The name Fort Totten can be attributed to several places in the United States and the chief among them are Fort Totten, North Dakota; Fort Totten, Washington DC and Fort Totten in New York City.

The Fort Totten that is located in the North Dakota is an unincorporated community and also a census designated place. The county of Fort Totten is Benson and its population according to the census of 2000 is 952. Native Americans with 98.84 per cent comprise the majority of the population in this census designated place and the Whites are a meagre 0.84 per cent. The other ethnic groups of this area are African-American and Hispanics.

The average income of each household is $15,395 and the difference between the average income of male and female is surprisingly quite low. Males have average income of $20,179 while females stand at $19,063. The area of the county is 20.4 square kilometres.