PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas
Senior Food Insecurity in
North Dakota
North Dakota's senior poverty rate is 9.2%, and 30.7% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 53 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.
9.2%
Senior poverty (65+)
30.7%
Seniors living alone
31.4%
Senior SNAP take-up
$54,965
Senior median income
North Dakota by county
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North Dakota at a glance
Seniors in poverty
11K
Ages 65+
Senior poverty rate
9.2%
Ages 65+
Living alone
30.7%
1-person HH, 65+
Senior SNAP
31.4%
HH with 60+ member
Senior median income
$54,965
Householder 65+
Isolation index
0.43
Blended 0–1
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 53 counties in North Dakota.
Highest senior poverty
Ages 65+, rate
- 1 Sioux 23.2%
- 2 Billings 20.3%
- 3 McKenzie 20.1%
- 4 Grant 19.9%
- 5 Slope 18.7%
Most seniors living alone
1-person HH, 65+
- 1 Eddy 42.6%
- 2 Hettinger 41.5%
- 3 Kidder 39.0%
- 4 Wells 38.3%
- 5 Bowman 37.5%
Largest senior population
Absolute count, 65+
- 1 Cass 23K
- 2 Burleigh 16K
- 3 Grand Forks 10K
- 4 Ward 9K
- 5 Morton 5K
Every county in North Dakota
All 53 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.
| County | Senior poverty | Living alone | Senior SNAP | Senior income | Seniors (count) | Isolation idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 9.5% | 33.8% | 44.9% | $41,850 | 550 | 0.51 |
| Barnes | 13.5% | 31.8% | 36.2% | $49,167 | 2,255 | 0.55 |
| Benson | 16.5% | 22.9% | 22.9% | $63,214 | 897 | 0.42 |
| Billings | 20.3% | 12.5% | — | $51,917 | 256 | 0.39 |
| Bottineau | 8.5% | 30.8% | 31.5% | $52,521 | 1,487 | 0.42 |
| Bowman | 9.5% | 37.5% | 65.9% | $51,000 | 650 | 0.59 |
| Burke | 4.4% | 28.1% | 55.6% | $88,611 | 459 | 0.26 |
| Burleigh | 7.5% | 29.3% | 34.2% | $62,454 | 16,393 | 0.36 |
| Cass | 6.0% | 30.0% | 25.3% | $64,063 | 23,276 | 0.34 |
| Cavalier | 12.1% | 30.7% | 86.0% | $48,650 | 914 | 0.50 |
| Dickey | 7.9% | 24.4% | 33.9% | $43,750 | 875 | 0.26 |
| Divide | 4.1% | 23.0% | 59.0% | $81,184 | 491 | 0.14 |
| Dunn | 7.5% | 26.9% | 25.6% | $82,386 | 697 | 0.31 |
| Eddy | 18.4% | 42.6% | 50.0% | $36,500 | 555 | 0.85 |
| Emmons | 9.6% | 33.2% | 67.2% | $42,794 | 879 | 0.50 |
| Foster | 16.6% | 28.5% | 60.8% | $63,259 | 692 | 0.55 |
| Golden Valley | 16.5% | 23.1% | 81.1% | $72,500 | 424 | 0.42 |
| Grand Forks | 8.5% | 36.8% | 22.9% | $55,672 | 9,610 | 0.55 |
| Grant | 19.9% | 35.9% | 42.9% | $35,066 | 617 | 0.79 |
| Griggs | 14.1% | 29.1% | 63.0% | $50,938 | 603 | 0.50 |
| Hettinger | 8.9% | 41.5% | 26.1% | $47,929 | 609 | 0.63 |
| Kidder | 13.5% | 39.0% | 29.7% | $31,589 | 639 | 0.72 |
| LaMoure | 8.7% | 29.4% | 32.7% | $49,519 | 1,041 | 0.39 |
| Logan | 8.0% | 24.8% | 41.0% | $43,750 | 451 | 0.27 |
| McHenry | 10.1% | 35.0% | 39.2% | $48,045 | 1,098 | 0.55 |
| McIntosh | 18.2% | 33.4% | 67.2% | $34,813 | 682 | 0.69 |
| McKenzie | 20.1% | 27.1% | 35.2% | $52,981 | 1,231 | 0.59 |
| McLean | 10.7% | 23.5% | 53.7% | $59,816 | 2,389 | 0.30 |
| Mercer | 7.3% | 24.2% | 32.6% | $57,240 | 1,693 | 0.24 |
| Morton | 6.2% | 28.5% | 44.1% | $52,155 | 5,242 | 0.31 |
| Mountrail | 10.6% | 26.2% | 23.4% | $56,750 | 1,215 | 0.36 |
| Nelson | 6.0% | 27.1% | 55.4% | $55,337 | 752 | 0.28 |
| Oliver | 11.9% | 17.9% | 100.0% | $61,250 | 470 | 0.20 |
| Pembina | 10.5% | 35.2% | 35.2% | $49,167 | 1,630 | 0.56 |
| Pierce | 8.0% | 27.2% | 53.4% | $51,111 | 922 | 0.32 |
| Ramsey | 10.3% | 36.7% | 17.6% | $47,625 | 2,331 | 0.59 |
| Ransom | 4.5% | 32.6% | 47.1% | $50,000 | 1,052 | 0.37 |
| Renville | 6.7% | 19.3% | 17.3% | $63,750 | 406 | 0.11 |
| Richland | 9.0% | 29.4% | 26.9% | $52,589 | 3,110 | 0.39 |
| Rolette | 15.0% | 20.3% | 26.0% | $51,194 | 1,504 | 0.33 |
| Sargent | 8.6% | 23.4% | 16.5% | $55,000 | 821 | 0.25 |
| Sheridan | 7.9% | 36.4% | 25.5% | $56,141 | 418 | 0.53 |
| Sioux | 23.2% | 17.8% | 34.6% | $47,250 | 349 | 0.46 |
| Slope | 18.7% | 24.7% | 42.9% | $57,917 | 219 | 0.51 |
| Stark | 12.2% | 34.9% | 42.3% | $47,245 | 4,184 | 0.59 |
| Steele | 7.4% | 29.3% | 21.1% | $47,500 | 499 | 0.36 |
| Stutsman | 17.3% | 37.2% | 42.9% | $36,311 | 4,024 | 0.76 |
| Towner | 18.5% | 35.5% | 16.1% | $29,324 | 496 | 0.75 |
| Traill | 6.4% | 26.5% | 36.7% | $61,750 | 1,420 | 0.27 |
| Walsh | 10.1% | 30.4% | 39.2% | $48,971 | 2,095 | 0.44 |
| Ward | 10.1% | 29.3% | 31.6% | $53,673 | 9,057 | 0.42 |
| Wells | 7.1% | 38.3% | 10.9% | $43,618 | 938 | 0.55 |
| Williams | 10.3% | 34.2% | 27.9% | $46,506 | 3,725 | 0.53 |
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