| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (6 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 701 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:02 PM |
| Population: | 2,076 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 38043 |
| Land Area: | 1,199 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 69 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 47.0075, -99.7597 |
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2,076 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 1,199 sq mi, served by 6 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,307 to 2,076 from 2014 to 2024 — a -10.0% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 58488 (Tuttle, $79,808 median) and poorest ZIP 58487 (Tappen, $56,875) are 27.7 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.2× across this county — from $86,000 in 58487 (Tappen) to $188,900 in 58428 (Dawson).
Density varies 10× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 58475 (Pettibone) to 5 in 58482 (Steele).
Educational attainment ranges from 10.6% bachelor's+ in 58487 (Tappen) to 40.0% in 58478 (Robinson) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Dakota, this is the #41 most populous of 64 counties and ranks #46 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $65,459 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
24.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (375 of 1,511 reporting).
6 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.
Kidder County lost 10.0% of residents between 2014 and 2024.