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County · North Dakota
Wells County
3,803Population
-4.5 %Change since 2020
-11Net migration
2.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 3,803 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -4.5 %
- Net migration
- -11 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6 % (2025)
- State
- North Dakota
- Population base, April 2020
- 3,982 (2020)
- Births
- 24 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.3
- Deaths
- 62 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -38
- International migration
- 4 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -15 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -2.9
- Postal code
- ND
- FIPS code
- 38103
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6 % |
| 2024 | 2.7 % |
| 2023 | 2.7 % |
| 2022 | 2.9 % |
| 2021 | 3.2 % |
| 2020 | 4.0 % |
| 2019 | 2.8 % |
| 2018 | 2.7 % |
| 2017 | 3.1 % |
| 2016 | 3.7 % |
| 2015 | 4.0 % |
| 2014 | 4.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,803 |
| 2023 | 3,866 |
| 2022 | 3,916 |
| 2021 | 3,896 |
| 2020 | 3,967 |