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

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.