| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 701 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:54:20 PM |
| Population: | 2,142 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 38037 |
| Land Area: | 1,830 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 5 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 46.2707, -101.6048 |
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2,142 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,830 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,099 to 2,142 from 2014 to 2024 — a +2.0% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 58564 (Raleigh, $80,625 median) and poorest ZIP 58533 (Elgin, $36,125) are 21.2 miles apart — a 2.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this county — from $88,300 in 58529 (Carson) to $100,000 in 58562 (New Leipzig).
Educational attainment ranges from 14.5% bachelor's+ in 58564 (Raleigh) to 43.5% in 58569 (Shields) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Dakota, this is the #40 most populous of 64 counties and ranks #57 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $53,892 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
20.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (331 of 1,592 reporting).
5 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.