County · North Dakota

McLean County, North Dakota

McLean County, North Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 95 out of 100 (very high), ranking #154 of 3,143 US counties. Within North Dakota it ranks #25 of 53 counties. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), students per teacher (low) and rent as share of income (low). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), new business applications (low) and suicide rate (high).

95Very high

Quality-of-life score: #154 of 3,143 counties
North Dakota: #25 of 53 in ND
Population: 9,740 (2025)
Land area: 2,110 mi²
Density: 4.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 38055

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 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.

Safety84#482/3,096
Economy93#235/3,143
Housing99#28/3,140
Health74#826/3,144
Healthcare65#1,098/3,143
Environment95#152/3,108
Education94#184/3,144
Infrastructure36#2,023/3,144
Community93#231/3,144
Leisure & amenities78#689/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Rent-burdened households · low26.8%
100/100North Dakota 38.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Students per teacher · low8.9×
97/100North Dakota 11.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Rent as share of income · low20.8%
97/100North Dakota 25.0%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Public libraries · high7.1 /10k
96/100North Dakota 1.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Frequent mental distress · low15.2%
96/100North Dakota 15.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Loneliness · low31.1%
96/100North Dakota 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high211 mi
3/100North Dakota 136 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
New business applications · low7.8 /1k
10/100North Dakota 11.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Suicide rate · high23.8 /100k
13/100North Dakota 19.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Mental health providers · low41 /100k
13/100North Dakota 261 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
15/100North Dakota 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Distance to an emergency room · high16.4 mi
16/100North Dakota 7.7 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 17% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−83 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Mental health providersImproving
11 /100k (2021) → 41 /100k (2025)
+283%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Traffic deathsImproving
41.8 /100k (2015-2019) → 14.3 /100k (2020-2024)
−66%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.3% (2015-2019) → 84.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
26.9% (2010 & 2021) → 38.7% (2022 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
36.4% (2015-2019) → 26.8% (2020-2024)
−9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, McLean County, North Dakota improved on 10 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 19 moved within the margin of error and 1 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 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Traffic deaths−66%41.8 /100k → 14.3 /100k
Bachelor's++5.3 points20.8% → 26.1%
Uninsured−2.6 points9.1% → 6.5%
Students / teacher−1.5×10.4× → 8.9×
Broadband+12 points72.3% → 84.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of McLean County, North Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.1 /10k2020	4.1 /10k2025	−33%	Within the margin of error	7%
Average commute time	22.2 min2015-2019	24.4 min2020-2024	+2.1 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Average weekly wage	$1,2212020	$1,3902025	+14%	Improved	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Improved	87%
Broadband subscriptions	72.3%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	68%
Child poverty rate	11.7%2019	11.8%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Distance to an airport	211 mi2020	211 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	16.7 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−25%	Within the margin of error	48%
Effective property tax rate	0.70%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Firearm deaths	19.6 /100k2020	16.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	75%
Grocery stores	3.1 /10k2020	4.1 /10k2025	+34%	Within the margin of error	91%
High school diploma or higher	92.4%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income adjusted for local prices	$64,6432019	$80,6572024	+25%	Improved	12%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4082015-2019	0.4062020-2024	−0.002	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$67,4532019	$81,6392024	+21%	Improved	29%
New business applications	7.1 /1k2020	7.8 /1k2025	+10%	Improved	14%
Pharmacies	3.1 /10k2020	3.1 /10k2025	+0.2%	Within the margin of error	69%
Poverty rate	9.4%2019	10.8%2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Property crime rate	1,115 /100k2020	911 /100k2025	−18%	Within the margin of error	24%
Public libraries	7.4 /10k2019	7.1 /10k2024	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent as share of income	22.6%2015-2019	20.8%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent-burdened households	36.4%2015-2019	26.8%2020-2024	−9.6 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Restaurants and bars	19.5 /10k2020	18.5 /10k2025	−5%	Within the margin of error	35%
Students per teacher	10.4×2019	8.9×2024	−1.5×	Improved	79%
Suicide rate	24.4 /100k2020	23.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.5%	Within the margin of error	62%
Traffic deaths	41.8 /100k2015-2019	14.3 /100k2020-2024	−66%	Improved	98%
Unemployment rate	4.5%2020	2.9%2025	−1.6 points	Improved	25%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.1%2019	6.5%2024	−2.6 points	Improved	78%
Violent crime rate	89 /100k2020	104 /100k2025	+17%	Within the margin of error	20%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 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; 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 McLean County, North Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of McLean 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, McLean County, North Dakota itself moved +1.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

9,823 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: 60–69 men (+2.1 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

9,823 residents

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

White88%8,652
Black0.1%†10
Hispanic or Latino2.0%201

Education

7,222 residents (±64)

