List of cities in North Dakota

Map of the United States with North Dakota highlighted

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern United States. All incorporated communities in North Dakota are considered cities, regardless of population; there are no towns, villages, or hamlets in the state. There are 355 municipalities.

Cities

  County seat
  State capital and county seat

• Notable incorporated cities in North Dakota
• 
  Fargo, most populous city in North Dakota
• 
  Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota and its second most populous city
• 
  Downtown Grand Forks, the state's third most populous city
• 
  Minot, the fourth most populous city in North Dakota
• 
  Downtown Williston, a center of oil industry in the state and its sixth most populous city
• 
  Ruso, the least populous incorporated city in North Dakota ^[1]

2024 Rank	City	2024 Estimate [2]	2020 Census	Change	County
1	Fargo	136,285	125,990	+8.17%	Cass
2	Bismarck	77,772	73,622	+5.64%	Burleigh
3	Grand Forks	59,845	59,166	+1.15%	Grand Forks
4	Minot	47,440	48,377	−1.94%	Ward
5	West Fargo	41,027	38,626	+6.22%	Cass
6	Williston	28,821	29,160	−1.16%	Williams
7	Dickinson	25,695	25,679	+0.06%	Stark
8	Mandan	24,788	24,206	+2.40%	Morton
9	Jamestown	15,789	15,849	−0.38%	Stutsman
10	Wahpeton	8,115	8,007	+1.35%	Richland
11	Devils Lake	7,314	7,192	+1.70%	Ramsey
12	Valley City	6,580	6,575	+0.08%	Barnes
13	Horace	6,286	3,085	+103.76%	Cass
14	Watford City	6,207	6,207	0.00%	McKenzie
15	Lincoln	4,502	4,257	+5.76%	Burleigh
16	Grafton	4,027	4,170	−3.43%	Walsh
17	Beulah	3,047	3,058	−0.36%	Mercer
18	New Town	2,735	2,764	−1.05%	Mountrail
19	Casselton	2,486	2,479	+0.28%	Cass
20	Rugby	2,422	2,509	−3.47%	Pierce
21	Hazen	2,288	2,281	+0.31%	Mercer
22	Stanley	2,214	2,321	−4.61%	Mountrail
23	Bottineau	2,194	2,194	0.00%	Bottineau
24	Tioga	2,177	2,202	−1.14%	Williams
25	Lisbon	2,175	2,204	−1.32%	Ransom
26	Carrington	2,019	2,080	−2.93%	Foster
27	Langdon	1,841	1,909	−3.56%	Cavalier
28	Mayville	1,820	1,854	−1.83%	Traill
29	Oakes	1,777	1,798	−1.17%	Dickey
30	Hillsboro	1,661	1,649	+0.73%	Traill
31	Harvey	1,564	1,650	−5.21%	Wells
32	Mapleton	1,476	1,320	+11.82%	Cass
33	Garrison	1,465	1,462	+0.21%	McLean
34	Surrey	1,434	1,357	+5.67%	Ward
35	Bowman	1,416	1,470	−3.67%	Bowman
36	Park River	1,369	1,424	−3.86%	Walsh
37	Burlington	1,334	1,291	+3.33%	Ward
38	New Rockford	1,334	1,361	−1.98%	Eddy
39	Washburn	1,275	1,300	−1.92%	McLean
40	Larimore	1,239	1,260	−1.67%	Grand Forks
41	Cavalier	1,220	1,246	−2.09%	Pembina
42	Rolla	1,157	1,223	−5.40%	Rolette
43	Ellendale	1,139	1,125	+1.24%	Dickey
44	Thompson	1,091	1,101	−0.91%	Grand Forks
45	New Salem	1,068	973	+9.76%	Morton
46	Cando	1,061	1,117	−5.01%	Towner
