2022 population: 2,995 ( 131 from 2010 , 20 from 2020)
Land area: 981.8 square miles
Population density: 3.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	2,723	90.92%	9.8%
Black:	24	0.80%	200.0%
Indian:	63	2.10%	125.0%
Asian:	11	0.37%	266.7%
2+ races:	51	1.70%	41.7%
Hispanic:	123	4.11%	272.7%

Total non-White:	272	9.08%	151.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	47	7.8
Deaths:	124	20.6
Net Migration:	46	7.6
Net Immigration:	15	2.5

Change in White population:	-295	-9.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	164	5.2

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
3,126
3,018	96.55%
8	0.26%
28	0.90%
3	0.10%
36	1.15%
33	1.06%
108	3.45%

2000
3,715
3,661	98.55%
3	0.08%
13	0.35%
11	0.30%
21	0.57%
6	0.16%
54	1.45%

1990
4,410
4,384	99.41%
5	0.11%
6	0.14%
5	0.11%
n/a
10	0.23%
26	0.59%

1980
5,233
5,224	99.83%
0	0.00%
4	0.08%
3	0.06%
n/a
2	0.04%
9	0.17%

1970
5,776
5,766	99.83%
0	0.00%
10	0.17%
0	0.00%
n/a
0	0.00%
10	0.17%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
230	6.2
592	15.9
-219	-5.9
12	0.3

-643	-17.3
54	1.5

Number	Rate
1990's
328	7.4
825	18.7
-210	-4.8
-4	-0.1

-723	-16.4
28	0.6

Number	Rate
1980's
592	11.3
795	15.2
-642	-12.3
n/a

-840	-16.1
17	0.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-444	-7.7
n/a

-542	-9.4
-1	-0.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Nelson 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
50.0
622	20.8%
2,373	79.2%
828	27.6%

1,297
2.26

741	57.1%
648	87.4%
27	3.6%
556	42.9%

2010
Number	Percent
51.5
560	17.9%
2,566	82.1%
858	27.4%

1,474
2.07

905	61.4%
768	84.9%
48	5.3%
569	38.6%

2000
Number	Percent
47.6
829	22.3%
2,886	77.7%
1,021	27.5%

1,629
2.18

1,013	62.2%
847	83.6%
62	6.1%
616	37.8%

1990
Number	Percent
45.3
1,026	23.3%
3,384	76.7%
1,174	26.6%

1,827
2.32

1,239	67.8%
1,097	88.5%
46	3.7%
588	32.2%

1980
Number	Percent
41.9
1,326	25.3%
3,907	74.7%
1,204	23.0%

2,013
2.51

1,461	72.6%
1,298	88.8%
38	2.6%
552	27.4%

2022 Housing Data for Nelson County, ND

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	70	5.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	41	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	67	5.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	113	8.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	80	6.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	25	1.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	44	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	49	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	35	2.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	89	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	134	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	200	15.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	162	12.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	49	3.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	77	5.9%
$200,000 or more	62	4.8%

Median Household Income	62,219
Per Capita Income	37,130

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	28	2.2%
Public Assistance	20	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	76	5.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,156	72.7%
Unemployed	12	0.8%
In Armed Forces	1	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,169	73.5%
Not in Labor Force	421	26.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	389	290	57.3%
Non-Profit	27	131	17.1%
Self-Employed	244	58	80.8%

Local Government	60	54	52.6%
State Government	46	27	63.0%
Federal Government	19	20	48.7%

Total Private + Self	633	348	64.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	152	232	39.6%
Total	785	580	57.5%

Pct. Govt.	16.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	319	23.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	241	17.6%
Professional, Technical	272	19.9%
Service Occupations	228	16.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	55	4.0%
All others	306	22.4%

