Sales tax in North Dakota
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The North Dakota state sales tax rate is 5%. Cities, counties and districts add their own on top, so the combined rate depends on where in North Dakota you are.
State rate from Current jurisdiction rate and boundary files, checked Sep 3, 2026.
What a $100.00 purchase costs in tax across North Dakota
General merchandise. Prepared food, lodging and other categories can be taxed differently, and a tilde marks a figure estimated from ZIP-code data rather than a verified rate for one address.
- State rate only (5%)
- $5.00
- Verified
- Most common combined rate (~5%)
- ~$5.00
- Estimated
- Highest combined rate (~8.75%)
- ~$8.75
- Estimated
What makes up a sales tax rate in North Dakota
- The state's share: 5%. Levied on every taxable sale in North Dakota, wherever it happens.
- Local shares: nothing to ~3.75% on top. Counties, cities and special districts each add their own, and a seller collects them together. 246 cities in North Dakota have their own pages with a figure below.
- Your exact address decides. A ZIP code is a postal route and was never drawn to follow tax boundaries, so two addresses sharing one can owe different totals. The calculator narrows it down from your ZIP code.
How combined rates are spread across North Dakota
Number of North Dakota ZIP codes at each combined general sales tax rate. Figures are estimates: a ZIP code that crosses a tax boundary is counted at its most likely rate.
| Combined rate | ZIP codes | Share of the state |
|---|---|---|
| ~5% | 186 | |
| ~5.5% | 22 | |
| ~6% | 42 | |
| ~6.5% | 8 | |
| ~7% | 66 | |
| ~7.25% | 5 | |
| ~7.5% | 30 | |
| ~7.75% | 14 | |
| ~8% | 32 | |
| ~8.25% | 1 | |
| ~8.5% | 5 | |
| ~8.75% | 1 |
Sales tax by city in North Dakota
246 cities with a published or estimated rate. A tilde marks an estimate; the figure shown is the highest an address in that city is estimated to pay.
Cities covering the most ZIP codes
- Fargo~7.75% · 13 ZIP codes
- Bismarck~8% · 7 ZIP codes
- Grand Forks~7.25% · 5 ZIP codes
- Minot~8.5% · 4 ZIP codes
- Jamestown~7.5% · 3 ZIP codes
- Wahpeton~8% · 3 ZIP codes
- Williston~8% · 3 ZIP codes
- Abercrombie~8% · 2 ZIP codes
Highest combined rates
- Grafton~8.75%
- Drayton~8.5%
- Minot~8.5%
- Park River~8.5%
- Surrey~8.5%
Lowest combined rates
- Arnegard5%
- Bowdon5%
- Braddock5%
- Buxton5%
- Dunn Center5%
All 246 cities, A to Z
A 12 cities
B 21 cities
C 12 cities
D 11 cities
- Davenport~7.5%
- Deering~5.5%
- Devils Lake~7.5%
- Dickinson~7%
- Donnybrook5.5%
- Douglas5.5%
- Drake7%
- Drayton~8.5%
- Dunn Center5%
- Dunseith5%
- Dwight~8%
F 13 cities
G 17 cities
H 20 cities
I 1 city
- Inkster5%
J 1 city
- Jamestown~7.5%
L 19 cities
M 23 cities
N 11 cities
- Napoleon~7%
- Neche~7%
- Nekoma5%
- New England7%
- New Leipzig~7%
- New Rockford~7.5%
- New Salem8%
- New Town~7%
- Newburg5%
- North River~7.75%
- Northwood8%
P 10 cities
- Page~7.5%
- Park River~8.5%
- Pembina~7.5%
- Petersburg5%
- Pick City~6.5%
- Pillsbury5%
- Plaza5%
- Portland~7%
- Powers Lake6%
- Prairie Rose~7.75%
R 11 cities
S 17 cities
- Scranton5%
- Sharon6%
- Sheldon~5.5%
- Sherwood~7%
- Sheyenne5%
- Solen5%
- Souris~6%
- South Heart~7%
- Spiritwood Lake~7.5%
- St. John~6%
- St. Thomas5%
- Stanley~6.5%
- Starkweather5%
- Steele~7.5%
- Strasburg~7%
- Streeter~6%
- Surrey~8.5%
T 6 cities
- Taylor5%
- Thompson~7%
- Tioga~8.5%
- Tower City~7.5%
- Towner~7%
- Turtle Lake~8%
U 1 city
V 3 cities
- Valley City~7.5%
- Velva7%
- Venturia7%
W 17 cities
- Wahpeton~8%
- Walcott5%
- Wales5%
- Walhalla~7%
- Washburn7%
- Watford City~6.5%
- West Fargo~8%
- Westhope~7%
- White Earth5%
- Wildrose5%
- Williston~8%
- Willow City5%
- Wilton~8%
- Wimbledon~7%
- Wishek~7%
- Woodworth~6%
- Wyndmere~8%
Z 1 city
- Zap5%
Why most North Dakota figures are estimates
Of 412 ZIP codes in North Dakota, 269 resolve to a single verified rate for every address inside them. The rest carry an estimate with its range, and the calculator will ask for more than a ZIP code where it needs to.
- 139 This ZIP code crosses a tax boundary, so the rate depends on the street address.
- 1 A local district in this state is not yet mapped, so this may not be the whole rate.
- 1 This rate comes from an outside source. We have no local taxing jurisdictions mapped for this ZIP code, so the figure has not been verified against our own records.
A ZIP code is a mail route, not a tax boundary. Where one crosses a city or district line, the rate depends on the street address, and no lookup by ZIP code alone can settle it. Enter your ZIP code in the calculator for the closest figure we hold.
Why you can rely on these figures
- Published rates
- State and local rates compiled from the tax authorities that levy them.
- Every figure sourced
- See the jurisdiction breakdown and the document each rate came from.
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- Missing means missing
- Where a rate is not verified we say so instead of showing a short total.
TaxAndTips provides informational estimates from published tax-rate data. Actual tax treatment can depend on the product or service, the exact address, the transaction, exemption status and applicable law. For official obligations, consult the taxing authority or a qualified tax professional.