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Buchanan ranked 35th among cities in North Dakota by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Buchanan residents was an inflation-adjusted $43,571 per year. Buchanan had 22 households in 2017, with a population of 65.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Nash. Nash's median income was $126,167 per year after adjusting for inflation – $82,596 more than Buchanan. It had 23 households in 2017 and a population of 38.

Selz had the lowest annual resident income among cities in North Dakota, with a median income of only $8,571 per year. That was $35,000 less than the median income in Buchanan at the time. Selz had 16 households in 2017 and a population of 26.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Nash	126,167
2	Fortuna	113,095
3	Oxbow	66,458
4	Epping	64,375
5	Calvin	63,750
6	Briarwood	62,500
7	Brooktree Park	61,458
8	Leith	60,357
9	Reile's Acres	56,989
10	Luverne	56,250
11	Alamo	55,750
12	Nekoma	55,750
13	Ludden	53,333
14	Springbrook	53,125
15	Prairie Rose	52,222
16	Argusville	52,167
17	Logan	51,667
18	Harmon	51,375
19	Alsen	51,094
20	Ray	50,280
21	Lansford	47,656
22	Thompson	47,645
23	South Heart	47,500
24	Colfax	47,188
25	Knox	47,083
26	Frontier	46,750
27	Horace	46,675
28	Plaza	45,750
29	Gilby	45,556
30	Cleveland	45,536
31	North River	45,500
32	Grenora	44,545
33	Mylo	44,375
34	Watford City	44,231
35	Buchanan	43,571
36	Leal	42,500
37	Barney	42,500
38	Lignite	42,500
39	Williston	42,300
40	Buxton	42,266
41	Gwinner	41,889
42	Wheatland	41,875
43	Marion	41,875
44	Edinburg	41,563
45	Pembina	41,477
46	Medora	41,417
47	Clifford	41,250
48	Arnegard	41,063
49	Dwight	40,938
50	Golden Valley	40,833
51	Ross	40,750
52	Dahlen	40,673
53	Dawson	40,625
54	Erie	40,556
55	Lincoln	40,516
56	Palermo	40,469
57	Bowbells	40,417
58	Mapleton	40,163
59	Fessenden	40,066
60	Harwood	39,875
61	Burlington	39,688
62	Washburn	39,650
63	Casselton	39,397
64	Scranton	39,375
65	Hope	39,205
66	Glenfield	39,167
67	Sherwood	39,063
68	West Fargo	38,638
69	Dickinson	38,549
70	Pingree	38,125
71	Fordville	37,917
72	Stanton	37,813
73	Manvel	37,727
74	Newburg	37,500
75	Fredonia	37,500
76	Max	37,361
77	Killdeer	37,361
78	Deering	37,292
79	Flasher	37,241
80	Powers Lake	37,188
81	Buffalo	37,083
82	Bucyrus	36,875
83	Surrey	36,728
84	Inkster	36,667
85	Tioga	36,458
86	Drayton	36,307
87	Amidon	36,250
88	Fullerton	36,250
89	Douglas	36,250
90	Christine	36,250
91	Martin	36,111
92	Kindred	36,106
93	Davenport	35,972
94	Starkweather	35,938
95	Walcott	35,909
96	Mandan	35,876
97	Berthold	35,859
98	Sykeston	35,833
99	Tower City	35,804
100	Glenburn	35,652

* All values are inflation-adjusted