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Most population gained, North Dakota counties

North Dakota counties that added the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. 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 CHANGEVS 2000

01Cass County, NDND201,794+17,269−15%

02Burleigh County, NDND103,251+4,793−48%

03Grand Forks County, NDND74,501+1,331−129%

04Morton County, NDND34,601+1,310−18%

05Williams County, NDND41,767+817−160%

06McKenzie County, NDND15,192+488−176%

07Stark County, NDND34,013+367−287%

08Richland County, NDND16,731+202−235%

09Billings County, NDND1,071+126−157%

10Mercer County, NDND8,441+91−108%

11Adams County, NDND2,275+75−113%

12Golden Valley County, NDND1,808+72−139%

13Renville County, NDND2,331+49−109%

14LaMoure County, NDND4,135+42−106%

15Sheridan County, NDND1,296+31−107%

16Oliver County, NDND1,898+21−107%

17Hettinger County, NDND2,492+3−100%

18Kidder County, NDND2,393-1−100%

19Steele County, NDND1,797-1−99%

20Logan County, NDND1,859-17−97%

21Eddy County, NDND2,329-18−91%

22McLean County, NDND9,740-31−97%

23Dunn County, NDND4,058-37−91%

24Nelson County, NDND2,963-52−93%

25Griggs County, NDND2,239-67−88%

26Burke County, NDND2,132-69−91%

27Ramsey County, NDND11,530-75−88%

28Traill County, NDND7,920-77−72%

29Slope County, NDND628-78−44%

30McIntosh County, NDND2,451-79−87%

31Divide County, NDND2,110-85−86%

32Emmons County, NDND3,215-86−83%

33Ransom County, NDND5,617-86+177%

34Bottineau County, NDND6,284-95−89%

35Grant County, NDND2,206-95−87%

36Dickey County, NDND4,895-104−70%

37Towner County, NDND2,040-122−84%

38Sargent County, NDND3,711-151−17%

39Pierce County, NDND3,838-152−60%

40Stutsman County, NDND21,414-179−46%

41Foster County, NDND3,212-185−17%

42Benson County, NDND5,759-205−12%

43Cavalier County, NDND3,497-207−83%

44McHenry County, NDND5,130-215−60%

45Bowman County, NDND2,762-231−35%

46Sioux County, NDND3,667-231−182%

47Wells County, NDND3,729-253−67%

48Pembina County, NDND6,568-276−58%

49Barnes County, NDND10,573-280−64%

50Walsh County, NDND10,179-384−74%

51Mountrail County, NDND9,395-414+6%

52Rolette County, NDND11,688-499−155%

53Ward County, NDND68,233-1,686−293%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES