Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety67#17/51
Economy76#13/51
Housing94#4/51
Health74#14/51
Healthcare62#20/51
Environment98#2/49
Education80#11/51
Infrastructure32#35/51
Community90#6/51
Leisure & amenities92#5/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where North Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Rent as share of income · low25.0%
100/100United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low38.9%
100/100United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Time spent in the emergency room · low113 min
100/100United States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low17.9 min
98/100United States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Social associations · high15.7 /10k
98/100United States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Lack of reliable transportation · low6.7%
98/100United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high136 mi
0/100United States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Public transit commuters · low0.3%
8/100United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
New business applications · low11.1 /1k
10/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · low3.5 /10k
14/100United States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · low88.7%
14/100United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Distance to an emergency room · high7.7 mi
18/100United States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
91% (2021) → 14% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−77 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drinking water violationsWorsening
0 (2020) → 0 (2023)
+150%3 years
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
64.5% (2010 & 2021) → 75.6% (2022 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.6 /1k (2021) → 2.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−40%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.7% (2015-2019) → 88.7% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$60,797 (2019) → $80,654 (2024)
+33%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, North Dakota improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Traffic deaths−15%14.9 /100k → 12.6 /100k
Students / teacher−1.0×12.6× → 11.6×
New businesses+31%8.5 /1k → 11.1 /1k
Real income+33%$60,797 → $80,654
Broadband+8 points80.7% → 88.7%

Declined2

Commute+0.6 min17.3 min → 17.9 min
Price / income+0.3×3.0× → 3.3×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of North Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.1 /10k2020	6.8 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	28%
Average commute time	17.3 min2015-2019	17.9 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Declined	15%
Average weekly wage	$1,0672020	$1,3002025	+22%	Improved	28%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%2015-2019	32.7%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	5%
Broadband subscriptions	80.7%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+8 points	Improved	42%
Child poverty rate	10.9%2019	11.7%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Distance to an airport	136 mi2020	136 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	13.7 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−12%	Within the margin of error	36%
Effective property tax rate	0.94%2015-2019	0.92%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Firearm deaths	12.8 /100k2020	13.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+1.6%	Within the margin of error	28%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−0.7%	Within the margin of error	34%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	60%
High school diploma or higher	92.6%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	89%
Homicide rate	3.8 /100k2020	2.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Within the margin of error	34%
Income adjusted for local prices	$60,7972019	$80,6542024	+33%	Improved	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.4572020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	29%
Median household income	$67,4022019	$80,1322024	+19%	Improved	9%
New business applications	8.5 /1k2020	11.1 /1k2025	+31%	Improved	58%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−4.9%	Within the margin of error	70%
Poverty rate	10.5%2019	10.8%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.2 /10k2024	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	46%
Public transit commuters	0.5%2015-2019	0.3%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	79%
Rent as share of income	24.4%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent-burdened households	38.7%2015-2019	38.9%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Restaurants and bars	12.3 /10k2020	12.1 /10k2025	−1.8%	Within the margin of error	25%
Students per teacher	12.6×2019	11.6×2024	−1.0×	Improved	68%
Suicide rate	17.3 /100k2020	19.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+14%	Within the margin of error	7%
Traffic deaths	14.9 /100k2015-2019	12.6 /100k2020-2024	−15%	Improved	99%
Unemployment rate	5.0%2020	2.6%2025	−2.3 points	Improved	26%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2019	6.6%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	47%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like North Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of North Dakota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, North Dakota itself moved −1.8 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

784,841 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−1.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

784,841 residents

North Dakota
United States share

White82%641,520
Black3.3%25,923
Hispanic or Latino4.7%36,575

Education

513,405 residents (±641)

North Dakota
United States share

No high school diploma6.0%30,728
High school or GED26%131,065
Some college22%111,898

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

331,063 households (±1,699)

North Dakota
United States share

Under $25k14%47,633
$25k–50k18%59,370
$50k–75k17%55,104
$75k–100k14%45,940
$100k–150k19%61,512
$150k–200k9.0%29,635
$200k or more9.6%31,869

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+3.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

331,063 households (±1,699)

North Dakota
United States share

Own63%208,084
Rent37%122,979

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

116,653 households (±2,013)

North Dakota
United States share

Under $75027%31,890
$750–1,00028%32,192
$1,000–1,50031%36,287

Home values

208,084 homes (±2,303)

North Dakota
United States share

Under $150k25%51,972
$150k–250k25%52,152
$250k–400k29%60,763
$400k–750k

Age of homes

377,281 homes (±282)

North Dakota
United States share

2010 or later20%76,292
2000–200912%45,151
1980–199920%75,532

Size of homes

377,281 homes (±282)

