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North Dakota in 2022

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

In 2022 the FHFA house price index for North Dakota changed +10.4%, against +15.5% for the United States and +5.0% in 2021.

3,440 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (1,961 single-family), −4.4% on 2021; the national total was 1,680,368.

+10.4%North Dakota index, 2021–2022US +15.5%
3,440housing units permitted in 20221,961 single-family
27 of 28counties with a rising indexmedian county +9.1%
1,680,368units permitted nationally in 2022
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Counties in 2022

Ranked by the county index change from 2021 to 2022 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2022; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2022Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Sargent County+90.7%220.5
Barnes County+19.8%1661.5
Ransom County+15.2%220.4
Walsh County+15.0%660.6
Richland County+14.3%35352.1
Cass County+12.7%2,0581,00610.2
Ramsey County+12.7%1831.6
Traill County+12.5%330.4
McLean County+11.9%36293.7
Pembina County+11.5%000.0
Morton County+11.1%91732.6
Grand Forks County+9.5%1201201.6
Stutsman County+9.4%990.4
Ward County+9.2%164832.4
Burleigh County+9.1%5143005.0
Cavalier County+8.7%421.1
Williams County+8.4%68621.6
Mountrail County+7.8%61256.5
Stark County+5.8%64641.9
Dickey County+4.7%310.6
McKenzie County+4.5%30262.0
Dunn County+3.0%13133.2
Mercer County+2.7%110.1
Bowman County+2.4%220.7
Pierce County+1.3%771.8
McHenry County+0.9%551.0
Bottineau County+0.7%14142.2
Foster County−1.5%661.9
Wells County—330.8

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.