State profile · ND

Largest Cities in North Dakota

Name: North Dakota Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 246 tracked cities and towns in North Dakota, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

246
Cities: 618K
Combined city pop.: $71,906
Avg median income: 8.3%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Fargo is the largest of 246 tracked cities in North Dakota, which ranks #26 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Fargo
largest tracked city (129,064 people): #26
national rank, avg median income: 246
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

96% of North Dakota's 246 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

237
10K-99K

8
100K-999K

1

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' North Dakota coverage, with 237 of 246 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in North Dakota is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots North Dakota's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Fargo

129,064
Bismarck

74,146
Grand Forks

58,882
Minot

47,922
West Fargo

39,325
Williston

27,964
Dickinson

25,216
Mandan

24,293
Jamestown

15,774
Wahpeton

7,996
Devils Lake

7,170
Valley City

6,554

What this shows Fargo, ND is the most populous city profiled in North Dakota; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 246-row record is available as a CSV.

How North Dakota ranks nationally

Avg median income

$71,906

#26 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$147,245

#44 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

8.3%

#20 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

246

#40 of 52 · most tracked cities

North Dakota ranks #26 of 52 nationally on average median income and #20 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How North Dakota's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$147,245 Among the most affordable more affordable than 85% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in North Dakota

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 246 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Fargo	129,064	$66,029	$269,800	6.3%
2	Bismarck	74,146	$77,608	$291,400	6.3%
3	Grand Forks	58,882	$63,838	$243,300	8.6%
4	Minot	47,922	$77,431	$254,400	6.0%
5	West Fargo	39,325	$96,877	$302,200	2.8%
6	Williston	27,964	$84,309	$262,700	5.5%
7	Dickinson	25,216	$76,964	$252,400	5.7%
8	Mandan	24,293	$75,966	$246,300	3.5%
9	Jamestown	15,774	$54,809	$192,500	7.9%
10	Wahpeton	7,996	$57,417	$164,600	9.6%
11	Devils Lake	7,170	$42,755	$171,000	19.9%
12	Valley City	6,554	$56,471	$152,800	9.8%
13	Watford City	6,016	$88,351	$385,100	8.9%
14	Minot AFB	4,904	$65,571	N/A	0.0%
15	Lincoln	4,309	$83,387	$259,400	5.2%
16	Grafton	4,128	$60,184	$153,800	3.9%
17	Horace	3,964	$145,801	$444,600	3.2%
18	Beulah	3,058	$84,417	$194,300	2.6%
19	New	2,725	$50,707	$199,700	18.3%
20	Casselton	2,640	$68,472	$297,500	4.6%
21	Rugby	2,555	$50,580	$147,800	6.9%
22	Hazen	2,509	$72,094	$189,300	10.9%
23	Lisbon	2,262	$61,953	$185,700	8.8%
24	Carrington	2,171	$65,469	$141,800	9.0%
25	Stanley	2,089	$105,893	$241,300	6.5%
26	Grand Forks AFB	2,072	$72,279	N/A	3.6%
27	Bottineau	2,063	$70,882	$165,300	7.6%
28	Mayville	2,050	$64,044	$196,200	9.9%
29	Oakes	2,046	$64,750	$160,100	7.6%
30	Langdon	1,835	$63,664	$130,400	5.4%
31	Belcourt	1,739	$64,526	$94,300	19.6%
32	Harvey	1,720	$42,368	$118,000	9.9%
33	Surrey	1,672	$105,125	$302,200	1.1%
34	Hillsboro	1,643	$77,844	$180,800	0.8%
35	Tioga	1,525	$62,315	$196,800	7.0%
36	Bowman	1,523	$70,859	$181,300	11.0%
37	Park River	1,483	$76,080	$118,600	6.6%
38	Garrison	1,456	$68,646	$181,800	10.1%
39	Washburn	1,434	$75,729	$226,200	7.8%
40	New Rockford	1,325	$47,969	$101,400	7.3%
41	Cavalier	1,304	$57,188	$155,500	4.2%