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

No high school diploma6.1%442
High school or GED30%2,160
Some college21%1,540

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

4,377 households (±138)

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $25k11%493
$25k–50k16%716
$50k–75k19%818
$75k–100k12%520
$100k–150k22%982
$150k–200k12%541
$200k or more7.0%307

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−6.6 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

4,377 households (±138)

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Own84%3,684
Rent16%693

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.0 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

580 households (±103)

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $75044%257
$750–1,00030%†172
$1,000–1,50021%†121

Home values

3,684 homes (±126)

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $150k30%1,119
$150k–250k25%938
$250k–400k28%1,037

Age of homes

5,807 homes (±32)

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

2010 or later16%938
2000–20096.7%388
1980–199915%860

Size of homes

5,807 homes (±32)

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Studio2.2%†125
1 bedroom4.8%278
2 bedrooms23%1,362

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

4,571 workers (±163)

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Drive alone75%3,415
Carpool11%519
Public transit0.1%†3
Walk4.0%†184
Bike0.1%†4
Work from home8.2%376
Other1.5%†70

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

† 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

4,195 workers (±163)

McLean County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under 15 min43%1,807
15–29 min21%872
30–44 min14%608

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

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.

McLean County has 257 employer establishments, 262 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 0.81× North Dakota's), with 2,319 paid employees at an average annual pay of $77,859. The Census Bureau also counts 811 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 257; 811 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 262; US 248 · North Dakota 323
Paid employees: 2,319
Average annual pay: $77,859; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	21	21.4	3.85×More than typical	49	$18,429	—
Specialty trade contractors	20	20.4	1.31×More than typical	35	$58,143	55
Truck transportation	19	19.3	3.82×More than typical	50	$53,260	30
Restaurants and other eating places	17	17.3	0.94×About typical	134	$17,910	4
Ambulatory health care services	14	14.2	0.68×Fewer than typical	118	$61,627	28
Full-service restaurants	13	13.2	1.72×More than typical	112	$18,054	3
Insurance agencies and brokerages	13	13.2	3.01×More than typical	42	$75,476	11
Banks and credit unions	11	11.2	3.47×More than typical	85	$66,012	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	8	8.1	2.58×Too few to compare	11	$83,818	9
Building equipment contractors	7	7.1	1.18×Too few to compare	19	$49,684	8
Gasoline stations	7	7.1	2.20×Too few to compare	104	$22,971	—
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	6	6.1	3.70×Too few to compare	35	$46,143	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,825 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 $5.7M on contracts performed in McLean County, North Dakota: $585 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $5.7M; −84% vs FY2025
Per resident: $585; US $1,995
Sole-source: 4.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 59%; 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

Department of the Army$4.3M76%
Department of Veterans Affairs$587.7K10%
Department of Energy$349.5K6.1%
Agricultural Marketing Service$233.5K4.1%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$154.5K2.7%
Bureau of Reclamation$20.1K0.4%
U.S. Geological Survey$16K0.3%

Top recipients

RME LTD., LLC$3M52%
BENEDICTINE LIVING COMMUNITIES INC$587.7K10%
DUBUQUE BARGE AND FLEETING SERVICE CO$569.4K10%
COAL CREEK CONSTRUCTION, INC.$359.3K6.3%
JM GRAIN INC$233.5K4.1%

Spending by fiscal year

9.7MFY2017
15.7MFY2018
7.8MFY2019
4.9MFY2020
6.7MFY2021
6.7MFY2022
9.9MFY2023
9.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$3.5M62%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$587.7K10%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$349.5K6.1%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$294.7K5.2%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$233.5K4.1%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

GARRISON SPILLWAY APPROACH DREDGE$25.4M
DUBUQUE BARGE AND FLEETING SERVICE CO· McLean County, ND· Construction & real property· Jun 4, 2025 – Apr 20, 2026· W9128F25C0017
PHASE 2 ANCHOR TESTING PROGRAM - GARRISON DAM SPILLWAY$3.8M
NICHOLSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY· McLean County, ND· Professional services· May 19, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026· W9128F25P0029
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW LINE OF DRAINS AT THE WEST END OF GARRISON DAM. THIS IS A DAM SAFETY PROJECT.$3M
RME LTD., LLC· McLean County, ND· Construction & real property· Jan 22, 2026 – Feb 9, 2026· W9128F26CA009
GARRISON RIVERDALE FEEDER RELOCATION, GARRISON DAM, NORTH DAKOTA; PROJECT GR00109

