Bowman County vs. North Dakota
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Population Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Bowman County vs. North Dakota
Bowman County:
2022 Population = 2,894
2022 Percent of State = 0.37%
North Dakota:
2022 Population = 779,261
2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.23%
Attracting and retaining people to live, work, raise a family, and retire underlies the economic vitality of any region. Population growth is both a cause--and a consequence--of economic growth. Patterns of population growth and change reflect differences among regions to attract and retain people both as producers and consumers in their economy.
The following graphs offer a broad overview of trends in the pattern of population growth and change of Bowman County with comparisons to North Dakota and the nation at large. This analysis features alternative approaches toward discussing, diagnosing and comparing Bowman County vs. North Dakota's population growth over 1969-2022. The data used are those compiled by the Regional Income and Product Divisions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Population, 1969-2022
Population, 1969-2022
Figure 1.
Figure 1 traces Bowman County's annual population for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate population patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Bowman County's population dropped from 3,945 in 1969 to 2,894 in 2022, for a net loss of -1,051, or -26.64%.
NOTE: The county and state population totals reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are from the Bureau of Census midyear (July 1) estimates. These estimates may differ from those prepared independently in some states by various agencies and/or universities.
Population, 1969-2022
Population, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 traces North Dakota's annual population for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate population patterns over time. During this 54-year period, North Dakota's population rose from 621,000 in 1969 to 779,261 in 2022, for a net gain of 158,261, or 25.48%.
NOTE: The county and state population totals reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are from the Bureau of Census midyear (July 1) estimates. These estimates may differ from those prepared independently in some states by various agencies and/or universities.
Population Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Population Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 portrays Bowman County's population growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with North Dakota, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's population in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the populations in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in population growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Bowman County's overall population growth was -26.64% over 1969-2022 trailed North Dakota's increase of 25.48%, and fell below the United States' increase of 65.57%.
Population as a Percent of the North Dakota Total: 1969-2022
Population as a Percent of the North Dakota Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of contrasting the population growth of Bowman County is to trace its individual percentage contributions to North Dakota's statewide population over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's population grew faster, or declined less, than North Dakota's population, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Bowman County's population comprised 0.64% of North Dakota's population, while in 2022 it equated to 0.37% thereby yielding a -0.26% share-shift.
   
 
Population Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
-0.26%
=
0.37%
-
0.64%
 
   
Bowman County Population:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Bowman County Population:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 displays the short-run pattern of Bowman County's population growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Bowman County's population contracted at an annual rate of -0.56% over 1970-2022. The county posted its highest growth in 1975 (4.05%) and recorded its lowest growth in 1989 (-4.22%). In 2022, Bowman County's population declined by -0.28%
Bowman County Population:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Bowman County Population:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again depicts the annual percent change in Bowman County's population since 1970, but this time they are displayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Bowman County's annual population growth rate averaged 0.80%. It averaged -1.44% during the 1980s, -1.09% throughout the 1990s, -0.47% throughout the 2000s, -0.33% in the 2010s, -1.55% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Bowman County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for North Dakota and the nation. As the chart reveals, Bowman County's average annual population growth led North Dakota's average in the 1970s (0.80% vs. 0.49%), lagged North Dakota's average during the 1980s (-1.44% vs. -0.08%), fell below North Dakota's average in the 1990s (-1.09% vs. -0.03%), amounted to less than North Dakota's average during the 2000s (-0.47% vs. 0.32%), fell below North Dakota's average in the 2010s (-0.33% vs. 1.57%), and lagged North Dakota's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (-1.55% vs. 0.12%).
Finally, relative to nationwide population growth trends, Bowman County posted below the nation during the 1970s (0.80% vs. 1.10%), fell under the nation in the 1980s (-1.44% vs. 0.95%), fell below the nation in the 1990s (-1.09% vs. 1.23%), fell under the nation over the 2000s (-0.47% vs. 0.95%), lagged the nation during the 2010s (-0.33% vs. 0.74%), and posted below the nation over 2020-2022 (-1.55% vs. 0.31%).
   
