2022 population: 3,930 ( 277 from 2010 , 56 from 2020)
Land area: 1270.5 square miles
Population density: 3.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,754	95.52%	9.4%
Black:	18	0.46%	500.0%
Indian:	32	0.81%	146.2%
Asian:	14	0.36%	250.0%
2+ races:	45	1.15%	95.7%
Hispanic:	67	1.70%	219.0%

Total non-White:	176	4.48%	175.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	83	10.4
Deaths:	139	17.4
Net Migration:	1	0.1
Net Immigration:	0	0.0

Change in White population:	-389	-9.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	112	2.7

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
4,207
4,143	98.48%
3	0.07%
13	0.31%
4	0.10%
23	0.55%
21	0.50%
64	1.52%

2000
5,102
5,044	98.86%
7	0.14%
12	0.24%
12	0.24%
12	0.24%
15	0.29%
58	1.14%

1990
5,864
5,838	99.56%
4	0.07%
6	0.10%
10	0.17%
n/a
6	0.10%
26	0.44%

1980
6,979
6,945	99.51%
0	0.00%
2	0.03%
4	0.06%
n/a
22	0.32%
34	0.49%

1970
7,847
7,836	99.86%
2	0.03%
9	0.11%
0	0.00%
n/a
0	0.00%
11	0.14%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
330	6.5
646	12.7
-693	-13.6
15	0.3

-901	-17.7
6	0.1

Number	Rate
1990's
429	7.3
867	14.8
-371	-6.3
8	0.1

-794	-13.5
32	0.5

Number	Rate
1980's
875	12.5
816	11.7
-1,196	-17.1
n/a

-1,107	-15.9
-8	-0.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-1,116	-14.2
n/a

-891	-11.4
23	0.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Wells 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
49.7
895	22.8%
3,035	77.2%
1,001	25.5%

1,800
2.16

1,002	55.7%
838	83.6%
130	13.0%
798	44.3%

2010
Number	Percent
51.5
764	18.2%
3,443	81.8%
1,221	29.0%

1,943
2.10

1,223	62.9%
1,052	86.0%
53	4.3%
720	37.1%

2000
Number	Percent
45.0
1,150	22.5%
3,952	77.5%
1,329	26.0%

2,216
2.25

1,451	65.5%
1,310	90.3%
73	5.0%
765	34.5%

1990
Number	Percent
42.3
1,447	24.7%
4,417	75.3%
1,412	24.1%

2,433
2.36

1,700	69.9%
1,518	89.3%
65	3.8%
733	30.1%

1980
Number	Percent
37.0
1,986	28.5%
4,993	71.5%
1,413	20.2%

2,559
2.68

1,945	76.0%
1,768	90.9%
50	2.6%
614	24.0%

2022 Housing Data for Wells County, ND

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	42	2.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	108	6.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	124	6.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	115	6.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	66	3.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	132	7.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	62	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	85	4.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	34	1.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	135	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	167	9.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	228	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	151	8.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	70	3.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	159	8.8%
$200,000 or more	122	6.8%

Median Household Income	59,732
Per Capita Income	41,957

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	57	3.2%
Public Assistance	18	1.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	127	7.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,735	81.6%
Unemployed	35	1.6%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,770	83.3%
Not in Labor Force	356	16.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		18.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	443	444	49.9%
Non-Profit	134	230	36.8%
Self-Employed	306	140	68.6%

Local Government	34	109	23.8%
State Government	5	30	14.3%
Federal Government	25	28	47.2%

Total Private + Self	749	584	56.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	198	397	33.3%
Total	947	981	49.1%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	417	21.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	252	13.0%
Professional, Technical	402	20.7%
Service Occupations	378	19.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	116	6.0%
All others	489	25.2%

