| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 701 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:01 PM |
| Population: | 1,213 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 38011 |
| Land Area: | 1,551 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 2 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 46.2349, -103.4190 |
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3,166 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,551 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,495 to 3,166 from 2014 to 2024 — a -9.4% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 58653 (Scranton, $85,714 median) and poorest ZIP 58623 (Bowman, $64,487) are 10.3 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.5× across this county — from $117,600 in 58651 (Rhame) to $180,700 in 58623 (Bowman).
Educational attainment ranges from 17.0% bachelor's+ in 58651 (Rhame) to 29.4% in 58623 (Bowman) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Dakota, this is the #51 most populous of 64 counties and ranks #25 for median household income with the #9 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $71,039 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
27.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (583 of 2,151 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.