Counties in North Dakota

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in North Dakota
* A list and map of counties in North Dakota
* An overview of local elections in North Dakota
* An overview of the initiative process in North Dakota

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2025
* 2.2 2024
* 2.3 2023
* 2.4 2022
* 2.5 2021
* 2.6 2020
* 2.7 2019
* 2.8 2018
* 2.9 2017
* 2.10 2016
* 2.11 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Ballotpedia does not have any county governments in this state in its coverage scope.

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 53 counties, 1,661 cities, towns, and villages, and 683 special districts.[1]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Adams
Benson
Billings
Bottineau
Bowman
Burke
Burleigh
Cass
Cavalier
Dunn
Eddy
Emmons
Foster
Golden Valley
Grand Forks
Grant
Griggs
Hettinger
Kidder
LaMoure
Logan
McHenry
McIntosh
McKenzie
McLean
Morton
Mountrail
Nelson
Oliver
Pembina
Pierce
Ramsey
Ransom
Renville
Richland
Rolette
Sargent
Sheridan
Sioux
Slope
Stark
Steele
Stutsman
Towner
Traill
Walsh
Wells
Williams
Mercer
Dickey
Barnes
Ward
Divide

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota this year.

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Bismarck, North Dakota \- City commission

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Bismarck, North Dakota \- Mayor and city council

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.

Past elections

### 2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.

### 2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.

### 2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.

### 2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

* North Dakota school board elections

### 2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in North Dakota that year.

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in North Dakota

The local units of government in North Dakota that make the initiative process available are:

* All 35 general law cities with a commission or modern council form of government have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
* All 130 charter cities have a mandated initiative process for charter amendment. Charters may also contain provisions for ordinance initiative.
* All 45 general law counties have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
* All eight charter counties have a mandated initiative process for charter amendment.[2]

## See also[edit]

North Dakota | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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* North Dakota
* North Dakota elections, 2025
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* Top counties
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* 2025 municipal elections
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* Local ballot measure elections in 2025
* 2025 local judicial elections

## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* North Dakota municipal code library
* North Dakota state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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