North Dakota
United States share

Studio3.2%11,953
1 bedroom9.7%36,486
2 bedrooms28%105,131
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

407,488 workers (±2,340)

North Dakota
United States share

Drive alone78%317,566
Carpool8.8%35,996
Public transit0.3%†1,385
Walk3.2%13,142
Bike0.3%1,093
Work from home8.1%33,149
Other1.3%5,157

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−3.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

374,339 workers (±2,422)

North Dakota
United States share

Under 15 min51%191,279
15–29 min33%123,035
30–44 min8.3%30,991

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in North Dakota employ 99,660 people. 6 pay a median above the US median and 4 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in North Dakota by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers11,870 jobs	11,870	$60,910US $58,640	+4%	2.08×
Fast Food and Counter Workers11,470 jobs	11,470

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

North Dakota has 25,402 employer establishments, 323 for every 10,000 residents (1.30× the US rate of 248), with 352,108 paid employees at an average annual pay of $62,211. The Census Bureau also counts 62,042 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 25,402; 62,042 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 323; US 248
Paid employees: 352,108
Average annual pay: $62,211; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of North Dakota by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	1,966	25	1.61×More than typical	16,414	$83,314	3,840
Ambulatory health care services	1,394	17.7	0.85×About typical	18,546	$74,257	2,318
Restaurants and other eating places	1,343	17.1	0.93×About typical	23,792	$22,265	271
Truck transportation	1,065	13.5	2.68×More than typical	9,157	$69,722	2,122
Lessors of real estate	923	11.7	0.95×About typical	4,017	$53,003	8,511
Building equipment contractors	753	9.6	1.59×More than typical	8,661	$83,423	574
Construction of buildings	750	9.5	1.26×More than typical	4,295	$72,919	1,592
Religious organizations	712	9	1.63×More than typical	4,350	$26,057	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	680	8.6	1.97×More than typical	2,533	$73,931	1,208
Offices of other health practitioners	648	8.2	1.35×More than typical	3,008	$51,134	972
Automotive repair and maintenance	612	7.8	1.54×More than typical	3,130	$54,090	882
Services to buildings and dwellings	612	7.8	1.15×About typical	4,301	$37,853	3,375

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 787,071 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $793.3M on contracts performed in North Dakota: $992 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $793.3M; −3.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $992; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$334.6M42%
Federal Aviation Administration$78.6M9.9%
Department of the Army$56.4M7.1%
Department of the Air Force$54.5M6.9%
Department of the Navy$43M5.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$40.5M5.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$29.6M3.7%
Agricultural Marketing Service$28.8M3.6%

Top recipients

NORIDIAN HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC$334.6M42%
WALSH FEDERAL LLC$74.4M9.4%
PACKET DIGITAL LLC$36.8M4.6%
GREENSTONE CONSTRUCTION, INC.$16M2.0%
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES, INC$14.8M1.9%

Spending by fiscal year

566.2MFY2017
529.3MFY2018
558.9MFY2019
671MFY2020
780MFY2021
972.6MFY2022
803MFY2023
979.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Insurance carriers · 5241$297.7M38%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$142.6M18%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$39.6M5.0%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$37.2M4.7%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$30.3M3.8%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$16.3M

Largest awards

A/B MAC JURISDICTION E$601.8M
NORIDIAN HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC· Cass County, ND· Education & social services· Dec 18, 2020 – Aug 25, 2026· 75FCMC21C0003
IGF::OT:IGF SOLICITATION OF JURISDICTION F$471.2M
NORIDIAN HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC· Cass County, ND· Education & social services· Jul 12, 2018 – Oct 31, 2025· 75FCMC18C0029
PERFORM AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR A VARIETY OF TASK AIMED TO LOWER IMPROPER PAYMENT RATES$407.4M
NORIDIAN HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC· Cass County, ND· Health & medical· Feb 13, 2018 – Jul 21, 2026· 75FCMC18F0001
PIPESTEM SPILLWAY MODIFICATION PROJECT

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $94.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for North Dakota: $118,021 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $94.3B; −3.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $118,021; US $12,955
Loan face value: $486.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$51B54%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$34.7B37%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.7B2.9%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$1.2B1.3%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$424.8M0.5%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$339.3M0.4%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$256.6M0.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$231.6M0.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$1.8B1.9%
BISMARCK, ND
NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$483.8M0.5%
BISMARCK, ND
NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION$192.7M0.2%
BISMARCK, ND
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$123.6M0.1%
GRAND FORKS, ND
NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$87.2B92%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$3.3B3.5%
Farm Service Agency$566.6M0.6%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$518.3M0.5%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

