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County · North Dakota
Benson County
5,756Population
-3.4 %Change since 2020
-28Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 5,756 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.4 %
- Net migration
- -28 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- North Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 5,960 (2020)
- Births
- 102 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.7
- Deaths
- 89 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 13
- International migration
- 23 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -51 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -4.9
- Postal code
- ND
- FIPS code
- 38005
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.0 % |
| 2022 | 3.0 % |
| 2021 | 4.3 % |
| 2020 | 6.9 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 3.8 % |
| 2016 | 4.2 % |
| 2015 | 4.5 % |
| 2014 | 6.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,756 |
| 2023 | 5,778 |
| 2022 | 5,794 |
| 2021 | 5,773 |
| 2020 | 5,940 |