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Fastest shrinking, North Dakota counties · 2010

North Dakota counties with the steepest population decline from the 2000 census to 2010. This list covers the 53 counties in North Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Sheridan County, NDND1,296-22.7%−2.4 pts

02Towner County, NDND2,040-21.9%−1.2 pts

03Emmons County, NDND3,215-18.0%−7.7 pts

04Wells County, NDND3,729-17.5%−4.5 pts

05Cavalier County, NDND3,497-17.3%+3.0 pts

06McIntosh County, NDND2,451-17.1%−1.4 pts

07Nelson County, NDND2,963-15.9%−0.1 pts

08Grant County, NDND2,206-15.7%+4.2 pts

09Logan County, NDND1,859-13.8%+5.2 pts

10Pembina County, NDND6,568-13.7%−6.6 pts

11Eddy County, NDND2,329-13.5%−6.9 pts

12Golden Valley County, NDND1,808-12.7%−4.0 pts

13Steele County, NDND1,797-12.5%−5.8 pts

14Sargent County, NDND3,711-12.3%−8.3 pts

15Burke County, NDND2,132-12.2%+13.1 pts

16Griggs County, NDND2,239-12.1%+4.5 pts

17LaMoure County, NDND4,135-12.0%+0.7 pts

18Billings County, NDND1,071-11.8%+8.0 pts

19Kidder County, NDND2,393-11.6%+5.8 pts

20Foster County, NDND3,212-11.1%−5.4 pts

21Oliver County, NDND1,898-10.6%+2.7 pts

22Walsh County, NDND10,179-10.3%+0.2 pts

23Bottineau County, NDND6,284-10.1%+0.7 pts

24McHenry County, NDND5,130-9.9%−1.6 pts

25Adams County, NDND2,275-9.6%+8.7 pts

26Richland County, NDND16,731-9.3%−8.5 pts

27Divide County, NDND2,110-9.3%+12.0 pts

28Hettinger County, NDND2,492-8.8%+12.4 pts

29Dickey County, NDND4,895-8.1%−2.4 pts

30Ransom County, NDND5,617-7.4%−6.8 pts

31Pierce County, NDND3,838-6.8%+0.7 pts

32Barnes County, NDND10,573-6.0%+0.1 pts

33Renville County, NDND2,331-5.4%+12.0 pts

34Slope County, NDND628-5.2%+10.2 pts

35Ramsey County, NDND11,530-5.1%−0.2 pts

36Benson County, NDND5,759-4.4%−1.1 pts

37Traill County, NDND7,920-4.2%−1.1 pts

38McLean County, NDND9,740-3.7%+7.2 pts

39Stutsman County, NDND21,414-3.7%−2.2 pts

40Bowman County, NDND2,762-2.8%+7.0 pts

41Mercer County, NDND8,441-2.5%+9.3 pts

42Dunn County, NDND4,058-1.8%+8.3 pts

43Grand Forks County, NDND74,501+1.1%+7.6 pts

44Rolette County, NDND11,688+1.9%−5.1 pts

45Sioux County, NDND3,667+2.7%−4.8 pts

46Ward County, NDND68,233+4.9%+3.4 pts

47Stark County, NDND34,013+6.9%+7.8 pts

48Morton County, NDND34,601+8.6%+1.8 pts

49McKenzie County, NDND15,192+10.9%+21.0 pts

50Williams County, NDND41,767+13.3%+19.8 pts

51Mountrail County, NDND9,395+15.7%+21.3 pts

52Burleigh County, NDND103,251+17.1%+1.7 pts

53Cass County, NDND201,794+21.6%+1.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS