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Fastest shrinking, North Dakota counties · 2000

North Dakota counties with the steepest population decline since the prior decennial census. This list covers the 53 counties in North Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Burke County, NDND2,132-25.3%+0%

02Divide County, NDND2,110-21.2%+0%

03Hettinger County, NDND2,492-21.2%+0%

04Towner County, NDND2,040-20.7%+0%

05Sheridan County, NDND1,296-20.4%+0%

06Cavalier County, NDND3,497-20.3%+0%

07Grant County, NDND2,206-19.9%+0%

08Billings County, NDND1,071-19.9%+0%

09Logan County, NDND1,859-18.9%+0%

10Adams County, NDND2,275-18.3%+0%

11Renville County, NDND2,331-17.4%+0%

12Kidder County, NDND2,393-17.4%+0%

13Griggs County, NDND2,239-16.6%+0%

14Nelson County, NDND2,963-15.8%+0%

15McIntosh County, NDND2,451-15.7%+0%

16Slope County, NDND628-15.4%+0%

17Oliver County, NDND1,898-13.3%+0%

18Wells County, NDND3,729-13.0%+0%

19LaMoure County, NDND4,135-12.7%+0%

20Mercer County, NDND8,441-11.9%+0%

21McLean County, NDND9,740-11.0%+0%

22Bottineau County, NDND6,284-10.8%+0%

23Walsh County, NDND10,179-10.5%+0%

24Emmons County, NDND3,215-10.3%+0%

25McKenzie County, NDND15,192-10.1%+0%

26Dunn County, NDND4,058-10.1%+0%

27Bowman County, NDND2,762-9.8%+0%

28Golden Valley County, NDND1,808-8.7%+0%

29McHenry County, NDND5,130-8.3%+0%

30Pierce County, NDND3,838-7.5%+0%

31Pembina County, NDND6,568-7.1%+0%

32Steele County, NDND1,797-6.7%+0%

33Eddy County, NDND2,329-6.6%+0%

34Williams County, NDND41,767-6.5%+0%

35Grand Forks County, NDND74,501-6.5%+0%

36Barnes County, NDND10,573-6.1%+0%

37Dickey County, NDND4,895-5.7%+0%

38Foster County, NDND3,212-5.6%+0%

39Mountrail County, NDND9,395-5.6%+0%

40Ramsey County, NDND11,530-4.8%+0%

41Sargent County, NDND3,711-4.0%+0%

42Benson County, NDND5,759-3.3%+0%

43Traill County, NDND7,920-3.1%+0%

44Stutsman County, NDND21,414-1.5%+0%

45Stark County, NDND34,013-0.9%+0%

46Richland County, NDND16,731-0.8%+0%

47Ransom County, NDND5,617-0.5%+0%

48Ward County, NDND68,233+1.5%+0%

49Morton County, NDND34,601+6.8%+0%

50Rolette County, NDND11,688+7.1%+0%

51Sioux County, NDND3,667+7.5%+0%

52Burleigh County, NDND103,251+15.4%+0%

53Cass County, NDND201,794+19.7%+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES