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EDITION 2026.08 /8,821 RECORDS / PUBLIC DOMAIN

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County / FIPS 38013

Burke County

North Dakota

Burke County runs 6 public schools reporting to NCES. No Medicare-certified hospital reports to CMS from here — a real finding about rural healthcare access, not a gap in this site; North Dakota has other facilities nearby.

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At a glance

Public schools

6schools

Hospitals

0facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

1,104sq mi

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Burke County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$55.3M

2820th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$25,1242020 population

Change since FY2021

−14%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Burke County, FY2021–FY2025
$0$20M$40M$60M$80M
$55M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$65M
2022$30M
2023$15M
2024$21M
2025$55M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Burke County ranks 2820th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Public schools in Burke County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Burke County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Burke Central Elementary SchoolBurke Central 36Lignite52
Powers Lake Elementary SchoolPowers Lake 27Powers Lake166
Powers Lake High SchoolPowers Lake 27Powers Lake73
Bowbells Elementary SchoolBowbells 14Bowbells49
Bowbells High SchoolBowbells 14Bowbells41
Burke Central High SchoolBurke Central 36Lignite31
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