North Dakota’s 20 Largest Cities [2025]

We hear about North Dakota's smallest cities all the time, but have you ever wondered which cities are the biggest in North Dakota? Of course, North Dakota's population overall is much smaller than that of other states.

According to World Population Review, the population of the state of North Dakota is 796,568 for 2025. If you compare that to the most populated state, California, that sounds pretty small. As of 2025, California has 39.43 million residents.

While our cities might not compare to larger states, we still have some good-sized cities.

Top 20 List

Let's look at which cities are the most populated in our state.

I'm sure you can guess a few, but you might be surprised at which ones made the top twenty.

This list was based on information gathered by World Population Review. They looked at census data to determine which cities would make this list.

We're going to start from 20 and work our way to the most populated city.

20. Casselton - 2,468

19. New Town - 2,694

18. Beulah - 3,019

17. Grafton - 3,993

16. Lincoln - 4,529

15. Minot AFB - 4,798

14. Watford City - 5,866

13. Valley City - 6,530

12. Devils Lake - 7,115

11. Horace - 7,239

10 Wahpeton - 7,989

9. Jamestown - 15,611

8. Dickinson - 24,677

7. Mandan - 24,834

6. Williston - 26,632

5. West Fargo - 41,403

4. Minot - 46,699

3. Grand Forks - 58,773

2. Bismarck - 75,990

1. Fargo - 137,989

There you have it; those are the top ten. I'm sure you could've guessed that Fargo and Bismarck were the top two, but now we know for sure.

Fun Fact

While we see the top ten cities in our state now, are curious to see which city in North Dakota is growing in population the fastest? According to World Population Review, that honor goes to Horace. It currently has a growth rate of 12.39 percent.