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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 10 counties, followed by Respiratory Burden in 3 counties.

Benson County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 70 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	70	37	66	91	74	5,745
Rolette County 38079	65	30	66	85	68	11,728
Grant County 38037	63	25	73	97	47	2,215
Sioux County 38085	63	26	74	62	86	3,643
Adams County 38001	61	27	64	100	46	2,163
McIntosh County 38051	60	27	68	100	39	2,488
Towner County 38095	59	30	71	97	34	2,030
Sheridan County 38083	56	26	63	94	37	1,266
Logan County 38047	56	28	61	95	37	1,869
Slope County 38087	55	25	65	98	32	674
Eddy County 38027	55	27	58	99	37	2,263
Kidder County 38043	55	27	53	97	43	2,342
Golden Valley County 38033	54	23	62	90	38	1,743
Hettinger County 38041	51	26	43	98	40	2,415
Emmons County 38029	50	29	61	76	35	3,224
Griggs County 38039	50	30	50	98	28	2,248
Billings County 38007	49	34	41	98	32	1,034
McHenry County 38049	49	37	40	89	38	5,131
LaMoure County 38045	49	33	51	81	35	4,096
Wells County 38103	49	29	62	74	30	3,876
Divide County 38023	48	25	50	96	24	2,135
Bottineau County 38009	48	30	43	94	33	6,349
Pembina County 38067	47	46	48	61	36	6,661
Steele County 38091	47	33	50	83	25	1,782
Pierce County 38069	46	28	44	85	35	3,902
Ramsey County 38071	45	37	45	67	38	11,463
Oliver County 38065	45	33	40	88	28	1,879
Bowman County 38011	45	27	40	95	27	2,867
Ransom County 38073	45	38	39	80	33	5,603
Burke County 38013	44	32	33	96	28	2,134
Renville County 38075	43	26	31	97	30	2,279
Dickey County 38021	43	31	32	91	28	4,900
Mercer County 38057	42	41	46	54	32	8,309
McLean County 38055	42	45	44	54	30	9,832
Nelson County 38063	41	31	46	65	30	2,991
Stutsman County 38093	41	35	34	68	38	21,392
Mountrail County 38061	41	31	35	51	51	9,383
Foster County 38031	39	29	41	67	28	3,309
Cavalier County 38019	39	32	44	60	28	3,596
Barnes County 38003	39	41	34	56	34	10,726
McKenzie County 38053	38	47	13	50	52	14,252
Walsh County 38099	37	32	44	51	28	10,305
Sargent County 38081	37	32	36	64	24	3,776
Dunn County 38025	37	38	29	62	31	4,019
Richland County 38077	36	44	27	51	36	16,558
Traill County 38097	34	41	25	52	32	7,908
Morton County 38059	32	43	21	51	27	33,895
Ward County 38101	30	38	11	61	30	68,332
Stark County 38089	29	33	14	57	31	33,001
Burleigh County 38015	29	35	17	55	21	100,012
Grand Forks County 38035	28	39	15	44	35	72,708
Williams County 38105	28	32	12	53	36	39,113
Cass County 38017	26	42	9	45	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.