North Dakota: cities and towns by population
The largest of North Dakota's 117 recorded places, ranked by population — 570,570 people across the state's towns and cities.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fargo | 118,523 |
| 2 | Bismarck | 75,092 |
| 3 | Grand Forks | 57,011 |
| 4 | Minot | 49,450 |
| 5 | West Fargo | 33,597 |
| 6 | Williston | 26,977 |
| 7 | Dickinson | 23,765 |
| 8 | Mandan | 21,382 |
| 9 | Jamestown | 15,422 |
| 10 | Wahpeton | 7,899 |
| 11 | Devils Lake | 7,351 |
| 12 | Watford City | 6,708 |
| 13 | Valley City | 6,669 |
| 14 | Minot Air Force Base | 5,521 |
| 15 | Grafton | 4,243 |
| 16 | Lincoln | 3,519 |
| 17 | Beulah | 3,393 |
| 18 | Rugby | 2,846 |
| 19 | Stanley | 2,721 |
| 20 | Horace | 2,545 |
| 21 | Casselton | 2,521 |
| 22 | New Town | 2,521 |
| 23 | Hazen | 2,488 |
| 24 | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 2,367 |
| 25 | Bottineau | 2,343 |
| 26 | Lisbon | 2,145 |
| 27 | Belcourt | 2,078 |
| 28 | Carrington | 2,072 |
| 29 | Mayville | 1,829 |
| 30 | Oakes | 1,797 |
| 31 | Langdon | 1,787 |
| 32 | Harvey | 1,779 |
| 33 | Bowman | 1,744 |
| 34 | Tioga | 1,643 |
| 35 | Hillsboro | 1,580 |
| 36 | Garrison | 1,538 |
| 37 | Crosby | 1,408 |
| 38 | New Rockford | 1,390 |
| 39 | Park River | 1,375 |
| 40 | Surrey | 1,358 |
| 41 | Rolla | 1,325 |
| 42 | Larimore | 1,313 |
| 43 | Washburn | 1,309 |
| 44 | Ellendale | 1,299 |
| 45 | Parshall | 1,263 |
| 46 | Velva | 1,260 |
| 47 | Hettinger | 1,257 |
| 48 | Killdeer | 1,254 |
| 49 | Cavalier | 1,244 |
| 50 | Fort Totten | 1,243 |
| 51 | Shell Valley | 1,197 |
| 52 | Burlington | 1,181 |
| 53 | Cando | 1,122 |
| 54 | Beach | 1,115 |
| 55 | Kenmare | 1,083 |
| 56 | Belfield | 1,055 |
| 57 | Linton | 1,039 |
| 58 | Thompson | 1,005 |
| 59 | Wishek | 988 |
| 60 | Walhalla | 951 |
| 61 | Cooperstown | 945 |
| 62 | Northwood | 927 |
| 63 | LaMoure | 914 |
| 64 | Hankinson | 908 |
| 65 | New Salem | 896 |
| 66 | Mapleton | 875 |
| 67 | Cannon Ball | 875 |
| 68 | Enderlin | 872 |
| 69 | Gwinner | 834 |
| 70 | Mohall | 808 |
| 71 | Dunseith | 797 |
| 72 | Mott | 793 |
| 73 | Harwood | 788 |
| 74 | Napoleon | 787 |
| 75 | Drayton | 785 |
| 76 | Underwood | 775 |
| 77 | Hatton | 765 |
| 78 | Glen Ullin | 743 |
| 79 | Ray | 729 |
| 80 | Kindred | 728 |
| 81 | Ashley | 726 |
| 82 | Wilton | 725 |
| 83 | Steele | 709 |
| 84 | Hebron | 691 |
| 85 | New England | 659 |
| 86 | Milnor | 648 |
| 87 | Lakota | 646 |
| 88 | Elgin | 633 |
| 89 | Lidgerwood | 629 |
| 90 | Rolette | 612 |
| 91 | Minto | 610 |
| 92 | Mandaree | 596 |
| 93 | Portland | 592 |
| 94 | Turtle Lake | 590 |
| 95 | Green Acres | 575 |
| 96 | Pembina | 565 |
| 97 | Center | 564 |
| 98 | Towner | 564 |
| 99 | Richardton | 563 |
| 100 | Edgeley | 552 |
| 101 | Baldwin | 545 |
| 102 | Four Bears Village | 517 |
| 103 | Forman | 513 |
| 104 | Reiles Acres | 513 |
| 105 | Berthold | 501 |
| 106 | Fessenden | 472 |
| 107 | Finley | 437 |
| 108 | Bowbells | 377 |
| 109 | McClusky | 375 |
| 110 | Stanton | 370 |
| 111 | Carson | 290 |
| 112 | Minnewaukan | 224 |
| 113 | Fort Yates | 191 |
| 114 | Medora | 133 |
| 115 | Sheldon | 124 |
| 116 | Manning | 74 |
| 117 | Amidon | 21 |