Counties in North Dakota by median household income

Burke County had the highest median household income of 53 counties in 2021, at $97,802. Sioux County had the lowest, at $39,755. The median was $64,148 and the figure for North Dakota was $68,131. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest97,802Burke County
Lowest39,755Sioux County
Median64,14853 counties
North Dakota68,131History

All counties, 2021

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Burke CountyBurke County: 97,802 USD97,802Dunn CountyDunn County: 84,459 USD84,459Divide CountyDivide County: 83,438 USD83,438Golden Valley CountyGolden Valley County: 83,295 USD83,295Steele CountySteele County: 81,354 USD81,354Williams CountyWilliams County: 80,142 USD80,142Mercer CountyMercer County: 78,547 USD78,547McKenzie CountyMcKenzie County: 78,442 USD78,442Mountrail CountyMountrail County: 76,520 USD76,520Bowman CountyBowman County: 76,447 USD76,447Burleigh CountyBurleigh County: 76,043 USD76,043Morton CountyMorton County: 75,177 USD75,177Traill CountyTraill County: 73,113 USD73,113McLean CountyMcLean County: 72,324 USD72,324Ward CountyWard County: 72,227 USD72,227McHenry CountyMcHenry County: 71,612 USD71,612Billings CountyBillings County: 71,375 USD71,375Foster CountyFoster County: 71,250 USD71,250Renville CountyRenville County: 71,218 USD71,218Stark CountyStark County: 70,364 USD70,364Cass CountyCass County: 68,718 USD68,718Bottineau CountyBottineau County: 68,095 USD68,095Slope CountySlope County: 67,614 USD67,614Ransom CountyRansom County: 67,480 USD67,480Sargent CountySargent County: 67,467 USD67,467Griggs CountyGriggs County: 64,196 USD64,196Oliver CountyOliver County: 64,148 USD64,148Barnes CountyBarnes County: 64,016 USD64,016LaMoure CountyLaMoure County: 63,594 USD63,594Hettinger CountyHettinger County: 62,865 USD62,865Richland CountyRichland County: 62,481 USD62,481Pembina CountyPembina County: 61,795 USD61,795Sheridan CountySheridan County: 61,125 USD61,125Cavalier CountyCavalier County: 60,284 USD60,284Pierce CountyPierce County: 59,803 USD59,803Walsh CountyWalsh County: 59,368 USD59,368Wells CountyWells County: 58,932 USD58,932Dickey CountyDickey County: 58,267 USD58,267McIntosh CountyMcIntosh County: 58,056 USD58,056Grand Forks CountyGrand Forks County: 57,213 USD57,213Grant CountyGrant County: 57,200 USD57,200Nelson CountyNelson County: 56,724 USD56,724Emmons CountyEmmons County: 56,713 USD56,713Ramsey CountyRamsey County: 55,534 USD55,534Stutsman CountyStutsman County: 54,652 USD54,652Benson CountyBenson County: 54,375 USD54,375Logan CountyLogan County: 53,929 USD53,929Adams CountyAdams County: 52,896 USD52,896Kidder CountyKidder County: 52,419 USD52,419Towner CountyTowner County: 51,912 USD51,912Rolette CountyRolette County: 49,434 USD49,434Eddy CountyEddy County: 44,958 USD44,958Sioux CountySioux County: 39,755 USD39,755
USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Household income in the past 12 months at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars adjusted to the last year of the period. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US dollars. For Spanish places use net_income_per_household (average, EUR).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which county has the highest median household income?

Burke County, with $97,802 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest median household income?

Sioux County, with $39,755 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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