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Dickey County, North Dakota

A county in North Dakota, ranked 24 of 53 by population.

CountyFIPS 38021

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

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Population
4,895
-77 (-1.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,131
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
4.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ellendale
Seat of county government.
Established
1881
144 years ago
Largest city
Oakes city
Population 1,765.

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 Dickey 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 Dickey 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 443 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 Dickey 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
Population4,89524th of 532,820th of 3,144
Land area1,131 sq mi31st of 53556th of 3,144
Population density4.3 per sq mi22nd of 532,798th of 3,144
Median household income$68,65431st of 531,288th of 3,143

Full data for Dickey County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,895Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,972Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,000Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,131 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,142 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?4.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,654American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$162,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,962American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,394American 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
-14
59 births, 73 deaths
Net migration
-5
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Dickey 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
LaMoure CountyNorth Dakota46 mi4,135
Brown CountySouth Dakota35 mi37,561
Sargent CountyNorth Dakota24 mi3,711
McIntosh CountyNorth Dakota24 mi2,451
McPherson CountySouth Dakota14 mi2,347
Ransom CountyNorth Dakota1.3 mi5,617

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

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