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Most population gained, North Dakota counties · 2000

North Dakota counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, 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 -499.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Cass County, NDND201,794+20,264–

02Burleigh County, NDND103,251+9,285–

03Morton County, NDND34,601+1,603–

04Rolette County, NDND11,688+902–

05Ward County, NDND68,233+874–

06Sioux County, NDND3,667+283–

07Ransom County, NDND5,617-31–

08Slope County, NDND628-140–

09Richland County, NDND16,731-150–

10Steele County, NDND1,797-162–

11Sargent County, NDND3,711-183–

12Golden Valley County, NDND1,808-184–

13Eddy County, NDND2,329-194–

14Stark County, NDND34,013-196–

15Billings County, NDND1,071-220–

16Foster County, NDND3,212-224–

17Benson County, NDND5,759-234–

18Traill County, NDND7,920-275–

19Oliver County, NDND1,898-316–

20Stutsman County, NDND21,414-333–

21Dickey County, NDND4,895-350–

22Bowman County, NDND2,762-354–

23Pierce County, NDND3,838-377–

24Mountrail County, NDND9,395-390–

25Dunn County, NDND4,058-405–

26Sheridan County, NDND1,296-438–

27Emmons County, NDND3,215-499–

28Logan County, NDND1,859-539–

29McHenry County, NDND5,130-541–

30Griggs County, NDND2,239-549–

31Renville County, NDND2,331-550–

32Kidder County, NDND2,393-579–

33Adams County, NDND2,275-581–

34Ramsey County, NDND11,530-615–

35Divide County, NDND2,110-616–

36McIntosh County, NDND2,451-631–

37McKenzie County, NDND15,192-646–

38Pembina County, NDND6,568-653–

39LaMoure County, NDND4,135-682–

40Nelson County, NDND2,963-695–

41Grant County, NDND2,206-708–

42Hettinger County, NDND2,492-730–

43Towner County, NDND2,040-751–

44Burke County, NDND2,132-760–

45Wells County, NDND3,729-762–

46Barnes County, NDND10,573-770–

47Bottineau County, NDND6,284-862–

48McLean County, NDND9,740-1,146–

49Mercer County, NDND8,441-1,164–

50Cavalier County, NDND3,497-1,233–

51Williams County, NDND41,767-1,368–

52Walsh County, NDND10,179-1,451–

53Grand Forks County, NDND74,501-4,574–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS