Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:05 PM

Cannon Ball, North Dakota

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2000 census facts taken from wikipedia. It is rural, dry land, poor, people have a tendency to die young from alcoholism, accidents, cancer and other "should be preventable" reasons. There is not much paid work nearby.

This is from wiki
864 people in 2000, 875 in 2010.

46.4% <18 yrs
3.6%<65

Median age was 20 yrs.

Median household incoome $19,265.
Median family income $18,583.

Per capita income $5,717.

Half the families and population were below poverty line.

http://www.livability.com/nd/cannon-ball/business/employment
37.73 unemployment

http://www.areavibes.com/cannon+ball-nd/employment/
12.9 unemployment rate

Did You Know?
The income per capita in Cannon Ball is 66% lower than the national average.
The median household income in Cannon Ball is 55% lower than the national average.
Male median earnings are 41% higher than female median earnings.
The unemployment rate in Cannon Ball is 122% higher than the national average.
The poverty level in Cannon Ball is 228% higher than the national average.

The reason am posting this is because with all the recent interest in the area because of NODAPL, people might be interested in knowing what it is like living there otherwise. Handouts to residents aren't needed, but learning about their issues is a good start.

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Cannon Ball, North Dakota (Original post)	uppityperson	Dec 2016	OP
Good post. Facts are important. They speak for themselves.	Buzz Clik	Dec 2016	#1
It has been an impoverished area for so long. Shove them onto smaller and smaller pieces	uppityperson	Dec 2016	#4
These rural people object to environmental damage for the purpose of providing more energy to cities	FarCenter	Dec 2016	#2
All them whit folk up there in Bismark	Wellstone ruled	Dec 2016	#3
Wasicu-Indian politics	uppityperson	Dec 2016	#6
Same crap just a new day.	Wellstone ruled	Dec 2016	#7
K&R	Solly Mack	Dec 2016	#5
Thank you	uppityperson	Dec 2016	#8
It is. Very.	Solly Mack	Dec 2016	#9

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Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:11 PM

Buzz Clik (38,437 posts)

1. Good post. Facts are important. They speak for themselves.

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Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:43 PM

uppityperson (115,527 posts)

4. It has been an impoverished area for so long. Shove them onto smaller and smaller pieces

of land and then say "see, I told they there weren't worth anything".

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Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:17 PM

FarCenter (19,429 posts)

2. These rural people object to environmental damage for the purpose of providing more energy to cities

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Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:20 PM

Wellstone ruled (34,661 posts)

3. All them whit folk up there in Bismark

were afraid of a Pipe line leak,so the River Crossing was moved South to those Poor Folk,cause they don't know no better. The truth about Rural Politics.

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Sat Dec 3, 2016, 04:01 PM

uppityperson (115,527 posts)