Kidder County, North Dakota

Kidder County population, land area and income

Kidder County had 2,371 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,351.1 square miles of land. It ranks 39th of 53 in North Dakota by population and 20th by land area. That works out to 1.8 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; Kidder County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $60,473 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Kidder County's population changed since 2020

Kidder County lost 21 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.9%. That ranks 24th 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, Kidder County recorded 95 births and 116 deaths, a natural change of -21. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -4. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 21 people.

Where Kidder County is

The Census internal point of Kidder County is at 46.938300, -99.731200. 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 Kidder County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Kidder County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Kidder County. Its 2,371 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Kidder County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Kidder County. The most populous is Burleigh County, ND, with 103,107 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Burleigh County

  103,107 people

  35 mi W

• Stutsman County

  21,546 people

  37 mi E

• Wells County

  3,803 people

  44 mi N

• Emmons County

  3,209 people

  51 mi SSW

• Logan County

  1,880 people

  34 mi SSE

• Sheridan County

  1,268 people

  53 mi NNW

Distance to Bismarck and the nearest big city

Bismarck is 50.3 miles W of Kidder County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND (population 136,285), 137.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Jamestown, ND (population 15,789), 49.0 miles away.

Kidder County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Kidder County is 38043: state code 38 for North Dakota plus county code 043. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $60,473.