Table 1.  The Most Populous Counties and Incorporated Places in 2010 in North Dakota:  2000 and 2010
(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/pl94-171.pdf)
Population rank     Population Change, 2000 to 2010
             
2010 2000   Geographic area 2000 1 2010 Number Percent
             
    North Dakota………...……………………………………………….  642 200  672 591  30 391 4.7
             
    COUNTY        
             
1 1   Cass County……………………………………………………  123 138  149 778  26 640 21.6
2 2   Burleigh County……………………………………………..  69 416  81 308  11 892 17.1
3 3   Grand Forks County………………………………………….  66 109  66 861   752 1.1
4 4   Ward County………………………………………………….  58 795  61 675  2 880 4.9
5 5   Morton County………………………………………………..  25 303  27 471  2 168 8.6
6 6   Stark County…………………………………………………  22 636  24 199  1 563 6.9
7 8   Williams County……………………………………………..  19 761  22 398  2 637 13.3
8 7   Stutsman County………………………………………………  21 908  21 100 -  808 -3.7
9 9   Richland County………………………………………………………  17 998  16 321 - 1 677 -9.3
10 10   Rolette County………………………………………………….  13 674  13 937   263 1.9
11 12   Ramsey County………………………………………………..  12 066  11 451 -  615 -5.1
12 11   Walsh County…………………………………………………..  12 389  11 119 - 1 270 -10.3
13 13   Barnes County……………………………………………………  11 775  11 066 -  709 -6.0
14 14   McLean County………………………………………………….  9 311  8 962 -  349 -3.7
15 15   Mercer County……………………………………………………..  8 644  8 424 -  220 -2.5
16 17   Traill County………………………………………………  8 477  8 121 -  356 -4.2
17 20   Mountrail County…………………………………………….  6 631  7 673  1 042 15.7
18 16   Pembina County………………………………………….  8 585  7 413 - 1 172 -13.7
19 19   Benson County…………………………………………..  6 964  6 660 -  304 -4.4
20 18   Bottineau County………………………………………………  7 149  6 429 -  720 -10.1
             
    INCORPORATED PLACE        
             
1 1   Fargo city…………………………………………………….  90 599  105 549  14 950 16.5
2 2   Bismarck city………………………………………………….  55 532  61 272  5 740 10.3
3 3   Grand Forks city………………………………………………..  49 321  52 838  3 517 7.1
4 4   Minot city………………………………………………………..  36 567  40 888  4 321 11.8
5 8   West Fargo city……………………………………………..  14 940  25 830  10 890 72.9
6 5   Mandan city………………………………………………….  16 718  18 331  1 613 9.6
7 6   Dickinson city……………………………………………….  16 010  17 787  1 777 11.1
8 7   Jamestown city…………………………………………………  15 527  15 427 -  100 -0.6
9 9   Williston city…………………………………………………..  12 512  14 716  2 204 17.6
10 10   Wahpeton city…………………………………………………..  8 586  7 766 -  820 -9.6
11 11   Devils Lake city………………………………………………..  7 222  7 141 -  81 -1.1
12 12   Valley City city…………………………………………….  6 826  6 585 -  241 -3.5
13 13   Grafton city………………………………………………..  4 516  4 284 -  232 -5.1
14 14   Beulah city………………………………………………….  3 152  3 121 -  31 -1.0
15 15   Rugby city……………………………………………………….  2 939  2 876 -  63 -2.1
16 59   Horace city…………………………………………………….   915  2 430  1 515 165.6
17 16   Hazen city……………………………………………………..  2 457  2 411 -  46 -1.9
18 25   Lincoln city…………………………………………………  1 730  2 406   676 39.1
19 24   Casselton city……………………………………………………….  1 855  2 329   474 25.6
20 17   Bottineau city……………………………………………………….  2 336  2 211 -  125 -5.4
               
1 Census 2000 counts are as published in Census 2000 reports and thus do not include any changes published subsequently due to boundary changes or to the Count Question Resolution program.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1, and 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table P1.