Billings County, North Dakota

Billings County population, land area and income

Billings County had 1,063 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,148.5 square miles of land. It ranks 52nd of 53 in North Dakota by population and 28th by land area. That works out to 0.9 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in North Dakota has 3,853 residents, so Billings County has 28% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $82,565 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Billings County's population changed since 2020

Billings County gained 129 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 13.8%. That ranks 1st of 53 in North Dakota for growth. The median North Dakota county changed by -1.3%, and the state as a whole by +2.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Billings County recorded 61 births and 27 deaths, a natural change of +34. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +80. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 80 people.

Where Billings County is

The Census internal point of Billings County is at 47.007000, -103.364000. It sits in UTM zone 13N. The map shades North Dakota's 53 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Billings County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Billings County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Billings County. Its 1,063 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Billings County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Billings County. The most populous is Stark County, ND, with 33,767 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Stark County

  33,767 people

  36 mi ESE

• McKenzie County

  14,782 people

  51 mi N

• Dunn County

  4,031 people

  43 mi NE

• Golden Valley County

  1,795 people

  23 mi WSW

• Slope County

  660 people

  39 mi S

Distance to Bismarck and the nearest big city

Bismarck is 122.5 miles E of Billings County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT (population 121,483), 261.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Dickinson, ND (population 25,695), 27.9 miles away.

Billings County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Billings County is 38007: state code 38 for North Dakota plus county code 007. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $82,565.