2022 population: 3,597 ( 396 from 2010 , 109 from 2020)
Land area: 1489.1 square miles
Population density: 2.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,339	92.83%	14.2%
Black:	19	0.53%	375.0%
Indian:	64	1.78%	82.9%
Asian:	21	0.58%	110.0%
2+ races:	62	1.72%	113.8%
Hispanic:	92	2.56%	283.3%

Total non-White:	258	7.17%	150.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	102	13.8
Deaths:	130	17.5
Net Migration:	-86	-11.6
Net Immigration:	-1	-0.1

Change in White population:	-551	-13.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	155	3.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
3,993
3,890	97.42%
4	0.10%
35	0.88%
10	0.25%
29	0.73%
24	0.60%
103	2.58%

2000
4,831
4,720	97.70%
6	0.12%
25	0.52%
4	0.08%
43	0.89%
31	0.64%
111	2.30%

1990
6,064
6,018	99.24%
5	0.08%
37	0.61%
2	0.03%
n/a
2	0.03%
46	0.76%

1980
7,636
7,610	99.66%
3	0.04%
19	0.25%
2	0.03%
n/a
2	0.03%
26	0.34%

1970
8,213
8,188	99.70%
0	0.00%
16	0.19%
2	0.02%
n/a
0	0.00%
25	0.30%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
321	6.6
525	10.9
-970	-20.1
43	0.9

-830	-17.2
-8	-0.2

Number	Rate
1990's
525	8.7
712	11.7
-1,069	-17.6
8	0.1

-1,298	-21.4
65	1.1

Number	Rate
1980's
974	12.8
822	10.8
-1,686	-22.1
n/a

-1,592	-20.8
20	0.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-1,299	-15.8
n/a

-578	-7.0
1	0.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Cavalier County, ND

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
47.8
831	23.1%
2,766	76.9%
1,041	28.9%

1,519
2.36

894	58.9%
788	88.1%
47	5.3%
625	41.1%

2010
Number	Percent
50.3
786	19.7%
3,207	80.3%
1,022	25.6%

1,818
2.15

1,142	62.8%
1,013	88.7%
47	4.1%
676	37.2%

2000
Number	Percent
45.1
1,178	24.4%
3,653	75.6%
1,107	22.9%

2,007
2.35

1,355	67.5%
1,221	90.1%
37	2.7%
652	32.5%

1990
Number	Percent
39.0
1,642	27.1%
4,422	72.9%
1,188	19.6%

2,393
2.49

1,701	71.1%
1,551	91.2%
40	2.4%
692	28.9%

1980
Number	Percent
33.9
2,249	29.5%
5,387	70.5%
1,302	17.1%

2,703
2.76

2,044	75.6%
1,866	91.3%
29	1.4%
659	24.4%

2022 Housing Data for Cavalier County, ND

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	99	6.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	43	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	50	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	83	5.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	15	1.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	70	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	66	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	23	1.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	105	6.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	190	12.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	122	8.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	143	9.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	162	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	85	5.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	138	9.1%
$200,000 or more	125	8.2%

Median Household Income	61,174
Per Capita Income	44,346

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	97
Compared to U.S.	78

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	31	2.0%
Public Assistance	67	4.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	89	5.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,509	80.1%
Unemployed	14	0.7%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,523	80.9%
Not in Labor Force	360	19.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		19.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	508	399	56.0%
Non-Profit	21	67	23.9%
Self-Employed	331	117	73.9%

Local Government	70	107	39.5%
State Government	7	13	35.0%
Federal Government	28	14	66.7%

Total Private + Self	839	516	61.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	126	201	38.5%
Total	965	717	57.4%

Pct. Govt.	14.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	525	30.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	377	22.2%
Professional, Technical	207	12.2%
Service Occupations	188	11.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	47	2.8%
All others	402	23.7%

