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Ramsey County, North Dakota

A county in North Dakota, ranked 12 of 53 by population.

CountyFIPS 38071

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

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Population
11,530
-44 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,185
square miles. A further 8.9% of the total area is water
Population density
9.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Devils Lake
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Devils Lake city
Population 7,333.

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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey 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 773 by 800 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 Ramsey 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
Population11,53012th of 532,317th of 3,144
Land area1,185 sq mi26th of 53515th of 3,144
Population density9.7 per sq mi10th of 532,576th of 3,144
Median household income$61,00648th of 531,993rd of 3,143

Full data for Ramsey County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,530Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202011,574Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?11,606Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,185 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area115.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,301 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,006American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$199,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,410American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,872American 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
+12
147 births, 135 deaths
Net migration
-8
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 5 areas bordering Ramsey 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
Benson CountyNorth Dakota91 mi5,759
Nelson CountyNorth Dakota30 mi2,963
Cavalier CountyNorth Dakota30 mi3,497
Walsh CountyNorth Dakota25 mi10,179
Towner CountyNorth Dakota23 mi2,040

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.