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Adams County, North Dakota

A county in North Dakota, ranked 41 of 53 by population.

CountyFIPS 38001

Within North Dakota
Adams County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Hettinger, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
2,275
+81 (+3.7%) since 2020
Land area
987.5
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
2.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hettinger
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Hettinger city
Population 1,119.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Adams County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Adams County, North Dakota from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 436 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Adams County ranks

Position among the 53 counties of North Dakota, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn North DakotaNationally
Population2,27541st of 533,020th of 3,144
Land area987.5 sq mi40th of 53698th of 3,144
Population density2.3 per sq mi40th of 532,958th of 3,144
Median household income$62,50045th of 531,846th of 3,143

Full data for Adams County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,275Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,194Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,207Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area987.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area988.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,030American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,326American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-16
13 births, 29 deaths
Net migration
+73
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Adams County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Hettinger CountyNorth Dakota50 mi2,492
Perkins CountySouth Dakota45 mi2,853
Bowman CountyNorth Dakota23 mi2,762
Grant CountyNorth Dakota11 mi2,206
Sioux CountyNorth Dakota7.5 mi3,667
Slope CountyNorth Dakota3.4 mi628
Harding CountySouth Dakota2.6 mi1,331
Corson CountySouth Dakota512 ft3,781

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 53 counties of North Dakota

Open the interactive North Dakota county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.