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County · North Dakota
Nelson County
3,007Population
-0.4 %Change since 2020
26Net migration
2.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 3,007 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.4 %
- Net migration
- 26 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6 % (2025)
- State
- North Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 3,019 (2020)
- Births
- 29 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.6
- Deaths
- 57 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 19.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -28
- International migration
- 26 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 0 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 8.6
- Postal code
- ND
- FIPS code
- 38063
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6 % |
| 2024 | 2.3 % |
| 2023 | 2.4 % |
| 2022 | 2.7 % |
| 2021 | 2.9 % |
| 2020 | 4.0 % |
| 2019 | 2.6 % |
| 2018 | 2.9 % |
| 2017 | 2.9 % |
| 2016 | 3.1 % |
| 2015 | 3.7 % |
| 2014 | 3.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,007 |
| 2023 | 3,010 |
| 2022 | 3,011 |
| 2021 | 3,055 |
| 2020 | 2,999 |