County · North Dakota

Mountrail County, North Dakota

Mountrail County, North Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 79 out of 100 (high), ranking #676 of 3,143 US counties. Within North Dakota it ranks #45 of 53 counties. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), rent as share of income (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), premature death (high) and job growth (low).

79High

Quality-of-life score: #676 of 3,143 counties
North Dakota: #45 of 53 in ND
Population: 9,395 (2025)
Land area: 1,825 mi²
Density: 5.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 38061

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.

Safety69#974/3,096
Economy78#678/3,143
Housing99#33/3,140
Health26#2,317/3,144
Healthcare46#1,708/3,143
Environment98#50/3,108
Education39#1,922/3,144
Infrastructure47#1,676/3,144
Community95#153/3,144
Leisure & amenities95#166/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Rent-burdened households · low26.3%
100/100North Dakota 38.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low20.1%
98/100North Dakota 25.0%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Time spent in the emergency room · low83 min
97/100North Dakota 113 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Average weekly wage · high$1,513
95/100North Dakota $1,300United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.1 /10k
95/100North Dakota 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Loneliness · low31.4%
94/100North Dakota 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high273 mi
1/100North Dakota 136 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Premature death · high16,644 /100k
6/100North Dakota 7,751 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Job growth · low-4.6%
7/100North Dakota -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Math scores · low2.55
9/100North Dakota 3.09United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Life expectancy · low70.5 yrs
10/100North Dakota 78.6 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Injury deaths · high150 /100k
12/100North Dakota 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 12% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−88 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.3% (2015-2019) → 88.5% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
3,874 /100k (2019) → 1,459 /100k (2023)
−62%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Hot daysWorsening
6 days (2011-2020) → 10 days (2016-2025)
+53%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Primary care physiciansImproving
38 /100k (2019) → 54 /100k (2022)
+42%3 yearsUS 77 /100k → 76 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.0% (2020 & 2021) → 29.5% (2023 & 2024)
+7.5 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

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, Mountrail County, North Dakota improved on 7 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 21 moved within the margin of error and 2 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.

Improved7

Unemployment−4.8 points7.5% → 2.7%
Broadband+16 points72.3% → 88.5%
Uninsured−3 points14.4% → 11.4%
Students / teacher−1.6×12.1× → 10.4×
New businesses+18%12.4 /1k → 14.7 /1k

Declined2

Rent / income+5.5 points14.6% → 20.1%
Price / income+0.6×2.3× → 2.9×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Mountrail County, North Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.1 /10k2020	4.3 /10k2025	+4.4%	Within the margin of error	49%
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Average weekly wage	$1,2952020	$1,5132025	+17%	Improved	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Broadband subscriptions	72.3%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	85%
Child poverty rate	13.3%2019	14.1%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Distance to an airport	273 mi2020	273 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.1 /100k2020	22.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+18%	Within the margin of error	14%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.41%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	68%
Firearm deaths	20.4 /100k2020	17.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Within the margin of error	69%
Grocery stores	4.1 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	−22%	Within the margin of error	17%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.0 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+4.4%	Within the margin of error	59%
High school diploma or higher	92.4%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	30%
Homicide rate	7.6 /100k2020	4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−37%	Within the margin of error	60%
Income adjusted for local prices	$73,8382019	$91,3202024	+24%	Improved	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.4812020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$69,0402019	$77,9662024	+13%	Within the margin of error	5%
New business applications	12.4 /1k2020	14.7 /1k2025	+18%	Improved	20%
Pharmacies	3.1 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	+4.4%	Within the margin of error	83%
Poverty rate	9.5%2019	11.7%2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Property crime rate	879 /100k2020	751 /100k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	20%
Public libraries	2.9 /10k2019	3.2 /10k2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent as share of income	14.6%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Declined	7%
Rent-burdened households	24.7%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Restaurants and bars	15.3 /10k2020	14.9 /10k2025	−2.6%	Within the margin of error	41%
Students per teacher	12.1×2019	10.4×2024	−1.6×	Improved	81%
Suicide rate	23.7 /100k2020	25.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.9%	Within the margin of error	44%
Traffic deaths	60.1 /100k2015-2019	37.9 /100k2020-2024	−37%	Within the margin of error	90%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	2.7%2025	−4.8 points	Improved	92%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.4%2019	11.4%2024	−3 points	Improved	83%
Violent crime rate	117 /100k2020	111 /100k2025	−5.5%	Within the margin of error	38%

“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 Mountrail County, North Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mountrail 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, Mountrail County, North Dakota itself moved −0.3 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

9,507 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: 20–29 men (−2.2 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

9,507 residents

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

White56%5,353
Black1.8%175
Hispanic or Latino8.6%819
Asian0.6%†54
American Indian and Alaska Native28%2,692
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.2%†15
Other or two or more races4.2%†399

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−4.3 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

5,952 residents (±101)

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

No high school diploma11%682
High school or GED30%1,815
Some college21%1,225
Associate degree15%878
Bachelor's degree14%843
Graduate degree8.6%509

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (+3.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

3,901 households (±164)

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $25k15%597
$25k–50k18%693
$50k–75k14%543
$75k–100k12%487
$100k–150k21%803
$150k–200k9.8%†382
$200k or more10%396

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 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

3,901 households (±164)

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Own62%2,401
Rent38%1,500

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−6.6 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,279 households (±180)

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $75033%422
$750–1,00020%†257
$1,000–1,50032%†409

Home values

2,401 homes (±170)

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $150k28%666
$150k–250k27%637
$250k–400k24%586

Age of homes

5,099 homes (±26)

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

2010 or later31%1,586
2000–200916%819
1980–199916%797

Size of homes

5,099 homes (±26)

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Studio8.0%410
1 bedroom4.6%†237
2 bedrooms28%1,407

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

4,304 workers (±263)

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Drive alone77%3,305
Carpool15%626
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.9%†166
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.6%†198
Other0.2%†9

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+5.9 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

4,106 workers (±265)

Mountrail County, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under 15 min49%2,030
15–29 min20%834
30–44 min23%933

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.

Mountrail County has 363 employer establishments, 386 for every 10,000 residents (1.55× the US rate of 248; 1.19× North Dakota's), with 4,139 paid employees at an average annual pay of $75,069. The Census Bureau also counts 744 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 363; 744 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 386; US 248 · North Dakota 323
Paid employees: 4,139
Average annual pay: $75,069; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	50	53.1	10.5×More than typical	381	$90,703	86
Specialty trade contractors	23	24.4	1.58×More than typical	401	$72,953	49
Management, scientific and technical consulting	15	15.9	2.37×More than typical	71	$87,127	24
Restaurants and other eating places	14	14.9	0.81×About typical	139	$21,928	3
Religious organizations	13	13.8	2.49×More than typical	40	$19,275	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	11	11.7	2.66×More than typical	34	$49,853	13
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	10	10.6	8.76×More than typical	63	$11,778	—
Gasoline stations	10	10.6	3.28×More than typical	230	$39,222	—
Building equipment contractors	9	9.6	1.59×Too few to compare	141	$40,333	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	8.5	1.69×Too few to compare	30	$61,900	12
Heavy and civil engineering construction	8	8.5	7.41×Too few to compare	202	$62,861	6
Banks and credit unions	7	7.4	2.30×Too few to compare	55	$66,709	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,416 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 $2.2M on contracts performed in Mountrail County, North Dakota: $233 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $2.2M; −37% vs FY2025
Per resident: $233; US $1,995
Sole-source: 97%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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 Air Force$1.4M63%
Department of State$763.3K35%
Agricultural Marketing Service$55.6K2.5%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$14.2K0.6%

Top recipients

MEC ENERGY SERVICES LLC$2.1M98%
M GROUP PARTNERS, L.L.C.$55.6K2.5%
MEC SERVICES LLC$33.7K1.5%
MOUNTRAIL-WILLIAMS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE$25K1.1%
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.-$21.9K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

953.1KFY2017
7MFY2018
3.5MFY2019
5.3MFY2020
6.9MFY2021
7.4MFY2022
11.4MFY2023
5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.4M63%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$763.3K35%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$55.6K2.5%
Natural gas distribution · 2212$34.7K1.6%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$25K1.1%

Largest awards

C-130 CORROSION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM (CPCP)$6.1M
MEC ENERGY SERVICES LLC· Mountrail County, ND· Professional services· Jul 29, 2022 – Apr 29, 2026· FA850422C0004
NEW AWARD - BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS/OMS, AF ERA, PM SUPPORT (MEC)$5.4M
MEC ENERGY SERVICES LLC· Mountrail County, ND· Professional services· Apr 18, 2022 – Sep 25, 2026· 19AQMM22F1505
DIESEL FUEL DELIVERY - TIISNAZBAS$220.6K
MEC SERVICES LLC· Mountrail County, ND· Fuel· Dec 4, 2023 – Jul 1, 2026· 140A2324P0015
2000006757/4210004657/PEAS, GREEN, WHOLE BAG-50 KG

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 $74M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Mountrail County, North Dakota: $7,876 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $74M; −34% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,876; US $12,957
Loan face value: $2.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 15%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$26.8M36%
15.030 · Indian Law Enforcement$7.1M9.6%

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 Mountrail 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.

Mountrail County, North Dakota
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mountrail County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
FY2017	$92.78	$1,436
FY2018	$686	$1,552
FY2019	$337	$1,654
FY2020	$542	$1,880
FY2021	$725	$1,810
FY2022	$801	$1,917
FY2023	$1,215	$2,079
FY2024	$531	$2,047
FY2025	$371	$2,165
FY2026	$233 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mountrail County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
FY2017	$17.38	$93.28
FY2018	$2.87	$105
FY2019	$1.65	$128
FY2020	$10.61	$145
FY2021	$1.18	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mountrail County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$3,012	$5,748
FY2022	$6,050	$5,221
FY2023	$4,255	$5,364
FY2024	$1,400	$5,501
FY2025	$1,626	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mountrail County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$526	$298
FY2022	$1,485	$357
FY2023	$1,231	$301
FY2024	$60.45	$319
FY2025	$255	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mountrail County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$415	$239
FY2022	$749	$185
FY2023	$3.52	$229
FY2024	$3.49	$229
FY2025	$4.21	$249
FY2026	$1.66

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mountrail County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$268	$2,304
FY2022	$119	$2,197
FY2023	$280	$2,274
FY2024	-$8.69	$2,267
FY2025	-$165	$2,397
FY2026	-$71.49

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mountrail County, North Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
FY2021	$3,829	$1,186
FY2022	$1,207	$465
FY2023	$324	$76.52
FY2024	$8.97	$120
FY2025	$931	$148
FY2026	$74.86

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.

Mountrail County, North Dakota
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Mountrail County, North Dakota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
2014	17.0%

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.

Jumps not compared

FY2018, Federal contracts: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

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/38061

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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.

Mountrail 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 Mountrail County

Places whose residents live mostly in Mountrail 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 2026-10-06
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
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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	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
2014	+13.4%	−4.2%
2015	+10.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+3.3%
2018	+6.3%	+6.8%
2019	+10.0%	+10.5%
2020	+6.8%	+19.4%
2021	+9.5%	+26.1%
2022	+16.5%	+30.6%
2023	+17.7%	+35.0%
2024	+23.2%	+41.0%
2025	+24.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
2014	+40.8%	−5.5%
2015	+16.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.5%	+4.1%
2018	+19.8%	+8.9%
2019	+21.2%	+13.5%
2020	+24.0%	+20.8%
2021	+35.1%	+32.1%
2022	+50.8%	+35.4%
2023	+42.7%	+42.9%
2024	+43.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
2014	15.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
2014	+4.8%	−6.9%
2015	+2.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+4.7%
2018	+5.4%	+7.5%
2019	+8.3%	+14.0%
2020	+7.4%	+16.9%
2021	+12.9%	+21.0%
2022	+16.3%	+29.7%
2023	+15.4%	+34.9%
2024	+22.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
2014	9.3%	15.5%
2015	11.2%	14.7%
2016	9.5%	14.0%
2017	9.7%	13.4%
2018	10.4%	13.1%
2019	9.5%	12.3%
2020	11.0%	11.9%
2021	11.2%	12.8%
2022	10.1%	12.6%
2023	11.6%	12.5%
2024	11.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
2014	1.3%	6.2%
2015	1.9%	5.3%
2016	4.4%	4.9%
2017	3.0%	4.4%
2018	2.2%	3.9%
2019	1.9%	3.7%
2020	7.5%	8.1%
2021	4.5%	5.4%
2022	2.2%	3.7%
2023	2.0%	3.6%
2024	2.5%	4.0%
2025	2.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Mountrail 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	— (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	— (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	— (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 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	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
2014	13.1%	13.5%
2015	13.8%	10.9%
2016	13.0%	10.0%
2017	15.4%	10.2%
2018	14.5%	10.4%
2019	14.4%	10.8%
2020	14.8%	10.4%
2021	16.5%	10.2%
2022	11.8%	9.5%
2023	9.7%	9.5%
2024	11.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Mountrail County, North Dakota	United States
2014	18.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	13.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	9.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	10.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	13.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	11.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	12.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	16.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	14.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.7/1k	16.6/1k

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