Kulm, North Dakota
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Kulm is a city in LaMoure County
LaMoure County, North Dakota
LaMoure County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of 2010, the population was 4,139. Its county seat is LaMoure.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, North Dakota
North Dakota
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 in the United States
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. The population was 354 at the 2010 census. Kulm was founded in 1892.

Geography

Kulm is located at 46°18′7"N 98°56′53"W (46.301844, -98.948135).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.3 sq mi, (0.8 km²), all land.

Transportation

Kulm Municipal Airport
Kulm Municipal Airport
Kulm Municipal Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile northeast of the central business district of Kulm, a city in LaMoure County, North Dakota, United States. It is owned by the Kulm Municipal Airport Authority....

  is a public use airport
Airport
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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Kulm.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 422 people, 214 households, and 123 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,335.7 people per square mile (509.2/km²). There were 251 housing units at an average density of 794.5 per square mile (302.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.05% White, 0.24% Native American, 0.24% from other races
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, and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.90% of the population.

There were 214 households out of which 17.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 2.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.1% were non-families. 40.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 29.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.97 and the average family size was 2.63.

In the city the population was spread out with 16.4% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 16.6% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 39.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,125, and the median income for a family was $29,643. Males had a median income of $29,583 versus $16,607 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $19,904. About 7.7% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 14.6% of those age 65 or over.
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