Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It grew by 7,500 between 2023 and 2024. That’s more than the population of the Devils Lake. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. North Dakota’s 0.95% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state. In the decade between 2014 and 2024, North Dakota’s population grew by 7%.

+7.52K

population change (2023 to 2024)

+0.95%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, North Dakota's population increased in 21 of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2012 and 2013, when it gained 22,300 residents. The state's largest decline during the 21st century occurred between 2000 and 2001 when it lost 3,000 residents.

North Dakota gained 7,500 residents between 2023 and 2024.

Annual population change

A state’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 2023 to 2024 natural population change was positive in North Dakota, with births exceeding deaths by 2,700.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. 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. North Dakota’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 5,100 more people coming from another country to North Dakota than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between states:  North Dakota’s population change from domestic migration was negative, with about 291 more people leaving for another state than moving in.

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Between 2023 and 2024, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in North Dakota.

Components of population change

Among 53 county equivalents, Cass County had the largest population growth in North Dakota, welcoming 2,788 new residents. Pembina County lost the most, with a loss of 102 residents.
Williams County led North Dakota in percent population increase between 2023 and 2024 at 3.7%. Slope County ranked last with a 2.8% decline.

Between 2023 and 2024, Williams County gained 3.7% in population, the largest increase in North Dakota.

Population change

Between 2014 and 2024, North Dakota’s population has increased by 7%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.5%. North Dakota ranks 17th among states in population growth over that decade.

North Dakota ranked 17th in population growth between 2014 and 2024.

Percent change in population

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Methodology

USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.

The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.

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