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

Cass County had the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census) of 49 counties in 2017, at $8.5 billion. Billings County had the lowest, at $3.89 million. The median was $66.82 million and the figure for North Dakota was $19.25 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest8,502.8Cass County

Lowest3.9Billings County

Median66.849 counties

North Dakota19,251.1History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 20
20 to 40
40 to 70
70 to 100
100 to 340
340 and over
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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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), 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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 USD million
1	Cass County	8,502.8
2	Burleigh County	2,109.9
3	Grand Forks County	1,598.4
4	Ward County	1,483.8
5	Williams County	842.7
6	Stark County	743.5
7	Morton County	587.5
8	Stutsman County	576.9
9	Ramsey County	335.7
10	Richland County	215.6
11	Mountrail County	183.6
12	McKenzie County	159.9
13	Rolette County	111.8
14	Traill County	104.8
15	Bottineau County	104.2
16	Mercer County	102.8
17	Barnes County	102.1
18	Walsh County	94.6
19	Cavalier County	91.5
20	McLean County	90
21	Dickey County	82.5
22	Pierce County	78.5
23	Pembina County	73.1
24	Bowman County	69.2
25	Foster County	66.8
26	Wells County	61.5
27	Ransom County	52.9
28	Hettinger County	52.1
29	McIntosh County	48.8
30	Golden Valley County	43.5
31	Adams County	40.3
32	Dunn County	39.7
33	Steele County	37.9
34	Renville County	35.3
35	Towner County	32.5
36	McHenry County	32.1
37	Burke County	31.1
38	Sargent County	31
39	Emmons County	27.9
40	LaMoure County	24.5
41	Nelson County	22.6
42	Logan County	21.4
43	Griggs County	18.8
44	Eddy County	13.6
45	Kidder County	10
46	Divide County	9.2
47	Benson County	8.9
48	Grant County	8
49	Billings County	3.9

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. 2 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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). 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), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

MLA 9

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), 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-retail-trade/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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: retail trade (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-retail-trade/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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments, Counties in North Dakota by business revenue: retail trade (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-retail-trade/north-dakota-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  year = {2021},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/north-dakota-counties?period=2017. Publisher attribution: 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/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

Cass County, with $8.5 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Billings County, with $3.89 million 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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.