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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. The median across all 53 is -75. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Renville County, ND, up 28 places to #13.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Cass County, NDND201,794+17,269−15%

02▲1Burleigh County, NDND103,251+4,793−48%

03▲4Grand Forks County, NDND74,501+1,331−129%

04▲4Morton County, NDND34,601+1,310−18%

05▼3Williams County, NDND41,767+817−160%

06▼1McKenzie County, NDND15,192+488−176%

07▼3Stark County, NDND34,013+367−287%

08▲7Richland County, NDND16,731+202−235%

09▲7Billings County, NDND1,071+126−157%

10▲21Mercer County, NDND8,441+91−108%

11▲27Adams County, NDND2,275+75−113%

12▲7Golden Valley County, NDND1,808+72−139%

13▲28Renville County, NDND2,331+49−109%

14▲13LaMoure County, NDND4,135+42−106%

15▲15Sheridan County, NDND1,296+31−107%

16▲6Oliver County, NDND1,898+21−107%

17▲6Hettinger County, NDND2,492+3−100%

18▲8Kidder County, NDND2,393-1−100%

19▲21Steele County, NDND1,797-1−99%

20▲16Logan County, NDND1,859-17−97%

21▲4Eddy County, NDND2,329-18−91%

22▼12McLean County, NDND9,740-31−97%

23▼12Dunn County, NDND4,058-37−91%

24▲10Nelson County, NDND2,963-52−93%

25▲10Griggs County, NDND2,239-67−88%

26▼12Burke County, NDND2,132-69−91%

27▼10Ramsey County, NDND11,530-75−88%

28▲9Traill County, NDND7,920-77−72%

29▼5Slope County, NDND628-78−44%

30▲16McIntosh County, NDND2,451-79−87%

31▼13Divide County, NDND2,110-85−86%

32▲12Emmons County, NDND3,215-86−83%

33▼20Ransom County, NDND5,617-86+177%

34▼6Bottineau County, NDND6,284-95−89%

35▼2Grant County, NDND2,206-95−87%

36▲12Dickey County, NDND4,895-104−70%

37▼5Towner County, NDND2,040-122−84%

38▼17Sargent County, NDND3,711-151−17%

39▲10Pierce County, NDND3,838-152−60%

40▼28Stutsman County, NDND21,414-179−46%

41▼21Foster County, NDND3,212-185−17%

42▲10Benson County, NDND5,759-205−12%

43▲4Cavalier County, NDND3,497-207−83%

44▼15McHenry County, NDND5,130-215−60%

45▼6Bowman County, NDND2,762-231−35%

46▼1Sioux County, NDND3,667-231−182%

47▼4Wells County, NDND3,729-253−67%

48▲3Pembina County, NDND6,568-276−58%

49▼7Barnes County, NDND10,573-280−64%

50Walsh County, NDND10,179-384−74%

51▼42Mountrail County, NDND9,395-414+6%

52▲1Rolette County, NDND11,688-499−155%

53▼47Ward County, NDND68,233-1,686−293%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES