Stutsman County /

Stutsman County is a county located in the state of North Dakota. As of 2010, the population was 21,100. Its county seat is Jamestown. The Jamestown Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Stutsman County. Stutsman County was created by the 1872-73 territorial legislature and named for Enos Stutsman, a powerful politician in the early days of the Dakota Territory. The county government was first organized on June 20, 1873. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,298 square miles (5,952 km²). 2,221 square miles (5,753 km²) of it is land and 77 square miles (199 km²) of it (3.34%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 21,908 people, 8,954 households, and 5,649 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 per square mile (4/km²). There were 9,817 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.53% White, 0.28% Black or African American, 0.94% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. 0.93% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 52.3% were of German and 18.0% Norwegian ancestry