42	Larimore	1,262	$78,846	$180,200	4.1%
43	Mapleton	1,243	$116,364	$285,500	1.1%
44	Cando	1,199	$49,375	$149,300	7.7%
45	Burlington	1,169	$95,216	$237,800	1.5%
46	Rolla	1,164	$52,841	$121,500	12.3%
47	Hettinger	1,141	$50,750	$112,600	7.2%
48	Crosby	1,116	$80,000	$111,800	2.4%
49	Shell Valley	1,112	$43,281	$55,200	33.1%
50	Thompson	1,092	$110,909	$274,000	0.0%
51	Kenmare	1,027	$64,167	$122,000	0.0%
52	Velva	997	$81,354	$208,700	6.2%
53	Enderlin	987	$70,625	$120,800	7.4%
54	Parshall	957	$42,500	$121,700	29.8%
55	Ellendale	946	$40,000	$115,900	9.3%
56	Northwood	941	$76,875	$200,500	6.3%
57	Beach	933	$60,074	$124,700	18.6%
58	Fort Totten	930	$28,750	N/A	59.3%
59	Kindred	927	$103,542	$291,100	2.2%
60	Walhalla	927	$30,774	$100,300	22.4%
61	Wishek	922	$65,357	$103,300	16.8%
62	Green Acres	914	$46,429	N/A	27.2%
63	Cooperstown	910	$51,932	$108,300	7.3%
64	New Salem	904	$69,750	$173,400	5.6%
65	Reile's Acres	888	$198,333	$455,900	0.9%
66	Killdeer	879	$89,583	$271,900	6.1%
67	Gwinner	877	$66,071	$151,900	7.8%
68	Linton	871	$50,833	$87,400	4.8%
69	Cannon Ball	859	$33,542	$128,100	38.2%
70	Dunseith	853	$51,004	$49,300	15.9%
71	Drayton	818	$70,347	$103,800	1.2%
72	Harwood	775	$145,000	$303,600	0.9%
73	Hankinson	768	$66,250	$100,700	5.1%
74	Napoleon	768	$68,068	$85,000	12.8%
75	Ray	762	$69,792	$211,500	4.9%
76	Richardton	761	$69,844	$188,900	4.2%
77	Steele	742	$63,000	$160,300	4.2%
78	Hebron	739	$60,114	$104,600	4.8%
79	Mott	738	$51,964	$77,500	4.0%
80	LaMoure	703	$65,625	$150,800	1.2%
81	Underwood	701	$71,625	$196,300	4.7%
82	Lidgerwood	673	$49,750	$81,100	6.5%
83	Edgeley	672	$45,556	$99,100	7.7%
84	Glen Ullin	662	$48,558	$105,500	7.0%
85	New England	658	$74,375	$143,300	11.5%
86	Elgin	654	$40,000	$111,400	19.0%
87	Hatton	639	$72,885	$133,700	1.7%
88	Milnor	638	$80,417	$142,600	1.1%
89	Ashley	636	$39,519	$57,900	24.7%
90	Lakota	629	$63,672	$145,700	7.4%
91	Forman	622	$71,607	$133,300	2.7%
92	Belfield	618	$46,417	$185,000	13.5%
93	Minto	616	$71,071	$94,600	22.9%
94	Mohall	614	$61,667	$167,000	13.7%
95	Mandaree	604	$64,063	$104,200	26.4%
96	Pembina	583	$88,523	$133,700	9.1%
97	Wilton	582	$83,750	$206,100	1.4%
98	Argusville	568	$160,089	$350,000	0.0%
99	Stanton	560	$57,222	$111,200	24.2%
100	South Heart	556	$138,780	$333,100	0.0%

What to do with North Dakota's city data

246 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Fargo is North Dakota's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major ND metro. Fargo profile
Reile's Acres has the highest median household income of any tracked city in North Dakota, a different lens than population size alone. Reile's Acres profile
See how North Dakota's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 246 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to North Dakota on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 617,959.

4 peers

Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $71,906. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in North Dakota?

PlainCities profiles 246 cities and towns in North Dakota, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in North Dakota?

Fargo is the largest tracked city in North Dakota, with a population of 129,064.

What is the average household income in North Dakota?

Across the 246 tracked cities in North Dakota, the average median household income is $71,906. Individual cities vary widely, with Reile's Acres reporting the highest median income at $198,333.

What is the average poverty rate in North Dakota?

The average poverty rate across North Dakota's tracked cities is 8.3%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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Largest Cities in North Dakota

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