County · North Dakota

Golden Valley County, North Dakota

Golden Valley County, North Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 89 out of 100 (very high), ranking #350 of 3,143 US counties. Within North Dakota it ranks #36 of 53 counties. It ranks best on grocery stores (high), preventable hospital stays (low) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), new business applications (low) and primary care physicians (low).

89Very high

Quality-of-life score: #350 of 3,143 counties
North Dakota: #36 of 53 in ND
Population: 1,808 (2025)
Land area: 1,001 mi²
Density: 1.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 38033

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety73#852/3,096
Economy58#1,331/3,143
Housing100#14/3,140
Health76#771/3,144
Healthcare54#1,437/3,143
Environment95#162/3,108
Education94#204/3,144
Infrastructure59#1,300/3,144
Community95#162/3,144
Leisure & amenities54#1,456/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Golden Valley County, North Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Grocery stores · high11.1 /10k
99/100North Dakota 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Preventable hospital stays · low899 /100k
99/100North Dakota 3,048 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Pharmacies · high5.5 /10k
99/100North Dakota 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Loneliness · low29.7%
98/100North Dakota 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Rent-burdened households · low32.0%
98/100North Dakota 38.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Students per teacher · low8.6×
97/100North Dakota 11.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high41.1 mi
1/100North Dakota 7.7 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
New business applications · low5.5 /1k
1/100North Dakota 11.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Primary care physicians · low0 /100k
1/100North Dakota 79 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an airport · high231 mi
2/100North Dakota 136 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Comfortable days · low21.7%
2/100North Dakota 24.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Dentists · low0 /100k
3/100North Dakota 70 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Violent crime rateWorsening
54 /100k (2016) → 247 /100k (2023)
+353%7 yearsUS 397 /100k → 382 /100k
Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 36% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
−64 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Property crime rateWorsening
109 /100k (2016) → 247 /100k (2023)
+127%7 yearsUS 2,444 /100k → 1,940 /100k
Premature deathWorsening
4,186 /100k (2018-2020) → 8,757 /100k (2021-2023)
+109%3 yearsUS 7,282 /100k → 8,123 /100k
Suicide rateImproving
27.2 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Arts, entertainment and recreationWorsening
5.8 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k

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, Golden Valley County, North Dakota improved on 5 of 24 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 15 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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.

Improved5

Child poverty−9.6 points19.6% → 10.0%
Broadband+18 points71.5% → 89.8%
Weekly wage+33%$743 → $990
Uninsured−3.3 points9.2% → 5.9%
Real income+19%$43,888 → $52,031

Declined1

New businesses−73%20.3 /1k → 5.5 /1k

All 24 measures

Change of every measure of Golden Valley County, North Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.8 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	1%
Average commute time	18.3 min2015-2019	20.6 min2020-2024	+2.3 min	Within the margin of error	19%
Average weekly wage	$7432020	$9902025	+33%	Improved	91%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Broadband subscriptions	71.5%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	91%
Child poverty rate	19.6%2019	10.0%2024	−9.6 points	Improved	99%
Distance to an airport	231 mi2020	231 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.63%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Grocery stores	11.6 /10k2020	11.1 /10k2025	−4.6%	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	92.9%2015-2019	96.4%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	93%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,8882019	$52,0312024	+19%	Improved	3%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4292015-2019	0.4122020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	78%
Median household income	$58,3702019	$68,8902024	+18%	Within the margin of error	17%
New business applications	20.3 /1k2020	5.5 /1k2025	−73%	Declined	0%
Pharmacies	5.8 /10k2020	5.5 /10k2025	−4.6%	Within the margin of error	51%
Poverty rate	12.1%2019	11.1%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Public libraries	5.7 /10k2019	5.6 /10k2024	−0.7%	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	−4.7 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Restaurants and bars	23.2 /10k2020	16.6 /10k2025	−28%	Within the margin of error	8%
Students per teacher	8.9×2019	8.6×2024	−0.3×	Little change	34%
Traffic deaths	33.1 /100k2015-2019	34.2 /100k2020-2024	+3.2%	Within the margin of error	51%
Unemployment rate	2.8%2020	2.4%2025	−0.4 points	Little change	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2019	5.9%2024	−3.3 points	Improved	85%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3114 counties 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; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Golden Valley County, North Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Golden Valley County, 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, Golden Valley County, North Dakota itself moved −2 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

1,653 residents (±109)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

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

Household income

699 households (±60)

Golden Valley County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $25k14%†98
$25k–50k17%†121
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

699 households (±60)

Golden Valley County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Own80%556
Rent20%†143

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+9.6 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

788 workers (±93)

Golden Valley County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Drive alone83%654
Carpool3.8%†30
Public transit0.0%0

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.