47	Hettinger	1,058	1,074	−1.49%	Adams
48	Velva	1,054	1,086	−2.95%	McHenry
49	Linton	1,040	1,071	−2.89%	Emmons
50	Crosby	1,034	1,065	−2.91%	Divide
51	Kindred	1,030	889	+15.86%	Cass
52	Beach	993	981	+1.22%	Golden Valley
53	Belfield	992	996	−0.40%	Stark
54	Cooperstown	960	983	−2.34%	Griggs
55	Northwood	950	982	−3.26%	Grand Forks
56	Hankinson	924	921	+0.33%	Richland
57	Kenmare	919	961	−4.37%	Ward
58	Killdeer	912	939	−2.88%	Dunn
59	Parshall	908	949	−4.32%	Mountrail
60	Gwinner	893	924	−3.35%	Sargent
61	Walhalla	867	893	−2.91%	Pembina
62	Reile's Acres	866	703	+23.19%	Cass
63	Enderlin	851	881	−3.41%	Ransom
64	Harwood	839	794	+5.67%	Cass
65	Wishek	830	864	−3.94%	McIntosh
66	Hebron	788	794	−0.76%	Morton
67	Underwood	771	784	−1.66%	McLean
68	Ray	756	740	+2.16%	Williams
69	Napoleon	746	749	−0.40%	Logan
70	LaMoure	742	764	−2.88%	LaMoure
71	Drayton	722	757	−4.62%	Pembina
72	Mohall	718	694	+3.46%	Renville
73	Hatton	716	712	+0.56%	Traill
74	Wilton	714	718	−0.56%	McLean
75	Glen Ullin	705	732	−3.69%	Morton
76	New England	692	683	+1.32%	Hettinger
77	Lakota	687	683	+0.59%	Nelson
78	Richardton	687	692	−0.72%	Stark
79	Steele	655	665	−1.50%	Kidder
80	Mott	633	653	−3.06%	Hettinger
81	Minto	608	616	−1.30%	Walsh
82	Dunseith	605	632	−4.27%	Rolette
83	Milnor	602	624	−3.53%	Sargent
84	Ashley	601	613	−1.96%	McIntosh
85	Lidgerwood	586	600	−2.33%	Richland
86	Center	582	588	−1.02%	Oliver
87	Portland	582	578	+0.69%	Traill
88	Edgeley	573	585	−2.05%	LaMoure
89	Turtle Lake	532	542	−1.85%	McLean
90	Elgin	524	543	−3.50%	Grant
91	Pembina	493	512	−3.71%	Pembina
92	Forman	490	509	−3.73%	Sargent
93	Argusville	477	480	−0.62%	Cass
94	Berthold	468	490	−4.49%	Ward
95	Rolette	460	484	−4.96%	Rolette
96	Towner	454	479	−5.22%	McHenry
97	Emerado	450	443	+1.58%	Grand Forks
98	Fessenden	447	462	−3.25%	Wells
99	Wyndmere	439	454	−3.30%	Richland
100	Leeds	424	442	−4.07%	Benson
101	Glenburn	419	404	+3.71%	Renville
102	South Heart	414	394	+5.08%	Stark
103	Finley	391	401	−2.49%	Steele
104	McVille	387	392	−1.28%	Nelson
105	Maddock	386	402	−3.98%	Benson
106	Powers Lake	376	385	−2.34%	Burke
107	Oxbow	375	381	−1.57%	Cass
108	Westhope	369	374	−1.34%	Bottineau
109	Manvel	366	377	−2.92%	Grand Forks
110	Kulm	363	368	−1.36%	LaMoure
111	Stanton	363	368	−1.36%	Mercer
112	Strasburg	360	379	−5.01%	Emmons
113	Buxton	353	348	+1.44%	Traill
114	Neche	333	344	−3.20%	Pembina
115	Fairmount	331	343	−3.50%	Richland
116	Hunter	330	332	−0.60%	Cass
117	Arthur	325	328	−0.91%	Cass
118	Max	325	331	−1.81%	McLean
119	Alexander	317	319	−0.63%	McKenzie
120	McClusky	315	322	−2.17%	Sheridan
121	St. John	310	322	−3.73%	Rolette
122	Sawyer	308	319	−3.45%	Ward
123	St. Thomas	307	323	−4.95%	Pembina
124	Arnegard	289	282	+2.48%	McKenzie
125	Bowbells	286	301	−4.98%	Burke
