BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
North Dakota Unemployment Rate by County
North Dakota statewide was 2.2% in August 2026, against 2.5% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 53 counties and equivalents below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
53 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Adams County1.9% · 0.0 pts
- Barnes County2.1% · −0.6 pts
- Benson County2.5% · −0.4 pts
- Billings County1.9% · −0.3 pts
- Bottineau County2.0% · −0.7 pts
- Bowman County1.7% · +0.3 pts
- Burke County1.8% · −0.2 pts
- Burleigh County1.9% · −0.3 pts
- Cass County2.0% · −0.4 pts
- Cavalier County2.0% · −0.8 pts
- Dickey County1.0% · −0.5 pts
- Divide County1.9% · −0.1 pts
- Dunn County2.8% · +0.2 pts
- Eddy County1.9% · −0.3 pts
- Emmons County2.8% · −0.5 pts
- Foster County1.7% · −0.2 pts
- Golden Valley County2.3% · −0.2 pts
- Grand Forks County1.9% · −0.3 pts
- Grant County2.1% · −0.3 pts
- Griggs County1.9% · −0.2 pts
- Hettinger County2.1% · +0.3 pts
- Kidder County2.3% · −0.5 pts
- LaMoure County1.9% · −0.4 pts
- Logan County2.0% · −0.3 pts
- McHenry County2.9% · 0.0 pts
- McIntosh County1.7% · −0.6 pts
- McKenzie County2.2% · −0.3 pts
- McLean County2.0% · −0.6 pts
- Mercer County2.4% · −0.9 pts
- Morton County2.1% · −0.3 pts
- Mountrail County2.4% · −0.2 pts
- Nelson County1.8% · −0.3 pts
- Oliver County3.2% · −0.3 pts
- Pembina County5.8% · +2.5 pts
- Pierce County2.3% · −0.3 pts
- Ramsey County1.8% · −0.5 pts
- Ransom County1.7% · −0.5 pts
- Renville County2.0% · −0.5 pts
- Richland County2.3% · −0.5 pts
- Rolette County6.5% · −0.7 pts
- Sargent County2.0% · −1.0 pts
- Sheridan County2.5% · −0.8 pts
- Sioux County3.3% · 0.0 pts
- Slope County2.3% · −0.2 pts
- Stark County2.2% · −0.3 pts
- Steele County3.2% · +0.7 pts
- Stutsman County1.9% · −0.3 pts
- Towner County2.0% · −0.7 pts
- Traill County2.1% · −0.4 pts
- Walsh County2.9% · −0.1 pts
- Ward County2.0% · −0.5 pts
- Wells County2.4% · +0.5 pts
- Williams County2.5% · −0.4 pts