Griggs County, North Dakota

Griggs County population, land area and income

Griggs County had 2,227 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 708.7 square miles of land. It ranks 42nd of 53 in North Dakota by population and 51st by land area. That works out to 3.1 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; Griggs County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $71,071 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Griggs County's population changed since 2020

Griggs County lost 74 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.2%. That ranks 42nd 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, Griggs County recorded 87 births and 144 deaths, a natural change of -57. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -25. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 57 people.

Where Griggs County is

The Census internal point of Griggs County is at 47.456300, -98.232300. It sits in UTM zone 14N. The map shades North Dakota's 53 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Griggs County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Griggs County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Griggs County. Its 2,227 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Griggs County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Griggs County. The most populous is Stutsman County, ND, with 21,546 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Stutsman County

  21,546 people

  48 mi SW

• Barnes County

  10,798 people

  36 mi SSE

• Foster County

  3,323 people

  30 mi W

• Nelson County

  3,007 people

  32 mi N

• Eddy County

  2,309 people

  36 mi WNW

• Steele County

  1,767 people

  24 mi E

Distance to Bismarck and the nearest big city

Bismarck is 127.7 miles WSW of Griggs County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND (population 136,285), 77.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Jamestown, ND (population 15,789), 43.7 miles away.

Griggs County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Griggs County is 38039: state code 38 for North Dakota plus county code 039. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $71,071.