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North Dakota in 2016

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2016 the FHFA house price index for North Dakota changed +2.3%, against +5.3% for the United States and +4.5% in 2015.

3,981 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,359 single-family), −36.4% on 2015; the national total was 1,206,642.

+2.3%North Dakota index, 2015–2016US +5.3%
3,981housing units permitted in 20162,359 single-family
15 of 26counties with a rising indexmedian county +0.7%
1,206,642units permitted nationally in 2016
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Counties in 2016

Ranked by the county index change from 2015 to 2016 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2016; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2016Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
McHenry County+8.9%13112.5
Sargent County+8.6%21215.7
Dickey County+8.2%220.4
Traill County+8.2%13131.6
Walsh County+7.9%420.4
Ramsey County+7.5%400.3
Richland County+6.0%33332.0
Cass County+5.7%1,9039659.4
Grand Forks County+4.7%3391484.6
Pembina County+4.5%110.2
Stutsman County+3.8%48482.2
Morton County+2.5%2991748.6
Bottineau County+2.2%1191.8
Burleigh County+0.7%5534515.4
McLean County+0.1%48484.9
Mercer County−0.1%1591.8
Ward County−1.1%79791.2
McKenzie County−1.2%126418.3
Ransom County−1.8%550.9
Bowman County−2.9%000.0
Stark County−3.5%86762.5
Barnes County−4.3%54165.1
Pierce County−6.5%882.1
Cavalier County−6.7%661.7
Williams County−10.1%2001004.8
Foster County−11.1%551.6
Dunn County—10102.5
Mountrail County—17171.8
Wells County—110.3

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in North Dakota by year05,00010,00015,0001995: 3,185 units (1,458 single-family, 1,727 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 2,324 units (1,479 single-family, 845 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 3,222 units (1,488 single-family, 1,734 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 2,974 units (1,704 single-family, 1,270 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 2,577 units (1,443 single-family, 1,134 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 2,128 units (1,257 single-family, 871 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 2,687 units (1,482 single-family, 1,205 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 3,265 units (1,793 single-family, 1,472 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 3,721 units (2,344 single-family, 1,377 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 4,033 units (2,521 single-family, 1,512 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 4,038 units (2,367 single-family, 1,671 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 3,529 units (2,297 single-family, 1,232 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 3,360 units (2,194 single-family, 1,166 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 2,833 units (1,888 single-family, 945 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 3,195 units (1,704 single-family, 1,491 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 3,833 units (2,084 single-family, 1,749 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 6,201 units (2,913 single-family, 3,288 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 10,340 units (4,540 single-family, 5,800 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 10,532 units (3,899 single-family, 6,633 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 12,178 units (4,531 single-family, 7,647 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 6,256 units (3,440 single-family, 2,816 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 3,981 units (2,359 single-family, 1,622 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 3,411 units (2,111 single-family, 1,300 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 3,211 units (1,905 single-family, 1,306 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 2,495 units (1,767 single-family, 728 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 3,493 units (2,171 single-family, 1,322 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 3,600 units (2,266 single-family, 1,334 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 3,440 units (1,961 single-family, 1,479 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 2,618 units (1,499 single-family, 1,119 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 2,319 units (1,651 single-family, 668 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 2,440 units (1,761 single-family, 679 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in North Dakota by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.