Hettinger County, North Dakota

Hettinger County population, land area and income

Hettinger County had 2,419 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,132.2 square miles of land. It ranks 37th of 53 in North Dakota by population and 30th by land area. That works out to 2.1 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; Hettinger County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $64,506 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Hettinger County's population changed since 2020

Hettinger County lost 49 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.0%. That ranks 34th 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, Hettinger County recorded 101 births and 141 deaths, a natural change of -40. 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 40 people.

Where Hettinger County is

The Census internal point of Hettinger County is at 46.435700, -102.454200. 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 Hettinger County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Hettinger County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Hettinger County. Its 2,419 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Hettinger County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Hettinger 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

  28 mi NNW

• Grant County

  2,247 people

  39 mi E

• Adams County

  2,141 people

  24 mi S

• Slope County

  660 people

  48 mi W

Distance to Bismarck and the nearest big city

Bismarck is 83.6 miles ENE of Hettinger County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND (population 136,285), 268.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Dickinson, ND (population 25,695), 35.5 miles away.

Hettinger County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Hettinger County is 38041: state code 38 for North Dakota plus county code 041. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $64,506.