White Earth is a small City in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States.

The community's recent growth due to the North Dakota oil boom is the subject of an Academy Award–nominated short documentary film, White Earth.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.50 square miles (3.88 km2), all land.

Of all households 29.2% were made up of individuals, and 20.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 10.0% of families and 22.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including 60.0% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

Amtrak's Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop.

The nearest station is located in Stanley, 22 miles (35 km) to the east.