North Dakota

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Railroad Valley Oil Well, Battle Mountain NV



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Socioeconomic Impacts in North Dakota

The BLM's management of public lands in North Dakota supported more than 6,300 jobs in Fiscal Year 2010. Most of the jobs were related to oil and gas, which resulted in an economic impact of about $1.4 billion. The overall BLM economic impact was also about $1.4 billion. This table provides employment and economic output by category. Economic output data are in millions of dollars.

SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
Energy
Recreation
Timber
Grazing

Category
Impacts

Employment
Output ($million)

Direct
Total
Direct
Total
Recreation
14
18
1.0
1.5
Energy
Oil and Gas
3,188
6,295
967.7
1,387.2
Coal
6
13
2.1
3.1
Non-Metallic Minerals
0
0
0.0
0.0
Wind
0
0
0.0
0.0
Geothermal
0
0
0.0
0.0
Total Energy¹
3,194
6,308
969.8
1,390.2
Timber
0
0
0.0
0.0
Grazing
1
2
0.3
0.4
Total, All Categories¹
3,209
6,328
971.1
1,392.1

¹Totals may not add up exactly, owing to rounding.

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Available for Download

A PDF version of data from BLM's March 2011 report, “A Sound Investment for America,” is available for download at http://blm.gov/4q5c. The Department of the Interior’s June 2011 economic report incorporates economic data on hardrock minerals that are not included in the BLM report.