74.3BFY2021
69.9BFY2022
81.2BFY2023
89.3BFY2024
97.5BFY2025
94.3BFY2026

County aggregates

95%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in North Dakota, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

North Dakota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Dakota	United States
FY2017	$748	$1,436
FY2018	$696	$1,552
FY2019	$732	$1,654
FY2020	$861	$1,880
FY2021	$1,003	$1,810
FY2022	$1,247	$1,917
FY2023	$1,020	$2,079
FY2024	$1,235	$2,047
FY2025	$1,027	$2,165
FY2026	$992 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Dakota	United States
FY2017	$197	$93.28
FY2018	$117	$105
FY2019	$113	$128
FY2020	$244	$145
FY2021	$234	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$5,683	$5,748
FY2022	$5,243	$5,221
FY2023	$5,191	$5,364
FY2024	$5,171	$5,501
FY2025	$5,932	$5,732
FY2026	$5,186

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$586	$298
FY2022	$748	$357
FY2023	$773	$301
FY2024	$698	$319
FY2025	$784	$360
FY2026	$830

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$191	$239
FY2022	$171	$185
FY2023	$158	$229
FY2024	$164	$229
FY2025	$175	$249
FY2026	$150

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$2,122	$2,304
FY2022	$1,911	$2,197
FY2023	$2,019	$2,274
FY2024	$1,553	$2,267
FY2025	$1,765	$2,397
FY2026	$2,184

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$1,875	$1,186
FY2022	$596	$465
FY2023	$47.43	$76.52
FY2024	$109	$120
FY2025	$307	$148
FY2026	$104

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

North Dakota
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, North Dakota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	4.1%	2.0%
2015	−1.7%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of North Dakota whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Rolette County, NDContracts and grants · FY2024$16,918 (2.6×)
Grand Forks County, NDFederal contracts · FY2024$2,057 (2×)
Morton County, NDContracts and grants · FY2024$1,644 (2.4×)
Ramsey County, NDContracts and grants · FY2023$3,186 (2.6×)
Ramsey County, NDFederal contracts · FY2023$1,540 (6.7×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/38

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

North Dakota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Julie FedorchakR-NDWith party 100%Missed 2.1%

Senate

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Counties of North Dakota

All 53 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in North Dakota

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in North Dakota, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in North Dakota

By population.

All 406 cities and towns in North Dakota

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/38

Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	+4.0%	−4.2%
2015	+3.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+7.1%	+6.8%
2019	+10.6%	+10.5%
2020	+13.5%	+19.4%
2021	+16.3%	+26.1%
2022	+23.2%	+30.6%
2023	+29.6%	+35.0%
2024	+34.4%	+41.0%
2025	+38.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	+10.4%	−5.5%
2015	+3.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.0%	+4.1%
2018	+7.6%	+8.9%
2019	+10.4%	+13.5%
2020	+17.8%	+20.8%
2021	+29.0%	+32.1%
2022	+38.4%	+35.4%
2023	+39.5%	+42.9%
2024	+39.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	16.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	8.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	−2.7%	−6.9%
2015	−0.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+4.7%
2018	+5.4%	+7.5%
2019	+8.9%	+14.0%
2020	+3.9%	+16.9%
2021	+9.2%	+21.0%
2022	+18.3%	+29.7%
2023	+25.0%	+34.9%
2024	+29.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	−4.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+1.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−1.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	−2.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+0.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+4.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+9.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+16.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+14.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+19.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+25.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	2.7%	6.2%
2015	2.8%	5.3%
2016	3.0%	4.9%
2017	2.6%	4.4%
2018	2.4%	3.9%
2019	2.2%	3.7%
2020	5.0%	8.1%
2021	3.1%	5.4%
2022	2.1%	3.7%
2023	2.1%	3.6%
2024	2.4%	4.0%
2025	2.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	11.1%	15.5%
2015	10.7%	14.7%
2016	10.5%	14.0%
2017	10.2%	13.4%
2018	10.6%	13.1%
2019	10.5%	12.3%
2020	10.2%	11.9%
2021	10.9%	12.8%
2022	11.2%	12.6%
2023	10.0%	12.5%
2024	10.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	9.3%	13.5%
2015	8.7%	10.9%
2016	7.6%	10.0%
2017	8.6%	10.2%
2018	8.1%	10.4%
2019	7.2%	10.8%
2020	8.2%	10.4%
2021	9.2%	10.2%
2022	7.2%	9.5%
2023	5.7%	9.5%
2024	6.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	North Dakota	United States
2014	9.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	11.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.1/1k	16.6/1k

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