White Collar		65.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	449	26.4%
Construction	165	9.7%
Retail trade	159	9.4%
Health care and social assistance	136	8.0%
Public administration	131	7.7%
Educational services	111	6.5%
Wholesale trade	96	5.7%
Manufacturing	74	4.4%
Finance and insurance	69	4.1%
Other services	67	3.9%
Accommodation and food services	66	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	56	3.3%
Information	44	2.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	26	1.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	17	1.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	17	1.0%
Utilities	15	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	0	0.00%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	1	0.03%

Total Central American	32	0.87%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	32	0.87%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	0	0.00%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	5	0.14%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	3,259	95.2%
German, other Germanic	61	1.8%
Spanish	52	1.5%
Other	21	0.6%
Other Indo-European	10	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	10	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	6	0.2%
Tagalog	5	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,382	37.4%
Norwegian	713	19.3%
English	353	9.6%
Irish	264	7.2%
French	175	4.7%
American	151	4.1%
Icelander	145	3.9%
Scottish	102	2.8%
Swedish	82	2.2%
French Canadian	53	1.4%
European	52	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	45	1.2%
Danish	44	1.2%
Czech	35	0.9%
Northern European	28	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,647	98.8%
Not a citizen	44	1.2%

Native	3,590	97.3%
Foreign-born	101	2.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
85	3.2%	93	3.5%	685	25.9%	1,157	43.8%	540	20.4%	83	3.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	85	3.2%
9-12 Years	93	3.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	685	25.9%
Some College	1,157	43.8%
Bach. Degree	540	20.4%
Grad Degree	83	3.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,710	2,598	112	4.1%	4.1%
1991	2,561	2,445	116	4.5%	4.3%
1992	2,533	2,430	103	4.1%	4.6%
1993	2,586	2,456	130	5.0%	4.3%
1994	2,757	2,638	119	4.3%	3.7%
1995	2,583	2,481	102	3.9%	3.3%
1996	2,611	2,502	109	4.2%	3.1%
1997	2,561	2,475	86	3.4%	2.9%
1998	2,511	2,437	74	2.9%	3.0%
1999	2,505	2,432	73	2.9%	3.1%

2000	2,358	2,279	79	3.4%	3.0%
2001	2,298	2,227	71	3.1%	2.8%
2002	2,251	2,171	80	3.6%	3.4%
2003	2,254	2,176	78	3.5%	3.5%
2004	2,204	2,125	79	3.6%	3.4%
2005	2,150	2,073	77	3.6%	3.3%
2006	2,148	2,078	70	3.3%	3.1%
2007	2,095	2,033	62	3.0%	3.0%
2008	2,042	1,980	62	3.0%	3.1%
2009	1,988	1,923	65	3.3%	3.9%

2010	2,265	2,197	68	3.0%	3.7%
2011	2,242	2,177	65	2.9%	3.3%
2012	2,136	2,071	65	3.0%	2.9%
2013	2,053	1,986	67	3.3%	2.9%
2014	2,028	1,971	57	2.8%	2.6%
2015	2,045	1,988	57	2.8%	2.8%
2016	2,111	2,055	56	2.7%	3.1%
2017	2,058	2,003	55	2.7%	2.7%
2018	1,982	1,933	49	2.5%	2.5%
2019	1,893	1,842	51	2.7%	2.3%

2020	1,911	1,845	66	3.5%	5.1%
2021	1,890	1,841	49	2.6%	3.1%
2022	1,842	1,797	45	2.4%	2.1%
2023	1,837	1,796	41	2.2%	1.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,114
Median Value	$122,900

Occupied	1,519	71.9%
Vacant	595	28.1%

Owned	1,257	82.8%
Rented	262	17.2%
Median Rent	$731

Single-Family Units	1,749	82.7%
Detached	1,690	79.9%
Attached	59	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	135	6.4%
Mobile Homes	73	3.5%

Cavalier County, ND

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Cavalier County, ND

2022 Housing Data for Cavalier County, ND

2022 Income & Employment Data for Cavalier County, ND

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Cavalier County, ND

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Cavalier County, ND

Historical Labor Force Data for Cavalier County, ND