Renville County, North Dakota

A county in North Dakota, ranked 39 of 53 by population.

CountyFIPS 38075

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

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Population
2,331
+65 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
877.2
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
2.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mohall
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Mohall city
Population 706.

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 Renville 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 Renville 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 695 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 Renville 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
Population2,33139th of 533,014th of 3,144
Land area877.2 sq mi45th of 53917th of 3,144
Population density2.7 per sq mi34th of 532,936th of 3,144
Median household income$74,30125th of 53885th of 3,143

Full data for Renville County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,331Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,266Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,274Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area877.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area15.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area892.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,301American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$166,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households969American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,339American 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
+1
22 births, 21 deaths
Net migration
+18
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 4 areas bordering Renville 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
Ward CountyNorth Dakota68 mi68,233
Bottineau CountyNorth Dakota51 mi6,284
Burke CountyNorth Dakota13 mi2,132
McHenry CountyNorth Dakota6.0 mi5,130

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.