Ward County, ND Population and Components of Change
| Date |
Population |
% Change |
Components of Change |
Total Population Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter- national Immigra- tion |
Net Domestic Migration |
| 1970 | 58,560 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 60,600 | 3.5 | 2,040 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 60,700 | 0.2 | 100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 59,900 | -1.3 | -800 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 60,400 | 0.8 | 500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 60,800 | 0.7 | 400 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 60,600 | -0.3 | -200 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 60,000 | -1.0 | -600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 60,100 | 0.2 | 100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 59,200 | -1.5 | -900 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 58,392 | -1.4 | -808 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 58,780 | 0.7 | 388 |
1,593 | 448 | - | - |
| 1982 | 59,935 | 2.0 | 1,155 |
1,301 | 375 | - | - |
| 1983 | 61,061 | 1.9 | 1,126 |
1,323 | 392 | - | - |
| 1984 | 61,815 | 1.2 | 754 |
1,305 | 406 | - | - |
| 1985 | 61,674 | -0.2 | -141 |
1,294 | 392 | - | - |
| 1986 | 61,483 | -0.3 | -191 |
1,278 | 372 | - | - |
| 1987 | 61,191 | -0.5 | -292 |
1,238 | 372 | - | - |
| 1988 | 60,480 | -1.2 | -711 |
1,178 | 383 | - | - |
| 1989 | 58,777 | -2.8 | -1,703 |
1,151 | 405 | - | - |
| 1990 | 57,921 | -1.5 | -856 |
864 | 317 | - | - |
| 1991 | 57,391 | -0.9 | -530 |
1,266 | 444 | 40 | -1,574 |
| 1992 | 57,742 | 0.6 | 351 |
989 | 422 | 37 | -751 |
| 1993 | 57,843 | 0.2 | 101 |
1,018 | 402 | 34 | -948 |
| 1994 | 58,373 | 0.9 | 530 |
992 | 450 | 41 | -369 |
| 1995 | 59,281 | 1.6 | 908 |
1,025 | 499 | 68 | 113 |
| 1996 | 60,432 | 1.9 | 1,151 |
1,027 | 424 | 52 | 406 |
| 1997 | 59,839 | -1.0 | -593 |
1,077 | 455 | 72 | -1,529 |
| 1998 | 59,405 | -0.7 | -434 |
982 | 441 | 55 | -1,185 |
| 1999 | 59,188 | -0.4 | -217 |
1,021 | 449 | 41 | -803 |
| 2000 | 58,795 | -0.7 | -393 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 57,754 | -1.8 | -1,041 |
1,041 | 587 | 56 | -1,527 |
| 2002 | 57,138 | -1.1 | -616 |
904 | 509 | -221 | -758 |
| 2003 | 56,817 | -0.6 | -321 |
882 | 485 | -638 | 4 |
| 2004 | 57,026 | 0.4 | 209 |
925 | 458 | 305 | -510 |
| 2005 | 56,496 | -0.9 | -530 |
983 | 468 | -18 | -987 |
| 2006 | 56,028 | -0.8 | -468 |
958 | 504 | 152 | -1,051 |
| 2007 | 55,947 | -0.1 | -81 |
1,006 | 460 | -36 | -601 |
| 2008 | 55,986 | 0.1 | 39 |
1,004 | 454 | 39 | -510 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.
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