119,049
- In
family households: 91,136 (23,969 male householders, 6,117 female householders)
24,441
spouses, 32,489 children (30,253 natural, 869 adopted, 1,367 stepchildren), 530 grandchildren, 818 brothers or sisters, 272 parents, 712 other relatives, 1,788 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 27,913 (10,476 male householders (7,247 living alone)), 10,731 female householders (8,726 living alone)), 6,706 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 4,089 (897 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 13,242 2-persons, 6,841 3-persons, 6,478 4-persons, 2,711 5-persons, 627 6-persons, 187 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 15,973 1-person, 4,207 2-persons, 805 3-persons, 180 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 14 6-persons.
22,200 married couples with children.
5,529 single-parent households (1,337 men, 4,192 women).
94.5% of residents of Cass County speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $734,498,000 ($5711 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $73,038,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $230,077,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $82,474,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $32,575,000
Federal grants: $205,929,000
Federal procurement contracts: $50,117,000 ($17,638,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $133,325,000 ($29,597,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,883,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $134,239,000
Federal Government insurance: $308,892,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 9,280
| Here: |
71 per 1000 residents | | State: |
64 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 4,103
| Here: |
31 per 1000 residents | | State: | 48
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +1,800
| Here: |
+14 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+6 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +1,046
| Here: |
+8 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-29 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Cass County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.82 millions of gallons per day (19% from ground, 81% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 1,711
- 1995
to 1998: 5,709
- 1990
to 1994: 5,914
- 1980
to 1989: 8,419
- 1970
to 1979: 12,377
- 1960
to 1969: 5,208
- 1950
to 1959: 5,098
- 1940
to 1949: 2,350
- 1939
or earlier: 7,004
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Cass County, North Dakota: |
- 1
room: 18
- 2
rooms: 123
- 3
rooms: 535
- 4
rooms: 2,245
- 5
rooms: 4,724
- 6
rooms: 5,056
- 7
rooms: 4,521
- 8
rooms: 4,464
- 9
or more rooms: 6,206
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cass County, North Dakota: |
- 1
room: 1,641
- 2
rooms: 3,127
- 3
rooms: 5,081
- 4
rooms: 7,307
- 5
rooms: 3,973
- 6
rooms: 1,277
- 7
rooms: 458
- 8
rooms: 311
- 9
or more rooms: 248
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cass County: |
- no
bedroom: 58
- 1
bedroom: 437
- 2
bedrooms: 5,795
- 3
bedrooms: 11,987
- 4
bedrooms: 7,827
- 5
or more bedrooms: 1,788
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cass County: |
- no
bedroom: 2,030
- 1
bedroom: 6,781
- 2
bedrooms: 11,333
- 3
bedrooms: 2,703
- 4
bedrooms: 397
- 5
or more bedrooms: 179
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Cass County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 543
- 1
vehicle: 6,000
- 2
vehicles: 14,209
- 3
vehicles: 5,157
- 4
vehicles: 1,342
- 5
or more vehicles: 641
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Cass County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 3,029
- 1
vehicle: 11,461
- 2
vehicles: 6,953
- 3
vehicles: 1,489
- 4
vehicles: 352
- 5
or more vehicles: 139
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46% of Cass County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in North Dakota.
| Cass
County: |
45.7% | | State
average: | 57.5% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 75943
- Northeast:
1272
- Midwest:
33366
- South:
2793
- West:
5226
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $89,900 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (54%)
- Electricity
(33%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (3%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(66%)
- Utility
gas (24%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- No
fuel used (2%)
- Other
fuel (2%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (2%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 944
| Here: |
7.4% | | North
Dakota: |
7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 361
| Here: |
5.6% | | North
Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 737
| Here: |
5.8% | | North
Dakota: | 10.5% |
Cass
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $4,095,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $2,735,000
General Public Buildings: $599,000
Corrections - Other: $100,000
- Current
Operations - Welfare - Other: $4,916,000
Corrections - Other: $4,877,000
Regular Highways: $4,102,000
Police Protection: $3,647,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,324,000
Financial Administration: $1,938,000
Central Staff Services: $1,221,000
Natural Resources - Other: $788,000
General Public Buildings: $654,000
Health Services - Other: $635,000
Parks & Recreation: $619,000
General - Other: $34,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $2,628,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Welfare: $2,887,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $37,121,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $7,775,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $36,547,000
Other, NEC: $5,380,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $574,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $2,395,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $2,920,000
General Revenue, NEC: $313,000
Special Assessments: $62,000
Property Sale Other: $50,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $293,000
Police Protection: $257,000
Financial Administration: $191,000
General - Other: $113,000
Welfare - Other: $58,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $22,185,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $36,775,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $4,439,000
General Support: $3,696,000
Public Welfare: $2,159,000
All Other: $477,000
- Tax
- Property: $17,723,000
Total General Sales: $2,968,000
NEC: $151,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $13,433,000
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