North Dakota

The freest counties in North Dakota (2026)

North Dakota has 53 counties in the ranking. The freest is Kidder, #24 of 3,144 in the country. The state itself scores7.55 of 10 for fraser institute state ranking and 9 of 10 for 2a, which every county in North Dakota shares.

1. 24KidderNorth Dakota
2. 44GriggsNorth Dakota
3. 47SheridanNorth Dakota
4. 50SlopeNorth Dakota
5. 61EmmonsNorth Dakota
6. 63BowmanNorth Dakota
7. 73BillingsNorth Dakota
8. 78HettingerNorth Dakota
9. 79LoganNorth Dakota
10. 94BurkeNorth Dakota
11. 99AdamsNorth Dakota
12. 108OliverNorth Dakota
13. 111StarkNorth Dakota
14. 117McHenryNorth Dakota
15. 129TownerNorth Dakota
16. 135LaMoureNorth Dakota
17. 143RenvilleNorth Dakota
18. 144WellsNorth Dakota
19. 146FosterNorth Dakota
20. 162McKenzieNorth Dakota
21. 172BottineauNorth Dakota
22. 175DunnNorth Dakota
23. 176NelsonNorth Dakota
24. 178McIntoshNorth Dakota
25. 194MercerNorth Dakota
26. 199DivideNorth Dakota
27. 205SteeleNorth Dakota
28. 206DickeyNorth Dakota
29. 213RichlandNorth Dakota
30. 219GrantNorth Dakota
31. 228TraillNorth Dakota
32. 248Golden ValleyNorth Dakota
33. 250WalshNorth Dakota
34. 252PembinaNorth Dakota
35. 255McLeanNorth Dakota
36. 261RansomNorth Dakota
37. 272EddyNorth Dakota
38. 317StutsmanNorth Dakota
39. 336WilliamsNorth Dakota
40. 343PierceNorth Dakota
41. 366CavalierNorth Dakota
42. 397MortonNorth Dakota
43. 513SargentNorth Dakota
44. 577BurleighNorth Dakota
45. 657RamseyNorth Dakota
46. 660WardNorth Dakota
47. 672BarnesNorth Dakota
48. 688Grand ForksNorth Dakota
49. 877CassNorth Dakota
50. 945MountrailNorth Dakota
51. 1367BensonNorth Dakota
52. 1584SiouxNorth Dakota
53. 1750RoletteNorth Dakota

See the freest counties of 2026 nationally, or readhow the ranking works.