White Collar		60.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	212	15.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	203	14.9%
Educational services	173	12.7%
Retail trade	163	11.9%
Construction	120	8.8%
Wholesale trade	76	5.6%
Finance and insurance	69	5.1%
Manufacturing	65	4.8%
Public administration	59	4.3%
Accommodation and food services	50	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	44	3.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	43	3.1%
Other services	32	2.3%
Transportation and warehousing	31	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	13	1.0%
Information	7	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	4	0.3%
Utilities	2	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	100	3.31%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	5	0.17%
Dominican	3	0.10%

Total Central American	9	0.30%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	9	0.30%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
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	40	1.32%
Thai	4	0.13%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,697	93.8%
Spanish	52	1.8%
Tagalog	40	1.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	28	1.0%
Other Indo-European	24	0.8%
German, other Germanic	18	0.6%
Other	11	0.4%
Other Asian	4	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Norwegian	1,263	41.8%
German	898	29.7%
Irish	224	7.4%
English	145	4.8%
Swedish	145	4.8%
French	122	4.0%
Scandinavian	120	4.0%
Czech	112	3.7%
Russian	60	2.0%
Italian	57	1.9%
Finnish	44	1.5%
Scottish	43	1.4%
Polish	36	1.2%
Icelander	31	1.0%
Dutch	26	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,940	97.2%
Not a citizen	85	2.8%

Native	2,916	96.4%
Foreign-born	109	3.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
54	2.4%	78	3.5%	610	27.6%	834	37.8%	469	21.3%	162	7.3%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	54	2.4%
9-12 Years	78	3.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	610	27.6%
Some College	834	37.8%
Bach. Degree	469	21.3%
Grad Degree	162	7.3%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,734	1,668	66	3.8%	4.1%
1991	1,769	1,700	69	3.9%	4.3%
1992	1,697	1,630	67	3.9%	4.6%
1993	1,708	1,644	64	3.7%	4.3%
1994	1,709	1,639	70	4.1%	3.7%
1995	1,762	1,697	65	3.7%	3.3%
1996	1,762	1,690	72	4.1%	3.1%
1997	1,692	1,616	76	4.5%	2.9%
1998	1,686	1,622	64	3.8%	3.0%
1999	1,585	1,517	68	4.3%	3.1%

2000	1,823	1,753	70	3.8%	3.0%
2001	1,818	1,753	65	3.6%	2.8%
2002	1,699	1,630	69	4.1%	3.4%
2003	1,763	1,695	68	3.9%	3.5%
2004	1,771	1,705	66	3.7%	3.4%
2005	1,699	1,630	69	4.1%	3.3%
2006	1,691	1,622	69	4.1%	3.1%
2007	1,643	1,578	65	4.0%	3.0%
2008	1,736	1,680	56	3.2%	3.1%
2009	1,724	1,656	68	3.9%	3.9%

2010	1,694	1,627	67	4.0%	3.7%
2011	1,659	1,589	70	4.2%	3.3%
2012	1,537	1,476	61	4.0%	2.9%
2013	1,537	1,471	66	4.3%	2.9%
2014	1,516	1,460	56	3.7%	2.6%
2015	1,505	1,449	56	3.7%	2.8%
2016	1,531	1,479	52	3.4%	3.1%
2017	1,490	1,443	47	3.2%	2.7%
2018	1,417	1,372	45	3.2%	2.5%
2019	1,389	1,347	42	3.0%	2.3%

2020	1,398	1,335	63	4.5%	5.1%
2021	1,415	1,371	44	3.1%	3.1%
2022	1,461	1,418	43	2.9%	2.1%
2023	1,448	1,412	36	2.5%	1.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,803
Median Value	$107,400

Occupied	1,297	71.9%
Vacant	506	28.1%

Owned	974	75.1%
Rented	323	24.9%
Median Rent	$539

Single-Family Units	1,481	82.1%
Detached	1,469	81.5%
Attached	12	0.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	146	8.1%
Mobile Homes	69	3.8%

Nelson County, ND

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Nelson County, ND

2022 Housing Data for Nelson County, ND

2022 Income & Employment Data for Nelson County, ND

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Nelson County, ND

Historical Labor Force Data for Nelson County, ND