Who's moving to North Dakota

Where households are arriving from and leaving for, county by county — built on official federal tax-filer data, not marketing estimates.

+38 net households from other states

Arrived from other states

12,897

households, 2022-2023

Left for other states

12,859

households, 2022-2023

Moved within North Dakota

8,895

households changed county, stayed in state

+38 net households — Arrivals from other states and departures to them are close in volume — arrivals edge ahead by 38 households. Another 203 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years

Every move in or out of North Dakota, including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.

-1,409

18–19

-2,569

19–20

-3,320

20–21

-1,378

21–22

+98

22–23

Every county at a glance.
Gained households from other states
Lost households to other states
Circle size — households that moved in or out.
Fargo · Cass County — the busiest moving market in North Dakota.

Where North Dakota is gaining from other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

Williston Williams County +336

#294 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Watford City McKenzie County +133

#700 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Beulah Mercer County +59

#1,244 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Dickinson Stark County +55

#1,494 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Stanley Mountrail County +46

#959 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Grafton Walsh County +25

#2,466 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Bowman Bowman County +22

#1,431 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Gwinner Sargent County +19

#1,533 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Where North Dakota is losing to other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

Minot Ward County -200

Grand Forks Grand Forks County -182

Bismarck Burleigh County -129

Fargo Cass County -78

Langdon Cavalier County -22

LaMoure LaMoure County -22

Mandan Morton County -20

Valley City Barnes County -20

Which states North Dakota trades households with

Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows ranked by total volume. The IRS publishes only each county's largest partner states, so smaller streams are left out and these totals run below the headline figures.

Minnesota +95

2,655 in

2,560 out

Arizona -71

227 in

298 out

Texas -90

54 in

144 out

Nevada -2

89 in

91 out

South Dakota -22

61 in

83 out

Colorado -87

26 in

113 out

Households arriving in North Dakota from another state report $54,701 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $65,401. Departures out-earn arrivals — North Dakota is losing its higher earners.

Arriving from another state$54,701

Leaving for another state$65,401

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City-level breakdowns

Every city page has its own migration section — who's arriving, from how far, and what kind of mover that calls for.

Fargo Bismarck Minot Grand Forks Williston Mandan Dickinson Jamestown Wahpeton Devils Lake Valley City Grafton

How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The headline figures and county lists count moves that crossed a state line; the five-year chart counts every move, including from abroad. The data publishes annually with about a two-year lag, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 59% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. 47 of North Dakota's counties have published data.