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Burke County, North Dakota

A county in North Dakota, ranked 44 of 53 by population.

CountyFIPS 38013

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

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Population
2,132
-59 (-2.7%) since 2020
Land area
1,104
square miles. A further 2.2% of the total area is water
Population density
1.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bowbells
Seat of county government.
Established
1910
115 years ago
Largest city
Powers Lake city
Population 372.

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 Burke 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 Burke 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 620 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 Burke 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
Population2,13244th of 533,034th of 3,144
Land area1,104 sq mi33rd of 53572nd of 3,144
Population density1.9 per sq mi45th of 532,993rd of 3,144
Median household income$91,5914th of 53274th of 3,143

Full data for Burke County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,132Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,191Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,193Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,104 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area25.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,129 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$91,591American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$158,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households904American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,362American 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
-4
25 births, 29 deaths
Net migration
+2
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 5 areas bordering Burke 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
Mountrail CountyNorth Dakota30 mi9,395
Divide CountyNorth Dakota28 mi2,110
Ward CountyNorth Dakota28 mi68,233
Renville CountyNorth Dakota13 mi2,331
Williams CountyNorth Dakota6.0 mi41,767

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.