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 $106.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for McLean County, North Dakota: $10,941 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $106.6M; −4.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,941; US $12,957
Loan face value: $1.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 21%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$51.9M49%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$10M9.4%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$6.1M5.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$5.9M5.6%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$5.9M5.6%
15.042 · Indian School Equalization$3.9M3.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$3.8M3.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$3.8M3.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$5.9M5.6%
BISMARCK, ND
WHITE SHIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT$5.8M5.4%
ROSEGLEN, ND
NORTHLAND HEALTH CENTERS$3.6M3.4%
TURTLE LAKE, ND
GARRISON AIRPORT AUTHORITY$645K0.6%
GARRISON, ND
GARRISON SCHOOL BOARD$73.5K

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$60M56%
Farm Service Agency$17.8M17%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$6.6M6.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$5.9M5.6%
Department of Transportation
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

Assistance by fiscal year

117.8MFY2021
158.6MFY2022
85.7MFY2023
84.1MFY2024
111.1MFY2025
106.6MFY2026

County aggregates

64%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 McLean 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.

McLean County, North Dakota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
FY2017	$1,008	$1,436
FY2018	$1,652	$1,552
FY2019	$830	$1,654
FY2020	$507	$1,880
FY2021	$686	$1,810
FY2022	$682	$1,917
FY2023	$1,005	$2,079
FY2024	$1,012	$2,047
FY2025	$3,613	$2,165
FY2026	$585 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
FY2017	$620	$93.28
FY2018	$1,051	$105
FY2019	$140	$128
FY2020	$28.74	$145
FY2021	$48.09	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$1,951	$5,748
FY2022	$1,845	$5,221
FY2023	$1,858	$5,364
FY2024	$1,569	$5,501
FY2025	$4,083	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$577	$298
FY2022	$288	$357
FY2023	$393	$301
FY2024	$29.65	$319
FY2025	$67.62	$360
FY2026	$674

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$16.83	$239
FY2022	$20.34	$185
FY2023	$13.38	$229
FY2024	-$2.57	$229
FY2025	$18.64	$249
FY2026	$15.34

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$587	$2,304
FY2022	$366	$2,197
FY2023	$382	$2,274
FY2024	$340	$2,267
FY2025	$370	$2,397
FY2026	$370

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, McLean County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$2,062	$1,186
FY2022	$773	$465
FY2023	-$16.15	$76.52
FY2024	$23.97	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$0

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.

McLean County, North Dakota
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, McLean County, North Dakota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	2.6%	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/38055

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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.

McLean 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 McLean County

Places whose residents live mostly in McLean 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 2026-10-03
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

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Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	−6.0%	−4.2%
2015	−3.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.2%	+3.3%
2018	+8.5%	+6.8%
2019	+13.2%	+10.5%
2020	+19.2%	+19.4%
2021	+21.1%	+26.1%
2022	+27.4%	+30.6%
2023	+30.1%	+35.0%
2024	+29.3%	+41.0%
2025	+35.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	+2.1%	−5.5%
2015	−3.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+4.1%
2018	+14.5%	+8.9%
2019	+18.5%	+13.5%
2020	+30.6%	+20.8%
2021	+59.4%	+32.1%
2022	+56.7%	+35.4%
2023	+45.4%	+42.9%
2024	+41.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	16.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	−6.7%	−6.9%
2015	+3.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.7%	+4.7%
2018	+6.3%	+7.5%
2019	+11.2%	+14.0%
2020	+16.7%	+16.9%
2021	+12.7%	+21.0%
2022	+31.7%	+29.7%
2023	+29.0%	+34.9%
2024	+34.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	10.1%	15.5%
2015	10.0%	14.7%
2016	9.2%	14.0%
2017	9.1%	13.4%
2018	9.2%	13.1%
2019	9.4%	12.3%
2020	8.4%	11.9%
2021	10.6%	12.8%
2022	10.1%	12.6%
2023	9.9%	12.5%
2024	10.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	4.0%	6.2%
2015	3.7%	5.3%
2016	3.5%	4.9%
2017	3.3%	4.4%
2018	3.2%	3.9%
2019	3.0%	3.7%
2020	4.5%	8.1%
2021	3.3%	5.4%
2022	3.2%	3.7%
2023	2.7%	3.6%
2024	2.8%	4.0%
2025	2.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	−0.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+5.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−0.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	−1.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+1.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+5.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+11.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+15.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+16.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+22.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+29.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	10.2%	13.5%
2015	10.3%	10.9%
2016	9.2%	10.0%
2017	9.8%	10.2%
2018	8.7%	10.4%
2019	9.1%	10.8%
2020	9.1%	10.4%
2021	10.1%	10.2%
2022	7.3%	9.5%
2023	6.3%	9.5%
2024	6.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	McLean County, North Dakota	United States
2014	8.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.8/1k	16.6/1k

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