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North Dakota in 2021

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

In 2021 the FHFA house price index for North Dakota changed +5.0%, against +11.6% for the United States and +1.1% in 2020.

3,600 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,266 single-family), +3.1% on 2020; the national total was 1,736,982.

+5.0%North Dakota index, 2020–2021US +11.6%
3,600housing units permitted in 20212,266 single-family
29 of 29counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.5%
1,736,982units permitted nationally in 2021
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Counties in 2021

Ranked by the county index change from 2020 to 2021 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2021; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2021Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Pierce County+11.4%771.8
Ransom County+10.6%861.4
Pembina County+9.6%110.2
Walsh County+9.5%660.6
Dickey County+8.5%641.2
Foster County+7.6%992.8
McLean County+7.5%49425.0
Richland County+6.8%44442.6
Traill County+6.0%861.0
Bottineau County+5.7%15152.4
Cass County+5.7%1,8061,0308.9
Burleigh County+5.6%6093105.9
Morton County+5.6%1781015.1
Stutsman County+4.6%55222.6
Bowman County+4.5%441.4
Grand Forks County+4.5%1681682.3
Ramsey County+4.3%3172.7
Ward County+4.1%1931312.8
McKenzie County+3.1%68644.5
Mercer County+3.1%991.1
Dunn County+2.5%13133.2
Stark County+2.5%79792.3
Barnes County+2.1%4644.4
Mountrail County+1.7%26262.8
Wells County+1.5%110.3
Williams County+1.4%71711.7
Sargent County+1.3%882.2
McHenry County+1.0%220.4
Cavalier County+0.6%531.4

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.