Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022

Cass County had the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census) of 48 counties in 2022, at $5.36 billion. Grant County had the lowest, at $10.41 million. The median was $95.87 million and the figure for North Dakota was $19.11 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest5,356.4Cass County

Lowest10.4Grant County

Median95.948 counties

North Dakota19,111.9History

Map of counties, 2022

Under 30
30 to 60
60 to 100
100 to 130
130 to 420
420 and over
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USD million, 2022. 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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 USD million
1	Cass County	5,356.4
2	Burleigh County	2,667.8
3	Grand Forks County	2,104.4
4	Ward County	1,870.5
5	Williams County	1,070.9
6	Stark County	867
7	Morton County	709.6
8	Stutsman County	575.3
9	Ramsey County	385.3
10	Richland County	300.9
11	McKenzie County	295.6
12	Mountrail County	200.3
13	Barnes County	199.5
14	Rolette County	161.2
15	Pembina County	135.9
16	Golden Valley County	131.2
17	Bottineau County	129.3
18	Cavalier County	123.1
19	Walsh County	119.3
20	Hettinger County	118.4
21	Mercer County	117.2
22	Pierce County	111.9
23	Traill County	106.6
24	Dickey County	97.4
25	Bowman County	94.3
26	McLean County	86.9
27	Steele County	84.4
28	Foster County	79.2
29	McHenry County	73.4
30	Kidder County	69.6
31	McIntosh County	63.6
32	Wells County	62
33	LaMoure County	53.4
34	Ransom County	51.6
35	Logan County	40.2
36	Burke County	38.3
37	Sargent County	36.2
38	Adams County	35
39	Nelson County	32
40	Oliver County	28.7
41	Renville County	28.4
42	Emmons County	26.5
43	Griggs County	26
44	Towner County	25.6
45	Eddy County	21.5
46	Sioux County	15.6
47	Divide County	10.5
48	Grant County	10.4

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in retail trade (NAICS 44-45), 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. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments (Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments, Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/north-dakota-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/north-dakota-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments, Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/north-dakota-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  year = {2024},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

Cass County, with $5.36 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

Grant County, with $10.41 million in 2022.

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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 counties have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.