 
Population Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
-0.56
0.80
-1.44
-1.09
-0.47
-0.33
-1.55
-0.28
 
0.43
0.49
-0.08
-0.03
0.32
1.57
0.12
0.17
 
0.96
1.10
0.95
1.23
0.95
0.74
0.31
0.38
 
   

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Bowman County:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
3,945
100.0
N
0.64
1970
 
3,915
99.2
-0.76
0.63
1971
 
3,941
99.9
0.66
0.63
1972
 
4,002
101.4
1.55
0.63
1973
 
3,927
99.5
-1.87
0.62
1974
 
3,930
99.6
0.08
0.62
1975
 
4,089
103.7
4.05
0.64
1976
 
4,180
106.0
2.23
0.65
1977
 
4,237
107.4
1.36
0.65
1978
 
4,388
111.2
3.56
0.67
1979
 
4,261
108.0
-2.89
0.65
1980
 
4,250
107.7
-0.26
0.65
1981
 
4,328
109.7
1.84
0.66
1982
 
4,271
108.3
-1.32
0.64
1983
 
4,275
108.4
0.09
0.63
1984
 
4,254
107.8
-0.49
0.63
1985
 
4,182
106.0
-1.69
0.62
1986
 
4,098
103.9
-2.01
0.61
1987
 
3,946
100.0
-3.71
0.60
1988
 
3,841
97.4
-2.66
0.59
1989
 
3,679
93.3
-4.22
0.57
1990
 
3,578
90.7
-2.75
0.56
1991
 
3,493
88.5
-2.38
0.55
1992
 
3,395
86.1
-2.81
0.53
1993
 
3,347
84.8
-1.41
0.52
1994
 
3,272
82.9
-2.24
0.51
1995
 
3,234
82.0
-1.16
0.50
1996
 
3,274
83.0
1.24
0.50
1997
 
3,315
84.0
1.25
0.51
1998
 
3,307
83.8
-0.24
0.51
1999
 
3,294
83.5
-0.39
0.51
2000
 
3,233
82.0
-1.85
0.50
2001
 
3,118
79.0
-3.56
0.49
2002
 
3,087
78.3
-0.99
0.48
2003
 
3,089
78.3
0.06
0.48
2004
 
3,132
79.4
1.39
0.49
2005
 
3,046
77.2
-2.75
0.47
2006
 
3,020
76.6
-0.85
0.47
2007
 
3,050
77.3
0.99
0.47
2008
 
3,158
80.1
3.54
0.48
2009
 
3,137
79.5
-0.66
0.47
2010
 
3,142
79.6
0.16
0.47
2011
 
3,142
79.6
0.00
0.46
2012
 
3,210
81.4
2.16
0.46
2013
 
3,212
81.4
0.06
0.44
2014
 
3,236
82.0
0.75
0.43
2015
 
3,275
83.0
1.21
0.43
2016
 
3,221
81.6
-1.65
0.42
2017
 
3,147
79.8
-2.30
0.41
2018
 
3,059
77.5
-2.80
0.40
2019
 
3,033
76.9
-0.85
0.39
2020
 
2,984
75.6
-1.62
0.38
2021
 
2,902
73.6
-2.75
0.37
2022
 
2,894
73.4
-0.28
0.37
Source: Calculations by the North Dakota Regional Economic Analysis Project (ND-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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North Dakota:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
621,000
100.0
N
0.31
1970
 
