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Stutsman County, North Dakota

A county in North Dakota, ranked 8 of 53 by population.

CountyFIPS 38093

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

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Population
21,414
-130 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
2,222
square miles. A further 3.3% of the total area is water
Population density
9.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jamestown
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Jamestown city
Population 15,688.

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 Stutsman 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 Stutsman 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 787 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 Stutsman 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
Population21,4148th of 531,756th of 3,144
Land area2,222 sq mi2nd of 53253rd of 3,144
Population density9.6 per sq mi11th of 532,579th of 3,144
Median household income$61,85646th of 531,909th of 3,143

Full data for Stutsman County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,414Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,544Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,594Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,222 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area76.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,298 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,856American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$208,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,437American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,413American 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
-29
228 births, 257 deaths
Net migration
-3
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 7 areas bordering Stutsman 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
Kidder CountyNorth Dakota50 mi2,393
Barnes CountyNorth Dakota43 mi10,573
Foster CountyNorth Dakota36 mi3,212
LaMoure CountyNorth Dakota28 mi4,135
Logan CountyNorth Dakota20 mi1,859
Wells CountyNorth Dakota10 mi3,729
Griggs CountyNorth Dakota7.5 mi2,239

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.