✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers White Earth itself
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers White Earth itself
Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Community health centers charge on a sliding scale by income. Distances are straight-line from the center of White Earth; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes).
Chronic conditions
Out of every 100 White Earth adults…
On every condition, White Earth is about the same as North Dakota. Tap one to see it as people.
34 of every 100 White Earth adults have high blood pressure
North Dakota: 32 in 100 · about the same · likely 30–38.2%
Better than NDWorseAbout the sameNorth Dakota
Habits
Everyday habits, side by side with North Dakota
Share of adults, with the North Dakota figure marked.
Get no exercise26.3%ND 21.8%
Sleep under 7 hours32.3%ND 32.7%
Binge drink20.6%ND 21.3%
Smoke cigarettes15.6%ND 13.1%
0%10%20%30%40%
White Earth, betterWhite Earth, worseAbout the sameNorth Dakota
White Earth Township and Sorkness Township: fewer than 1,000 residents. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.
Disability
Living with a disability
Shown without a better/worse judgment.
29.7%
of White Earth adults live with a disability (North Dakota 27.6%). Thinking or memory is the most common.
Walking or climbing stairs12.5%
Thinking or memory13%
Hearing8.4%
Errands alone7.3%
Vision4.4%
Dressing or bathing3.5%
North Dakota
Questions about health in White Earth
Why doesn’t White Earth have a Health Grade?
Every Health Grade is built from seven of CDC’s PLACES estimates, and CDC doesn’t publish all seven for White Earth.
What hospital is closest to White Earth?
Tioga Medical Center in Tioga, 7.6 miles in a straight line from White Earth’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. It has no Medicare star rating.
Neighbors talk health
Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in White Earth.
Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The North Dakota figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Ages: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau. This page isn’t medical advice. In an emergency, call 911.
Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0