| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 701 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:01 PM |
| Population: | 1,913 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 38023 |
| Land Area: | 761 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 17 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 48.8674, -103.4022 |
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1,913 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 761 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 1,962 to 1,913 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.5% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 58765 (Noonan, $118,594 median) and poorest ZIP 58844 (Fortuna, $40,500) are 32.8 miles apart — a 2.9× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.5× across this county — from $104,500 in 58765 (Noonan) to $157,600 in 58730 (Crosby).
Density varies 16× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 58844 (Fortuna) to 5 in 58730 (Crosby).
Educational attainment ranges from 3.3% bachelor's+ in 58833 (Ambrose) to 63.5% in 58765 (Noonan) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Dakota, this is the #43 most populous of 64 counties and ranks #8 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $91,340 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
23.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (350 of 1,462 reporting).
4 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.