126	Gackle	284	281	+1.07%	Logan
127	Gladstone	279	271	+2.95%	Stark
128	Drake	278	292	−4.79%	McHenry
129	Hope	276	272	+1.47%	Steele
130	Tower City	276	268	+2.99%	Cass
131	Reynolds	273	277	−1.44%	Traill
132	Walcott	266	262	+1.53%	Richland
133	Medina	264	264	0.00%	Stutsman
134	Michigan City	260	263	−1.14%	Nelson
135	Abercrombie	257	244	+5.33%	Richland
136	Davenport	252	256	−1.56%	Cass
137	Scranton	250	258	−3.10%	Bowman
138	Carson	245	254	−3.54%	Grant
139	Leonard	245	248	−1.21%	Cass
140	Gilby	242	243	−0.41%	Grand Forks
141	Hoople	242	247	−2.02%	Walsh
142	Aneta	235	234	+0.43%	Nelson
143	Lansford	234	238	−1.68%	Bottineau
144	Halliday	233	241	−3.32%	Dunn
145	Granville	231	240	−3.75%	McHenry
146	Flasher	230	217	+5.99%	Morton
147	Dunn Center	229	227	+0.88%	Dunn
148	Taylor	228	230	−0.87%	Stark
149	Zap	226	221	+2.26%	Mercer
150	Riverdale	222	223	−0.45%	McLean
151	Grenora	220	221	−0.45%	Williams
152	Hazelton	217	223	−2.69%	Emmons
153	Anamoose	216	230	−6.09%	McHenry
154	Tappen	213	217	−1.84%	Kidder
155	Colfax	209	172	+21.51%	Richland
156	New Leipzig	206	218	−5.50%	Grant
157	Plaza	206	211	−2.37%	Mountrail
158	Fordville	201	207	−2.90%	Walsh
159	Sherwood	199	194	+2.58%	Renville
160	Frontier	196	195	+0.51%	Cass
161	Grandin	195	186	+4.84%	Cass
162	Edinburg	192	199	−3.52%	Walsh
163	Buffalo	189	195	−3.08%	Cass
164	Golden Valley	188	191	−1.57%	Mercer
165	Minnewaukan	188	199	−5.53%	Benson
166	Page	188	190	−1.05%	Cass
167	Munich	186	190	−2.11%	Cavalier
168	Sheyenne	184	186	−1.08%	Eddy
169	Wimbledon	179	178	+0.56%	Barnes
170	Des Lacs	178	185	−3.78%	Ward
171	Mooreton	178	177	+0.56%	Richland
172	Fort Yates	172	176	−2.27%	Sioux
173	Litchville	167	169	−1.18%	Barnes
174	Regent	164	170	−3.53%	Hettinger
175	Sanborn	162	161	+0.62%	Barnes
176	Binford	161	170	−5.29%	Griggs
177	Medora	160	121	+32.23%	Billings
178	Petersburg	159	162	−1.85%	Nelson
179	Rhame	156	158	−1.27%	Bowman
180	Rutland	156	163	−4.29%	Sargent
181	Streeter	152	149	+2.01%	Stutsman
182	Kensal	150	146	+2.74%	Stutsman
183	Christine	149	151	−1.32%	Richland
184	Willow City	148	149	−0.67%	Bottineau
185	Makoti	146	148	−1.35%	Ward
186	Carpio	139	144	−3.47%	Ward
187	Wing	139	132	+5.30%	Burleigh
188	Edmore	137	139	−1.44%	Ramsey
189	Bowdon	136	137	−0.73%	Wells
190	Lignite	134	141	−4.96%	Burke
191	Noonan	134	137	−2.19%	Divide
192	Tolna	133	136	−2.21%	Nelson
193	Columbus	132	139	−5.04%	Burke
194	Pick City	132	123	+7.32%	Mercer
195	Upham	129	135	−4.44%	McHenry
196	Mercer	126	88	+43.18%	McLean
197	Gardner	125	129	−3.10%	Cass
198	Marion	124	125	−0.80%	LaMoure
199	Reeder	123	125	−1.60%	Adams
200	Adams	122	127	−3.94%	Walsh
201	Palermo	122	125	−2.40%	Mountrail
202	Selfridge	121	127	−4.72%	Sioux
203	Portal	120	125	−4.00%	Burke
204	Hannaford	118	126	−6.35%	Griggs
