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North Dakota population 2026
North Dakota has 799,358 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 5,971 more than a year earlier (+0.75%). It is 47th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 0.2% of the US’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 805 thousand by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
North Dakota in numbers
- Population
- 799 thousand 1 July 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.75% +5,971 people
- Change since 2020
- +2.53% from 780 thousand
- Share of the US
- 0.2% 47th of 50 states and DC
- Population density
- 5per km² 178,694 km²
- Births in the year
- 10 thousand deaths: 7 thousand
- International migration
- +3 thousand net arrivals from abroad
- Moves within the US
- +512 more people moved in than left
In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 2,630, 2,810 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 512 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.
That is about as many people as Bhutan (802 thousand).
Population of North Dakota by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 674,752 |
| 2011 | 685,526 |
| 2012 | 702,227 |
| 2013 | 723,149 |
| 2014 | 738,736 |
| 2015 | 755,537 |
| 2016 | 756,114 |
| 2017 | 756,755 |
| 2018 | 760,062 |
| 2019 | 763,724 |
| 2020 | 779,612 |
| 2021 | 777,977 |
| 2022 | 780,191 |
| 2023 | 787,071 |
| 2024 | 793,387 |
| 2025 | 799,358 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 799,358 | +5,971 | +0.75% |
| 2024 | 793,387 | +6,316 | +0.80% |
| 2023 | 787,071 | +6,880 | +0.88% |
| 2022 | 780,191 | +2,214 | +0.28% |
| 2021 | 777,977 | −1,635 | −0.21% |
| 2020 | 779,612 | +15,888 | +2.08% |
| 2019 | 763,724 | +3,662 | +0.48% |
| 2018 | 760,062 | +3,307 | +0.44% |
| 2017 | 756,755 | +641 | +0.08% |
| 2016 | 756,114 | +577 | +0.08% |
| 2015 | 755,537 | +16,801 | +2.27% |
| 2014 | 738,736 | +15,587 | +2.16% |
| 2013 | 723,149 | +20,922 | +2.98% |
| 2012 | 702,227 | +16,701 | +2.44% |
| 2011 | 685,526 | +10,774 | +1.60% |
2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.
North Dakota among the US’s states
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 39,355,309 | −0.02% | 11.5% | 98 |
| 2 | Texas | 31,709,821 | +1.25% | 9.3% | 47 |
| 3 | Florida | 23,462,518 | +0.84% | 6.9% | 169 |
| 4 | New York State | 20,002,427 | +0.01% | 5.9% | 164 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 13,059,432 | +0.10% | 3.8% | 113 |
| 6 | Illinois | 12,719,141 | +0.13% | 3.7% | 89 |
| 7 | Ohio | 11,900,510 | +0.34% | 3.5% | 113 |
| 8 | Georgia (US State) | 11,302,748 | +0.88% | 3.3% | 76 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 11,197,968 | +1.32% | 3.3% | 89 |
| 10 | Michigan | 10,127,884 | +0.28% | 3.0% | 69 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 9,548,215 | +0.44% | 2.8% | 501 |
| 12 | Virginia | 8,880,107 | +0.69% | 2.6% | 87 |
| 13 | Washington State | 8,001,020 | +0.92% | 2.3% | 47 |
| 14 | Arizona | 7,623,818 | +0.89% | 2.2% | 26 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 7,315,076 | +0.88% | 2.1% | 69 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 7,154,084 | +0.22% | 2.1% | 354 |
| 17 | Indiana | 6,973,333 | +0.56% | 2.0% | 75 |
| 18 | Missouri | 6,270,541 | +0.43% | 1.8% | 35 |
| 19 | Maryland | 6,265,347 | +0.32% | 1.8% | 249 |
| 20 | Colorado | 6,012,561 | +0.40% | 1.8% | 22 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 5,972,787 | +0.26% | 1.7% | 43 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 5,830,405 | +0.57% | 1.7% | 28 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 5,570,274 | +1.46% | 1.6% | 72 |
| 24 | Alabama | 5,193,088 | +0.58% | 1.5% | 40 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 4,618,189 | +0.07% | 1.4% | 41 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 4,606,864 | +0.50% | 1.3% | 45 |
| 27 | Oregon | 4,273,586 | +0.19% | 1.3% | 17 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 4,123,288 | +0.62% | 1.2% | 23 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 3,688,496 | +0.38% | 1.1% | 294 |
| 30 | Utah | 3,538,904 | +1.02% | 1.0% | 17 |
| 31 | Nevada | 3,282,188 | +0.88% | 1.0% | 12 |
| 32 | Iowa | 3,238,387 | +0.25% | 0.9% | 22 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 3,114,791 | +0.60% | 0.9% | 23 |
| 34 | Kansas | 2,977,220 | +0.40% | 0.9% | 14 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 2,954,160 | +0.14% | 0.9% | 24 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 2,125,498 | −0.06% | 0.6% | 7 |
| 37 | Idaho | 2,029,733 | +1.44% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 2,018,006 | +0.62% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 1,766,147 | −0.07% | 0.5% | 28 |
| 40 | Hawaii | 1,432,820 | −0.15% | 0.4% | 86 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 1,415,342 | +0.48% | 0.4% | 61 |
| 42 | Maine | 1,414,874 | +0.46% | 0.4% | 18 |
| 43 | Montana | 1,144,694 | +0.63% | 0.3% | 3 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 1,114,521 | +0.37% | 0.3% | 416 |
| 45 | Delaware | 1,059,952 | +0.94% | 0.3% | 210 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 935,094 | +0.86% | 0.3% | 5 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 799,358 | +0.75% | 0.2% | 5 |
| 48 | Alaska | 737,270 | +0.10% | 0.2% | 1 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 693,645 | +0.34% | 0.2% | 4,381 |
| 50 | Vermont | 644,663 | −0.29% | 0.2% | 27 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 588,753 | +0.35% | 0.2% | 2 |
Largest cities in North Dakota
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Fargo118,523
- Bismarck75,092
- Grand Forks57,011
- Minot49,450
- West Fargo33,597
- Williston26,977
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Source and method
US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.
Cite this page: North Dakota population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/north-dakota/
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