3,209 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.5% since 2020)
1,508 square miles of land · 2 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
6 active community water systems list Emmons County in the area they serve, reporting 5,867 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SOUTH CENTRAL RWD-EMMONS surface water · private · ND1501653 | 3,650 served |
| LINTON CITY OF buys surface water · local government · ND1500571 | 1,097 served |
| STRASBURG CITY OF buys surface water · local government · ND1500921 | 409 served |
| STATE LINE WATER COOP INC buys surface water · private · ND1501310 | 405 served |
| HAZELTON CITY OF groundwater · local government · ND1500469 | 235 served |
| HAGUE CITY OF buys surface water · local government · ND1500429 | 71 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 7 people were held in Emmons County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 369 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 8.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
4 school districts have their office in Emmons County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $4.7 million — $4.4 million to run schools, about $18,145 per student, plus $117,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $680,000 federal.
Spent $3 million — $2.8 million to run schools, about $19,580 per student, plus $222,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $952,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $335,000 federal.
Spent $2.9 million — $2.5 million to run schools, about $20,115 per student, plus $290,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $293,000 federal. Long-term debt: $975,000.
Spent $230,000 — $189,000 to run schools, about $94,500 per student, plus $2,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $132,000 local (mostly property tax), $21,000 state, $11,000 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Emmons County about $11.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
68 bridges in Emmons County: 44 in good condition, 22 fair, and 2 poor (2.9%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| ND HIGHWAY 13 over SAND CREEK · built 1977 | 320 vehicles a day |
| ND HIGHWAY 1804 over BADGER CREEK · built 1964 | 210 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.3 million of work in Emmons County in fiscal 2025, about $1,001 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for North Dakota are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Emmons County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Emmons County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Campbell County, SD (36 mi) · Logan County (37 mi) · McIntosh County (41 mi) · Sioux County (41 mi) · Burleigh County (49 mi) · Kidder County (51 mi).