205	Galesburg	113	118	−4.24%	Traill
206	Oriska	113	114	−0.88%	Barnes
207	Wildrose	113	115	−1.74%	Williams
208	Crary	112	113	−0.88%	Ramsey
209	Crystal	111	116	−4.31%	Pembina
210	Forest River	111	109	+1.83%	Walsh
211	Goodrich	108	106	+1.89%	Sheridan
212	Ryder	104	108	−3.70%	Ward
213	Lankin	103	102	+0.98%	Walsh
214	Bisbee	102	110	−7.27%	Towner
215	Fort Ransom	100	91	+9.89%	Ransom
216	Sykeston	99	105	−5.71%	Wells
217	Almont	98	100	−2.00%	Morton
218	Starkweather	97	100	−3.00%	Ramsey
219	Glenfield	95	94	+1.06%	Foster
220	Osnabrock	95	105	−9.52%	Cavalier
221	Marmarth	94	101	−6.93%	Slope
222	Newburg	94	96	−2.08%	Bottineau
223	Spiritwood Lake	94	97	−3.09%	Stutsman
224	White Earth	94	100	−6.00%	Mountrail
225	Oberon	93	101	−7.92%	Benson
226	Deering	92	94	−2.13%	McHenry
227	Sheldon	92	95	−3.16%	Ransom
228	Douglas	91	93	−2.15%	Ward
229	Fingal	89	92	−3.26%	Barnes
230	Golva	89	84	+5.95%	Golden Valley
231	Rocklake	89	94	−5.32%	Towner
232	Esmond	88	91	−3.30%	Benson
233	Ross	88	95	−7.37%	Mountrail
234	Amenia	87	85	+2.35%	Cass
235	Epping	87	84	+3.57%	Williams
236	Maxbass	87	89	−2.25%	Bottineau
237	Sharon	87	86	+1.16%	Steele
238	Pisek	86	89	−3.37%	Walsh
239	Buchanan	85	87	−2.30%	Stutsman
240	Karlsruhe	84	87	−3.45%	McHenry
241	Montpelier	84	85	−1.18%	Stutsman
242	Dodge	83	89	−6.74%	Dunn
243	Mountain	81	80	+1.25%	Pembina
244	Zeeland	81	82	−1.22%	McIntosh
245	Dwight	78	80	−2.50%	Richland
246	Lehr	78	81	−3.70%	Logan
247	Dawson	75	74	+1.35%	Kidder
248	Pekin	75	75	0.00%	Nelson
249	Dazey	74	78	−5.13%	Barnes
250	Donnybrook	73	75	−2.67%	Ward
251	Butte	72	70	+2.86%	McLean
252	Cleveland	71	57	+24.56%	Stutsman
253	Sentinel Butte	70	61	+14.75%	Golden Valley
254	Cogswell	69	73	−5.48%	Sargent
255	Mantador	67	67	0.00%	Richland
256	Solen	67	70	−4.29%	Sioux
257	Benedict	66	68	−2.94%	McLean
258	Hague	66	70	−5.71%	Emmons
259	Kathryn	66	66	0.00%	Barnes
260	Jud	65	65	0.00%	LaMoure
261	Balta	63	66	−4.55%	Pierce
262	Havana	63	67	−5.97%	Sargent
263	McHenry	63	64	−1.56%	Foster
264	Coleharbor	62	59	+5.08%	McLean
265	Verona	62	59	+5.08%	LaMoure
266	Martin	61	63	−3.17%	Sheridan
267	Flaxton	60	60	0.00%	Burke
268	Hurdsfield	59	64	−7.81%	Wells
269	Tuttle	58	60	−3.33%	Kidder
270	Fullerton	57	62	−8.06%	Dickey
271	Pettibone	57	60	−5.00%	Kidder
272	Rogers	57	49	+16.33%	Barnes
273	Alamo	56	53	+5.66%	Williams
274	North River	56	55	+1.82%	Cass
275	Great Bend	55	49	+12.24%	Richland
276	Briarwood	54	57	−5.26%	Cass
277	Grace City	54	53	+1.89%	Foster
278	Prairie Rose	54	56	−3.57%	Cass
279	Nome	49	51	−3.92%	Barnes
280	Warwick	49	55	−10.91%	Benson
281	Bathgate	47	47	0.00%	Pembina
282	Dickey	47	42	+11.90%	LaMoure
283	Barney	45	40	+12.50%	Richland
284	Woodworth	45	44	+2.27%	Stutsman
285	Alice	44	41	+7.32%	Cass