618,851
99.7
-0.35
0.30
1971
 
626,659
100.9
1.26
0.30
1972
 
630,937
101.6
0.68
0.30
1973
 
632,411
101.8
0.23
0.30
1974
 
634,212
102.1
0.28
0.30
1975
 
638,469
102.8
0.67
0.30
1976
 
645,293
103.9
1.07
0.30
1977
 
649,168
104.5
0.60
0.30
1978
 
650,648
104.8
0.23
0.29
1979
 
652,152
105.0
0.23
0.29
1980
 
654,380
105.4
0.34
0.29
1981
 
659,504
106.2
0.78
0.29
1982
 
668,972
107.7
1.44
0.29
1983
 
676,687
109.0
1.15
0.29
1984
 
680,499
109.6
0.56
0.29
1985
 
676,979
109.0
-0.52
0.28
1986
 
669,513
107.8
-1.10
0.28
1987
 
661,141
106.5
-1.25
0.27
1988
 
655,330
105.5
-0.88
0.27
1989
 
646,351
104.1
-1.37
0.26
1990
 
637,685
102.7
-1.34
0.26
1991
 
635,753
102.4
-0.30
0.25
1992
 
638,223
102.8
0.39
0.25
1993
 
641,216
103.3
0.47
0.25
1994
 
644,804
103.8
0.56
0.25
1995
 
647,832
104.3
0.47
0.24
1996
 
650,382
104.7
0.39
0.24
1997
 
649,716
104.6
-0.10
0.24
1998
 
647,532
104.3
-0.34
0.23
1999
 
644,259
103.7
-0.51
0.23
2000
 
642,023
103.4
-0.35
0.23
2001
 
639,062
102.9
-0.46
0.22
2002
 
638,168
102.8
-0.14
0.22
2003
 
638,817
102.9
0.10
0.22
2004
 
644,705
103.8
0.92
0.22
2005
 
646,089
104.0
0.21
0.22
2006
 
649,422
104.6
0.52
0.22
2007
 
652,822
105.1
0.52
0.22
2008
 
657,569
105.9
0.73
0.22
2009
 
664,968
107.1
1.13
0.22
2010
 
675,054
108.7
1.52
0.22
2011
 
687,065
110.6
1.78
0.22
2012
 
705,071
113.5
2.62
0.22
2013
 
727,382
117.1
3.16
0.23
2014
 
744,395
119.9
2.34
0.23
2015
 
762,693
122.8
2.46
0.24
2016
 
764,650
123.1
0.26
0.24
2017
 
766,673
123.5
0.26
0.23
2018
 
771,407
124.2
0.62
0.23
2019
 
776,516
125.0
0.66
0.24
2020
 
779,518
125.5
0.39
0.24
2021
 
777,934
125.3
-0.20
0.23
2022
 
779,261
125.5
0.17
0.23
Source: Calculations by the North Dakota Regional Economic Analysis Project (ND-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Population, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
201,298,000
100.0
N
1970
 
203,798,722
101.2
1.24
1971
 
206,817,509
102.7
1.48
1972
 
209,274,882
104.0
1.19
1973
 
211,349,205
105.0
0.99
1974
 
213,333,635
106.0
0.94
1975
 
215,456,585
107.0
1.00
1976
 
217,553,859
108.1
0.97
1977
 
219,760,875
109.2
1.01
1978
 
222,098,244
110.3
1.06
1979
 
224,568,579
111.6
1.11
1980
 
227,224,719
112.9
1.18
1981
 
229,465,744
114.0
0.99
1982
 
231,664,432
115.1
0.96
1983
 
233,792,014
116.1
0.92
1984
 
235,824,907
117.2
0.87
1985
 
237,923,734
118.2
0.89
1986
 
240,132,831
119.3
0.93
1987
 
242,288,936
120.4
0.90
1988
 
244,499,004
121.5
0.91
1989
 
246,819,222
122.6
0.95
1990
 
249,622,814
124.0
1.14
1991
 
252,980,941
125.7
1.35
1992
 
256,514,224
127.4
1.40
1993
 
259,918,588
129.1
1.33
1994
 
263,125,821
130.7
1.23
1995
 
266,278,393
132.3
1.20
1996
 
269,394,284
133.8
1.17
1997
 
272,646,925
135.4
1.21
1998
 
275,854,104
137.0
1.18
1999
 
279,040,168
138.6
1.15
2000
 
282,162,411
140.2
1.12
2001
 
284,968,955
141.6
0.99
2002
 
287,625,193
142.9
0.93
2003
 
290,107,933
144.1
0.86
2004
 
292,805,298
145.5
0.93
2005
 
295,516,599
146.8
0.93
2006
 
298,379,912
148.2
0.97
2007
 
301,231,207
149.6
0.96
2008
 
304,093,966
151.1
0.95
2009
 
306,771,529
152.4
0.88
2010
 
309,378,433
153.7
0.85
2011
 
311,841,632
154.9
0.80
2012
 
314,344,331
156.2
0.80
2013
 
316,735,375
157.3
0.76
2014
 
319,270,047
158.6
0.80
2015
 
321,829,327
159.9
0.80
2016
 
324,367,742
161.1
0.79
2017
 
326,623,063
162.3
0.70
2018
 
328,542,157
163.2
0.59
2019
 
330,233,102
164.1
0.51
2020
 
331,511,512
164.7
0.39
2021
 
332,031,554
164.9
0.16
2022
 
333,287,557
165.6
0.38
Source: Calculations by the North Dakota Regional Economic Analysis Project (ND-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_100_PN
 
   
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