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Ransom County, North Dakota

A county in North Dakota, ranked 22 of 53 by population.

CountyFIPS 38073

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

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Population
5,617
-83 (-1.5%) since 2020
Land area
862.5
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
6.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lisbon
Seat of county government.
Established
1881
144 years ago
Largest city
Lisbon city
Population 2,184.

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 Ransom 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 Ransom 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 564 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 Ransom 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
Population5,61722nd of 532,766th of 3,144
Land area862.5 sq mi46th of 53959th of 3,144
Population density6.5 per sq mi16th of 532,703rd of 3,144
Median household income$75,73622nd of 53794th of 3,143

Full data for Ransom County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,617Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,700Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,708Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area862.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area863.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?6.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,736American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$193,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,337American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,546American 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
-7
66 births, 73 deaths
Net migration
-13
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 Ransom 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
Sargent CountyNorth Dakota35 mi3,711
LaMoure CountyNorth Dakota24 mi4,135
Richland CountyNorth Dakota24 mi16,731
Cass CountyNorth Dakota19 mi201,794
Barnes CountyNorth Dakota17 mi10,573
Dickey CountyNorth Dakota1.3 mi4,895

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.