Golden Valley County has 65 employer establishments, 370 for every 10,000 residents (1.49× the US rate of 248; 1.15× North Dakota's), with 406 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,394. The Census Bureau also counts 206 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 65; 206 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 370; US 248 · North Dakota 323
Paid employees: 406
Average annual pay: $46,394; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Golden Valley County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	8	45.6	2.94×Too few to compare	15	$79,200	21
Building equipment contractors	5	28.5	4.73×Too few to compare	14	$78,429	4
Banks and credit unions	4	22.8	7.05×Too few to compare	14	$77,286	—
Child day care services	4	22.8	9.34×Too few to compare	6	$13,500	4
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	22.8	5.19×Too few to compare	16	$57,750	9
Restaurants and other eating places	4	22.8	1.24×Too few to compare	12	$11,000	—
Full-service restaurants	3	17.1	2.22×Too few to compare	7	$16,571	—
Gasoline stations	3	17.1	5.27×Too few to compare	68	$40,309	—
Religious organizations	3	17.1	3.08×Too few to compare	8	$16,750	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	8

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,756 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 $0 on contracts performed in Golden Valley County, North Dakota: $0 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $2,007
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

50.9KFY2017
114.5KFY2018
39.6KFY2019
30.4KFY2020
755.2KFY2021
1MFY2022
46.5KFY2023
169.8KFY2024
0FY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 $19.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Golden Valley County, North Dakota: $10,617 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $19.2M; +48% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,617; US $12,975
Loan face value: $99.1K; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 15%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$8.1M42%
10.666 · Schools and Roads - Grants to Counties$3.8M20%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$1.1M5.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$847.7K4.4%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$809.7K4.2%
10.932 · Regional Conservation Partnership Program$708.5K3.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$572.7K3.0%
10.924 · Conservation Stewardship Program$524.9K2.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY$3.8M20%
BEACH, ND
GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY$1.4M7.2%
BEACH, ND
NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$591.4K3.1%
BISMARCK, ND
WEINREIS BROTHERS CATTLE$118.9K0.6%
EDGEMONT, SD
GOLDEN VALLEY MANOR INC$44.6K

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

Social Security Administration$9.2M48%
Forest Service$3.8M20%
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service$1.5M7.9%
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency$1.4M7.3%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Aviation Administration$1.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

13.5MFY2021
13.7MFY2022
67.1MFY2023
47MFY2024
13MFY2025
19.2MFY2026

County aggregates

54%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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.

How Golden Valley County, North Dakota compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Golden Valley County, North Dakota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Golden Valley County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
FY2017	$28.57	$1,436
FY2018	$64.88	$1,552
FY2019	$22.47	$1,654
FY2020	$17.60	$1,880
FY2021	$428	$1,810
FY2022	$582	$1,917
FY2023	$26.46	$2,079
FY2024	$95.72	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Golden Valley County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$22.65	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$367	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Golden Valley County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$2,722	$5,748
FY2022	$1,798	$5,221
FY2023	$29,220	$5,364
FY2024	$14,997	$5,501
FY2025	-$464	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Golden Valley County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$2,151	$298
FY2022	$1,190	$357
FY2023	$29,190	$301
FY2024	$14,846	$319
FY2025	-$477	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Golden Valley County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$38.14	$239
FY2022	$45.75	$185
FY2023	$46.01	$229
FY2024	$27.42	$229
FY2025	$24.39	$249
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Golden Valley County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$2,208	$1,186
FY2022	$41.31	$465
FY2023	-$2.45	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026

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.

Golden Valley County, North Dakota
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Golden Valley County, North Dakota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	0.8%	2.0%
2015

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 under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

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/38033

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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.

Golden Valley County, North Dakota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Julie FedorchakR-ND · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 2.1%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Golden Valley County

Places whose residents live mostly in Golden Valley County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
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 2026-10-06
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/38033

Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	+11.1%	−4.2%
2015	+3.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.4%	+3.3%
2018	−1.6%	+6.8%
2019	+1.0%	+10.5%
2020	+5.8%	+19.4%
2021	+6.1%	+26.1%
2022	+17.0%	+30.6%
2023	+26.1%	+35.0%
2024	+33.5%	+41.0%
2025	+41.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	+44.2%	−5.5%
2015	+11.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+13.8%	+4.1%
2018	+10.9%	+8.9%
2019	+16.2%	+13.5%
2020	+47.5%	+20.8%
2021	+84.5%	+32.1%
2022	+58.7%	+35.4%
2023	+32.8%	+42.9%
2024	+31.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	12.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	6.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.5/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	−5.9%	−6.9%
2015	+0.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+11.0%	+4.7%
2018	+2.3%	+7.5%
2019	+2.8%	+14.0%
2020	+1.4%	+16.9%
2021	+12.6%	+21.0%
2022	+14.1%	+29.7%
2023	+4.7%	+34.9%
2024	+21.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	8.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	10.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	12.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	15.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	12.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	20.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	16.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	5.5/1k	16.6/1k

Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	2.1%	6.2%
2015	2.3%	5.3%
2016	2.4%	4.9%
2017	1.9%	4.4%
2018	1.7%	3.9%
2019	1.5%	3.7%
2020	2.8%	8.1%
2021	2.1%	5.4%
2022	1.5%	3.7%
2023	1.6%	3.6%
2024	1.9%	4.0%
2025	2.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	10.7%	15.5%
2015	10.2%	14.7%
2016	9.8%	14.0%
2017	10.6%	13.4%
2018	11.2%	13.1%
2019	12.1%	12.3%
2020	11.0%	11.9%
2021	12.7%	12.8%
2022	14.8%	12.6%
2023	11.7%	12.5%
2024	11.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Golden Valley County, North Dakota	United States
2014	10.6%	13.5%
2015	9.5%	10.9%
2016	7.9%	10.0%
2017	9.7%	10.2%
2018	10.0%	10.4%
2019	9.2%	10.8%
2020	9.4%	10.4%
2021	10.7%	10.2%
2022	7.2%	9.5%
2023	6.3%	9.5%
2024	5.9%	9.8%

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