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Most population gained, North Dakota counties · 2010

North Dakota counties that added the most residents from the 2000 census to 2010, 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+26,640+31%

02Burleigh County, NDND103,251+11,892+28%

03Ward County, NDND68,233+2,880+230%

04Williams County, NDND41,767+2,637−293%

05Morton County, NDND34,601+2,168+35%

06Stark County, NDND34,013+1,563−897%

07Mountrail County, NDND9,395+1,042−367%

08Grand Forks County, NDND74,501+752−116%

09McKenzie County, NDND15,192+623−196%

10Rolette County, NDND11,688+263−71%

11Sioux County, NDND3,667+109−61%

12Slope County, NDND628-40−71%

13Dunn County, NDND4,058-64−84%

14Bowman County, NDND2,762-91−74%

15Billings County, NDND1,071-105−52%

16Renville County, NDND2,331-140−75%

17Divide County, NDND2,110-212−66%

18Oliver County, NDND1,898-219−31%

19Mercer County, NDND8,441-220−81%

20Hettinger County, NDND2,492-238−67%

21Golden Valley County, NDND1,808-244+33%

22Adams County, NDND2,275-250−57%

23Burke County, NDND2,132-274−64%

24Steele County, NDND1,797-283+75%

25Benson County, NDND5,759-304+30%

26Kidder County, NDND2,393-318−45%

27Logan County, NDND1,859-318−41%

28Pierce County, NDND3,838-318−16%

29Griggs County, NDND2,239-334−39%

30McLean County, NDND9,740-349−70%

31Traill County, NDND7,920-356+29%

32Eddy County, NDND2,329-372+92%

33Sheridan County, NDND1,296-389−11%

34Foster County, NDND3,212-416+86%

35Ransom County, NDND5,617-433+1297%

36Grant County, NDND2,206-447−37%

37Dickey County, NDND4,895-468+34%

38Sargent County, NDND3,711-537+193%

39LaMoure County, NDND4,135-562−18%

40McIntosh County, NDND2,451-581−8%

41Nelson County, NDND2,963-589−15%

42McHenry County, NDND5,130-592+9%

43Ramsey County, NDND11,530-615+0%

44Towner County, NDND2,040-630−16%

45Barnes County, NDND10,573-709−8%

46Bottineau County, NDND6,284-720−16%

47Emmons County, NDND3,215-781+57%

48Stutsman County, NDND21,414-808+143%

49Cavalier County, NDND3,497-838−32%

50Wells County, NDND3,729-895+17%

51Pembina County, NDND6,568-1,172+79%

52Walsh County, NDND10,179-1,270−12%

53Richland County, NDND16,731-1,677+1018%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS