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County · North Dakota
Ward County
68,427Population
-2.1 %Change since 2020
-873Net migration
2.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 68,427 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.1 %
- Net migration
- -873 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6 % (2025)
- State
- North Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 69,922 (2020)
- Births
- 970 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.2
- Deaths
- 521 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 449
- International migration
- 269 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1,142 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -12.8
- Postal code
- ND
- FIPS code
- 38101
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6 % |
| 2024 | 2.3 % |
| 2023 | 2.0 % |
| 2022 | 2.1 % |
| 2021 | 3.3 % |
| 2020 | 5.3 % |
| 2019 | 2.1 % |
| 2018 | 2.4 % |
| 2017 | 3.0 % |
| 2016 | 3.7 % |
| 2015 | 3.2 % |
| 2014 | 2.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 68,427 |
| 2023 | 68,419 |
| 2022 | 68,831 |
| 2021 | 69,265 |
| 2020 | 69,922 |