Divide County, North Dakota

Divide County population, land area and income

Divide County had 2,124 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,261.1 square miles of land. It ranks 45th of 53 in North Dakota by population and 24th by land area. That works out to 1.7 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; Divide County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $75,310 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Divide County's population changed since 2020

Divide County lost 81 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.7%. That ranks 48th 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, Divide County recorded 91 births and 109 deaths, a natural change of -18. Net international migration added +6 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -53. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 53 people.

Where Divide County is

The Census internal point of Divide County is at 48.814800, -103.509300. 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 Divide County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Divide County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Divide County, 1,034 people together, or 49% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Divide County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Crosby with 1,034.

Counties bordering Divide County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Divide County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Williams County, ND, with 40,763 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Williams County

  40,763 people

  32 mi S

• MT

  Sheridan County, MT

  3,448 people

  47 mi W

• Burke County

  2,154 people

  45 mi E

Distance to Bismarck and the nearest big city

Bismarck is 187.0 miles SE of Divide County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT (population 121,483), 315.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Williston, ND (population 28,821), 43.7 miles away.

Divide County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Divide County is 38023: state code 38 for North Dakota plus county code 023. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $75,310.