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Architectural plan view of the Counting House — a banking-hall interior with a teller counter, ledger desks behind it, and a small vault recess at the rear. Hand-drafted in oxidized navy ink on parchment.

North Dakota financial profile

2-Section Cohort (cohort 5) · State Land Board (ex officio)

Substrate v1.3 · Last reviewed 2026-05-01 · Read the state dossier

Permanent fund corpus

$8,436,270,651 Verified

As of 2025-11-30

Most recent distribution

$270,000,000 Verified

Federal grant acreage

2,495,396 acres Verified

Transparency status

Corpus and distribution disclosed

Both the permanent fund corpus and the most recent distribution figure are present in the substrate.

Governance form

Classification: State Land Board (ex officio)

Board of University and School Lands (constitutional, Article IX): Governor (chair), Secretary of State, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Treasurer — five-member ex-officio executive board.

North Dakota Common Schools Trust Fund growth, $240 million in 1986 to $6.997 billion in June 2025 (~2,900% growth).
North Dakota Common Schools Trust Fund market value over 39 years, growing from approximately $240 million to $6.997 billion as of June 30, 2025. Source: Advocates for School Trust Lands , North Dakota Trust Lands Report (Tonia Day, FY 2024). Reproduced for the library by permission.

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