Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census)

Cass County had the highest business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census) of 41 counties in 2017, at $506.01 million. Golden Valley County had the lowest, at $790,000. The median was $5.69 million and the figure for North Dakota was $2.12 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest506Cass County

Lowest0.8Golden Valley County

Median5.741 counties

North Dakota2,118History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 2
2 to 4
4 to 6
6 to 19
19 to 64
64 and over
No data

USD million, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 USD million
1	Cass County	506
2	Burleigh County	296.9
3	Williams County	219.8
4	Grand Forks County	192.2
5	Ward County	181.6
6	Richland County	91.4
7	Stark County	88.4
8	Rolette County	51.9
9	McKenzie County	44.7
10	Stutsman County	43.4
11	Ramsey County	41.3
12	Mountrail County	37.5
13	Dunn County	27.8
14	Billings County	20.2
15	Barnes County	15.3
16	Mercer County	15.2
17	McLean County	13.9
18	Bottineau County	9.5
19	Walsh County	7.5
20	Traill County	7.4
21	Pierce County	5.7
22	Bowman County	5.4
23	Wells County	5.1
24	Ransom County	5
25	Dickey County	4.8
26	Foster County	4.6
27	Pembina County	4.5
28	Burke County	4
29	Cavalier County	3.6
30	Sargent County	3.6
31	Divide County	3.4
32	Renville County	2.7
33	Adams County	2.4
34	Kidder County	2.3
35	Towner County	2.2
36	McHenry County	1.8
37	McIntosh County	1.5
38	Logan County	1.5
39	Grant County	1.1
40	Eddy County	1.1
41	Golden Valley County	0.8

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in accommodation and food services (hotels, restaurants and bars) (NAICS 72), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 6 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments (Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments, Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/north-dakota-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/north-dakota-counties?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2021) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments, Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/north-dakota-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  year = {2021},
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Questions

Which county has the highest business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census)?

Cass County, with $506.01 million in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census)?

Golden Valley County, with $790,000 in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 6 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.