Bowdle is a city in
Edmunds CountyAs of the census of 2000, there were 4,367 people, 1,681 households, and 1,210 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile . There were 2,022 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile...
,
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,
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. The population was 502 at the
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.
Geography
Bowdle is located at 45°27′6"N 99°39′28"W (45.451658, -99.657759).
According to the
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, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.
Bowdle has been assigned the
ZIP codeZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
57428, and the FIPS place code 06540.
Demographics
As of the
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of 2000, there were 571 people, 244 households, and 148 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 900.1 people per square mile (349.9/km²). There were 283 housing units at an average density of 446.1 per square mile (173.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.30% White, 0.18% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.18% Asian, and 0.18% from two or more races.
There were 244 households out of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were
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living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families. 37.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 25.0% 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 2.93.
In the city, the population was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 19.1% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 35.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $25,417, and the median income for a family was $34,091. Males had a median income of $23,750 versus $17,500 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $14,756. About 12.3% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 16.5% of those age 65 or over.