Walsh County, North Dakota

Walsh County population, land area and income

Walsh County had 10,214 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,281.6 square miles of land. It ranks 14th of 53 in North Dakota by population and 22nd by land area. That works out to 8.0 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 Walsh County is 2.7 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $80,235 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Walsh County's population changed since 2020

Walsh County lost 310 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.9%. That ranks 38th 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, Walsh County recorded 506 births and 603 deaths, a natural change of -97. Net international migration added +69 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -316. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 316 people.

Where Walsh County is

The Census internal point of Walsh County is at 48.377000, -97.722200. 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 Walsh County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Walsh County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Walsh County, 5,396 people together, or 53% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Walsh County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Grafton with 4,027.

Counties bordering Walsh County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Walsh County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Grand Forks County, ND, with 73,771 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Grand Forks County

  73,771 people

  34 mi SSE

• Ramsey County

  11,510 people

  47 mi W

• MN

  Marshall County, MN

  8,771 people

  63 mi E

• Pembina County

  6,588 people

  28 mi NNE

• Cavalier County

  3,567 people

  43 mi NW

• Nelson County

  3,007 people

  39 mi SW

Distance to Bismarck and the nearest big city

Bismarck is 178.6 miles SW of Walsh County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND (population 136,285), 112.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Grand Forks, ND (population 59,845), 43.1 miles away.

Walsh County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Walsh County is 38099: state code 38 for North Dakota plus county code 099. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $80,235.