PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report
SNAP Benefits in
North Dakota
North Dakota had an overall SNAP participation rate of 6.4% across 53 counties, with a coverage gap of 47.9% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
6.4%
SNAP participation
47.9%
Poverty coverage gap
21K
SNAP households
$75,949
Median income
North Dakota by county
← Back to national overviewToggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within North Dakota. Hover a county for its exact rate.
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North Dakota at a glance
SNAP households
21K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
6.4%
All households
Poverty coverage
52.1%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
31.4%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
47.5%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
47.9%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 53 counties in North Dakota.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Billings 100.0%
- 2 Slope 93.3%
- 3 Cavalier 92.6%
- 4 Mountrail 91.7%
- 5 Steele 91.2%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Sioux 75.6%
- 2 Burke 57.1%
- 3 Rolette 56.6%
- 4 Wells 47.6%
- 5 Benson 46.7%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Sioux 36.6%
- 2 Rolette 23.9%
- 3 Benson 19.1%
- 4 Golden Valley 16.0%
- 5 Ramsey 12.6%
Every county in North Dakota
All 53 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 11.6% | 41.5% | 58.5% | 44.9% | 57.6% | 42.4% | $55,417 |
| Barnes | 6.9% | 27.8% | 72.2% | 36.2% | 60.5% | 53.0% | $70,230 |
| Benson | 19.1% | 46.7% | 53.3% | 22.9% | 50.1% | 44.7% | $68,049 |
| Billings | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | — | — | — | $81,250 |
| Bottineau | 6.0% | 38.9% | 61.1% | 31.5% | 46.9% | 46.9% | $83,460 |
| Bowman | 3.3% | 12.5% | 87.5% | 65.9% | 34.1% | 65.8% | $83,773 |
| Burke | 4.8% | 57.1% | 42.9% | 55.6% | 62.2% | 20.0% | $96,339 |
| Burleigh | 5.7% | 32.0% | 68.0% | 34.2% | 54.6% | 46.9% | $84,948 |
| Cass | 6.0% | 29.4% | 70.6% | 25.3% | 41.2% | 47.4% | $75,023 |
| Cavalier | 2.8% | 7.4% | 92.6% | 86.0% | 88.4% | 74.4% | $67,064 |
| Dickey | 6.3% | 28.6% | 71.4% | 33.9% | 35.5% | 35.5% | $63,125 |
| Divide | 4.2% | 33.8% | 66.2% | 59.0% | 48.7% | 35.9% | $89,297 |
| Dunn | 2.8% | 11.8% | 88.2% | 25.6% | 65.1% | 76.7% | $94,688 |
| Eddy | 6.0% | 22.4% | 77.6% | 50.0% | 69.1% | 55.9% | $55,389 |
| Emmons | 8.2% | 33.9% | 66.1% | 67.2% | 36.8% | 49.6% | $67,368 |
| Foster | 9.8% | 38.5% | 61.5% | 60.8% | 69.6% | 46.0% | $83,412 |
| Golden Valley | 16.0% | 40.2% | 59.8% | 81.1% | 56.6% | 61.3% | $76,528 |
| Grand Forks | 6.5% | 24.8% | 75.2% | 22.9% | 33.9% | 43.4% | $68,450 |
| Grant | 10.4% | 33.0% | 67.0% | 42.9% | 37.5% | 41.1% | $56,750 |
| Griggs | 4.9% | 27.4% | 72.6% | 63.0% | 56.5% | 26.1% | $64,737 |
| Hettinger | 4.2% | 22.7% | 77.3% | 26.1% | 63.0% | 37.0% | $70,827 |
| Kidder | 3.3% | 12.6% | 87.4% | 29.7% | 40.5% | 56.8% | $61,850 |
| LaMoure | 5.9% | 24.8% | 75.2% | 32.7% | 32.7% | 60.4% | $70,263 |
| Logan | 5.0% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 41.0% | 30.8% | 41.0% | $61,339 |
| McHenry | 7.0% | 34.9% | 65.1% | 39.2% | 36.1% | 44.3% | $80,614 |
| McIntosh | 5.6% | 25.4% | 74.7% | 67.2% | 28.4% | 19.4% | $64,236 |
| McKenzie | 3.1% | 23.3% | 76.7% | 35.2% | 63.2% | 34.1% | $88,289 |
| McLean | 4.1% | 14.9% | 85.1% | 53.7% | 37.7% | 66.9% | $81,847 |
| Mercer | 3.9% | 31.2% | 68.8% | 32.6% | 55.3% | 27.7% | $79,405 |
| Morton | 3.5% | 28.5% | 71.5% | 44.1% | 34.9% | 47.1% | $79,483 |
| Mountrail | 5.3% | 8.3% | 91.7% | 23.4% | 62.9% | 81.0% | $81,292 |
| Nelson | 5.7% | 16.5% | 83.5% | 55.4% | 37.8% | 74.3% | $68,051 |
| Oliver | 2.3% | 20.8% | 79.3% | 100.0% | 52.9% | 35.3% | $76,953 |
| Pembina | 8.6% | 33.9% | 66.1% | 35.2% | 22.1% | 65.2% | $66,884 |
| Pierce | 7.2% | 25.7% | 74.3% | 53.4% | 48.9% | 49.6% | $63,214 |
| Ramsey | 12.6% | 35.6% | 64.4% | 17.6% | 64.1% | 58.1% | $61,319 |
| Ransom | 5.2% | 31.1% | 68.9% | 47.1% | 53.8% | 45.4% | $74,521 |
| Renville | 5.6% | 28.6% | 71.4% | 17.3% | 40.4% | 69.2% | $76,311 |
| Richland | 8.2% | 26.2% | 73.8% | 26.9% | 58.5% | 57.8% | $72,524 |
| Rolette | 23.9% | 56.6% | 43.4% | 26.0% | 59.8% | 41.3% | $57,355 |
| Sargent | 5.6% | 31.8% | 68.2% | 16.5% | 39.2% | 63.9% | $77,697 |
| Sheridan | 7.5% | 26.2% | 73.8% | 25.5% | 54.9% | 56.9% | $67,361 |
| Sioux | 36.6% | 75.6% | 24.4% | 34.6% | 51.0% | 25.4% | $41,676 |
| Slope | 4.1% | 6.7% | 93.3% | 42.9% | 71.4% | 85.7% | $62,500 |
| Stark | 6.4% | 27.5% | 72.5% | 42.3% | 43.0% | 50.8% | $80,744 |
| Steele | 2.6% | 8.8% | 91.2% | 21.1% | 42.1% | 57.9% | $80,313 |
| Stutsman | 7.0% | 23.1% | 76.9% | 42.9% | 84.4% | 49.0% | $60,172 |
| Towner | 5.8% | 35.2% | 64.8% | 16.1% | 91.1% | 10.7% | $63,017 |
| Traill | 4.4% | 9.7% | 90.3% | 36.7% | 50.3% | 78.9% | $88,289 |
| Walsh | 4.9% | 21.1% | 78.9% | 39.2% | 57.1% | 50.7% | $69,976 |
| Ward | 6.0% | 27.2% | 72.8% | 31.6% | 55.0% | 54.6% | $79,273 |
| Wells | 7.1% | 47.6% | 52.4% | 10.9% | 70.5% | 29.5% | $61,346 |
| Williams | 5.9% | 43.0% | 57.0% | 27.9% | 18.6% | 35.2% | $90,224 |
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