White Collar		55.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	324	16.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	302	15.6%
Accommodation and food services	200	10.3%
Retail trade	164	8.5%
Educational services	155	8.0%
Transportation and warehousing	125	6.4%
Construction	119	6.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	93	4.8%
Finance and insurance	85	4.4%
Manufacturing	75	3.9%
Wholesale trade	53	2.7%
Information	46	2.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	44	2.3%
Utilities	43	2.2%
Other services	42	2.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	35	1.8%
Public administration	30	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	87	2.18%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	5	0.13%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
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	5	0.13%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Korean	6	0.15%
Filipino	5	0.13%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	3,672	97.5%
German, other Germanic	42	1.1%
Spanish	31	0.8%
Korean	6	0.2%
Other Indo-European	6	0.2%
Other Asian	3	0.1%
Arabic	3	0.1%
Tagalog	2	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,916	48.0%
Norwegian	916	23.0%
Irish	188	4.7%
Russian	159	4.0%
American	142	3.6%
French Canadian	95	2.4%
Polish	87	2.2%
English	78	2.0%
French	74	1.9%
Swedish	69	1.7%
Scandinavian	40	1.0%
German Russian	39	1.0%
Scottish	39	1.0%
Czech	31	0.8%
Welsh	22	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,985	99.9%
Not a citizen	5	0.1%

Native	3,966	99.4%
Foreign-born	24	0.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
136	4.7%	118	4.1%	1,081	37.7%	915	31.9%	527	18.4%	92	3.2%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	136	4.7%
9-12 Years	118	4.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,081	37.7%
Some College	915	31.9%
Bach. Degree	527	18.4%
Grad Degree	92	3.2%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,527	2,376	151	6.0%	4.1%
1991	2,565	2,393	172	6.7%	4.3%
1992	2,480	2,287	193	7.8%	4.6%
1993	2,512	2,343	169	6.7%	4.3%
1994	2,512	2,366	146	5.8%	3.7%
1995	2,553	2,445	108	4.2%	3.3%
1996	2,540	2,430	110	4.3%	3.1%
1997	2,529	2,430	99	3.9%	2.9%
1998	2,515	2,427	88	3.5%	3.0%
1999	2,580	2,480	100	3.9%	3.1%

2000	2,352	2,258	94	4.0%	3.0%
2001	2,258	2,173	85	3.8%	2.8%
2002	2,296	2,198	98	4.3%	3.4%
2003	2,300	2,196	104	4.5%	3.5%
2004	2,317	2,209	108	4.7%	3.4%
2005	2,203	2,101	102	4.6%	3.3%
2006	2,202	2,103	99	4.5%	3.1%
2007	2,133	2,038	95	4.5%	3.0%
2008	2,116	2,026	90	4.3%	3.1%
2009	2,048	1,945	103	5.0%	3.9%

2010	2,333	2,241	92	3.9%	3.7%
2011	2,303	2,206	97	4.2%	3.3%
2012	2,213	2,129	84	3.8%	2.9%
2013	2,188	2,094	94	4.3%	2.9%
2014	2,168	2,075	93	4.3%	2.6%
2015	2,155	2,069	86	4.0%	2.8%
2016	2,185	2,101	84	3.8%	3.1%
2017	2,143	2,073	70	3.3%	2.7%
2018	1,996	1,938	58	2.9%	2.5%
2019	1,894	1,837	57	3.0%	2.3%

2020	1,920	1,836	84	4.4%	5.1%
2021	1,916	1,849	67	3.5%	3.1%
2022	1,926	1,866	60	3.1%	2.1%
2023	1,917	1,864	53	2.8%	1.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,324
Median Value	$104,200

Occupied	1,800	77.5%
Vacant	524	22.5%

Owned	1,338	74.3%
Rented	462	25.7%
Median Rent	$594

Single-Family Units	1,854	79.8%
Detached	1,808	77.8%
Attached	46	2.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	210	9.0%
Mobile Homes	124	5.3%

Wells County, ND

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Wells County, ND

2022 Housing Data for Wells County, ND

2022 Income & Employment Data for Wells County, ND

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Wells County, ND

Historical Labor Force Data for Wells County, ND