286	Pingree	43	41	+4.88%	Stutsman
287	Tolley	43	41	+4.88%	Renville
288	Voltaire	43	46	−6.52%	McHenry
289	Hamilton	42	46	−8.70%	Pembina
290	Niagara	42	46	−8.70%	Grand Forks
291	Wolford	41	43	−4.65%	Pierce
292	Milton	40	39	+2.56%	Cavalier
293	Cayuga	39	40	−2.50%	Sargent
294	Souris	39	37	+5.41%	Bottineau
295	Courtenay	38	36	+5.56%	Stutsman
296	Forbes	38	36	+5.56%	Dickey
297	Landa	38	41	−7.32%	Bottineau
298	Inkster	37	38	−2.63%	Grand Forks
299	Fredonia	35	38	−7.89%	Logan
300	Springbrook	35	37	−5.41%	Williams
301	Regan	33	35	−5.71%	Burleigh
302	Robinson	33	36	−8.33%	Kidder
303	Ardoch	32	31	+3.23%	Walsh
304	Berlin	32	31	+3.23%	LaMoure
305	Brocket	32	34	−5.88%	Ramsey
306	Canton City	32	31	+3.23%	Pembina
307	Egeland	32	32	0.00%	Towner
308	Clifford	31	30	+3.33%	Traill
309	Alsen	30	32	−6.25%	Cavalier
310	Fortuna	30	30	0.00%	Divide
311	Hampden	30	29	+3.45%	Ramsey
312	Monango	30	30	0.00%	Dickey
313	Nekoma	30	31	−3.23%	Cavalier
314	Brinsmade	27	30	−10.00%	Benson
315	Fairdale	27	30	−10.00%	Walsh
316	Luverne	26	28	−7.14%	Steele
317	Leal	25	27	−7.41%	Barnes
318	Leith	25	28	−10.71%	Grant
319	Kramer	24	24	0.00%	Bottineau
320	Gardena	23	24	−4.17%	Bottineau
321	Amidon	22	24	−8.33%	Slope
322	Antler	22	22	0.00%	Bottineau
323	Elliott	21	24	−12.50%	Ransom
324	Knox	21	22	−4.55%	Benson
325	Sarles	21	16	+31.25%	Cavalier
326	Gascoyne	20	21	−4.76%	Bowman
327	Mylo	20	21	−4.76%	Rolette
328	Sibley	20	19	+5.26%	Barnes
329	Venturia	20	21	−4.76%	McIntosh
330	Cathay	19	20	−5.00%	Wells
331	Ludden	17	15	+13.33%	Dickey
332	Braddock	16	18	−11.11%	Emmons
333	Haynes	16	15	+6.67%	Adams
334	Ambrose	15	24	−37.50%	Divide
335	Balfour	15	20	−25.00%	McHenry
336	Bucyrus	15	18	−16.67%	Adams
337	Hansboro	15	15	0.00%	Towner
338	Lawton	15	15	0.00%	Ramsey
339	York	15	17	−11.76%	Benson
340	Conway	14	15	−6.67%	Walsh
341	Calvin	13	15	−13.33%	Cavalier
342	Ayr	12	11	+9.09%	Cass
343	Hamberg	12	11	+9.09%	Wells
344	Pillsbury	12	12	0.00%	Barnes
345	Bergen	11	10	+10.00%	McHenry
346	Overly	11	10	+10.00%	Bottineau
347	Grano	10	9	+11.11%	Renville
348	Hannah	9	8	+12.50%	Cavalier
349	Loma	9	10	−10.00%	Cavalier
350	Loraine	9	9	0.00%	Renville
351	Wales	9	10	−10.00%	Cavalier
352	Kief	8	8	0.00%	McHenry
353	Calio	6	8	−25.00%	Cavalier
354	Perth	6	6	0.00%	Towner
355	Ruso	5	1	+400.00%	McLean

See also

• North Dakota
• North Dakota statistical areas
• Founding dates of North Dakota incorporated cities
• List of census-designated places in North Dakota

References

1. Rivero, Nicolas (August 25, 2017). "The Smallest Town in Each of the 50 States". Mental Floss. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
2. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024". www.census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 15, 2025.