Is population growing or shrinking?

Refreshed annually
It shrank by 63 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. McLean County, ND’s 0.64% annual decrease was primarily driven by deaths outpacing births.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, McLean County, ND’s population grew by 0.79%.

-63

population change (2024 to 2025)

-0.64%

percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, McLean County, ND’s population increased 10 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when McLean County, ND gained 610 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2004 and 2005 when there were 229 fewer residents.

McLean County, ND lost 63 residents between 2024 and 2025.

Annual population change, 2001–2025

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What contributes to population change in McLean County, ND?

A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
  • Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in McLean County, ND, with deaths exceeding births by 44.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, McLean County, ND’s population change from immigration was positive with about eight more people coming from another country directly to McLean County, ND than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, McLean County, ND’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 30 more people moving to any other county in the US.

Between 2024 and 2025, natural change was the primary driver of population decline in McLean County, ND.

Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025

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