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Most population lost, North Dakota counties · 2000

North Dakota counties that lost 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 –

01Grand Forks County, NDND74,501-4,574–

02Walsh County, NDND10,179-1,451–

03Williams County, NDND41,767-1,368–

04Cavalier County, NDND3,497-1,233–

05Mercer County, NDND8,441-1,164–

06McLean County, NDND9,740-1,146–

07Bottineau County, NDND6,284-862–

08Barnes County, NDND10,573-770–

09Wells County, NDND3,729-762–

10Burke County, NDND2,132-760–

11Towner County, NDND2,040-751–

12Hettinger County, NDND2,492-730–

13Grant County, NDND2,206-708–

14Nelson County, NDND2,963-695–

15LaMoure County, NDND4,135-682–

16Pembina County, NDND6,568-653–

17McKenzie County, NDND15,192-646–

18McIntosh County, NDND2,451-631–

19Divide County, NDND2,110-616–

20Ramsey County, NDND11,530-615–

21Adams County, NDND2,275-581–

22Kidder County, NDND2,393-579–

23Renville County, NDND2,331-550–

24Griggs County, NDND2,239-549–

25McHenry County, NDND5,130-541–

26Logan County, NDND1,859-539–

27Emmons County, NDND3,215-499–

28Sheridan County, NDND1,296-438–

29Dunn County, NDND4,058-405–

30Mountrail County, NDND9,395-390–

31Pierce County, NDND3,838-377–

32Bowman County, NDND2,762-354–

33Dickey County, NDND4,895-350–

34Stutsman County, NDND21,414-333–

35Oliver County, NDND1,898-316–

36Traill County, NDND7,920-275–

37Benson County, NDND5,759-234–

38Foster County, NDND3,212-224–

39Billings County, NDND1,071-220–

40Stark County, NDND34,013-196–

41Eddy County, NDND2,329-194–

42Golden Valley County, NDND1,808-184–

43Sargent County, NDND3,711-183–

44Steele County, NDND1,797-162–

45Richland County, NDND16,731-150–

46Slope County, NDND628-140–

47Ransom County, NDND5,617-31–

48Sioux County, NDND3,667+283–

49Ward County, NDND68,233+874–

50Rolette County, NDND11,688+902–

51Morton County, NDND34,601+1,603–

52Burleigh County, NDND103,251+9,285–

53Cass County, NDND201,794+20,264–

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