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North Dakota

Environmental and community health profiles for all 53 counties in North Dakota. Sorted by opportunity score (highest need first).

Counties

Avg opportunity score

Converging-risk counties

What the data shows in North Dakota

Across North Dakota's 53 counties, 4 have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at the same time. These are the places where several pressures land together rather than one at a time.

Statewide, the health-risk area scoring highest on average is gaps in provider access, the leading driver of community health need in North Dakota.

The most widespread specific risk pattern is Industrial Burden, triggered in 6 counties, followed by Respiratory Burden in 3 counties.

Benson County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 68 out of 100 (elevated). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Benson County 38005	68	37	66	86	74	5,745
Rolette County 38079	63	30	66	74	68	11,728
Grant County 38037	62	25	73	94	47	2,215
Sioux County 38085	61	26	74	56	86	3,643
Adams County 38001	60	27	64	99	46	2,163
McIntosh County 38051	60	27	68	99	39	2,488
Towner County 38095	58	30	71	93	34	2,030
Slope County 38087	55	25	65	97	32	674
Eddy County 38027	55	27	58	98	37	2,263
Sheridan County 38083	55	26	63	89	37	1,266
Kidder County 38043	54	27	53	95	43	2,342
Logan County 38047	54	28	61	90	37	1,869
Golden Valley County 38033	53	23	62	86	38	1,743
Pembina County 38067	53	46	48	84	36	6,661
Hettinger County 38041	50	26	43	96	40	2,415
Griggs County 38039	49	30	50	95	28	2,248
Billings County 38007	49	34	41	97	32	1,034
Emmons County 38029	48	29	61	65	35	3,224
Divide County 38023	47	25	50	92	24	2,135
Bottineau County 38009	46	30	43	88	33	6,349
McHenry County 38049	46	37	40	76	38	5,131
Ransom County 38073	46	38	39	83	33	5,603
Wells County 38103	46	29	62	63	31	3,876
Bowman County 38011	45	27	40	94	27	2,867
Mercer County 38057	45	41	46	67	32	8,309
LaMoure County 38045	45	33	51	65	35	4,096
Steele County 38091	44	33	50	70	25	1,782
Ramsey County 38071	43	37	45	60	38	11,463
Burke County 38013	43	32	33	92	28	2,134
McLean County 38055	43	45	44	59	30	9,832
Oliver County 38065	43	33	40	78	29	1,879
Mountrail County 38061	42	31	35	57	51	9,383
Pierce County 38069	42	28	44	70	35	3,902
Renville County 38075	42	26	31	95	30	2,279
Foster County 38031	42	29	41	76	29	3,309
Cavalier County 38019	41	32	44	68	28	3,596
Dickey County 38021	41	31	32	84	28	4,900
Nelson County 38063	40	31	46	58	30	2,991
Traill County 38097	40	41	25	75	32	7,908
Stutsman County 38093	39	35	34	60	38	21,392
McKenzie County 38053	38	47	13	50	52	14,252
Walsh County 38099	37	32	44	49	29	10,305
Barnes County 38003	36	41	34	46	34	10,726
Dunn County 38025	36	38	29	59	32	4,019
Sargent County 38081	35	32	36	58	24	3,776
Richland County 38077	35	44	27	44	36	16,558
Morton County 38059	32	43	21	51	27	33,895
Ward County 38101	30	38	11	63	30	68,332
Stark County 38089	29	33	14	57	31	33,001
Burleigh County 38015	29	35	17	56	21	100,012
Williams County 38105	28	32	12	52	36	39,113
Grand Forks County 38035	28	39	15	42	35	72,708
Cass County 38017	25	42	9	43	30	196,362

Scores are national percentile ranks (0–100) from the Banana Analytics methodology (v1.2.0). Higher scores indicate more burden. Click any county for its full environmental and community health profile.