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North Dakota in 2019

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

In 2019 the FHFA house price index for North Dakota changed +2.3%, against +4.2% for the United States and +1.4% in 2018.

2,495 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (1,767 single-family), −22.3% on 2018; the national total was 1,386,048.

+2.3%North Dakota index, 2018–2019US +4.2%
2,495housing units permitted in 20191,767 single-family
22 of 27counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.6%
1,386,048units permitted nationally in 2019
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Counties in 2019

Ranked by the county index change from 2018 to 2019 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2019; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2019Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Mountrail County+10.2%34303.6
Williams County+9.1%1251253.0
Pembina County+9.0%000.0
Sargent County+8.1%16164.3
Dickey County+7.8%220.4
Ransom County+7.3%330.5
Bowman County+6.6%220.7
McKenzie County+6.3%25251.6
Stutsman County+4.9%13130.6
Richland County+4.7%28281.7
Cavalier County+4.4%11113.1
Barnes County+3.9%550.5
Traill County+3.6%17172.1
McLean County+2.6%33283.4
Ramsey County+2.1%440.3
Cass County+2.0%1,1577525.7
Foster County+2.0%551.6
Stark County+2.0%87872.6
Morton County+1.7%225946.5
Walsh County+1.2%220.2
Burleigh County+1.1%4012753.9
Grand Forks County+0.9%1561012.1
Ward County−0.1%79791.2
Mercer County−0.9%220.2
Bottineau County−2.5%991.4
McHenry County−3.1%330.6
Pierce County−5.3%551.3
Dunn County—10102.5
Wells County—000.0

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.