North Dakota

Our North Dakota coverage spans 20 communities with a combined population of about 490,579 people. The Peace Garden State features Great Plains prairies, the Badlands, and oil boom towns. The most populous community is Fargo, with about 131,627 residents in Cass County, and it has an interactive street, satellite and topographic map. Bismarck (75,556) and Grand Forks (59,042) follow. The state capital, Bismarck, sits in Burleigh County.

North Dakota has 53 counties with dedicated boundary maps and American Community Survey statistics on GIS Map. Cass County is the most populous, with about 193,400 residents. The highest median household income belongs to Dunn County at $97,689. Home values peak in McKenzie County, where the median owner-occupied home is worth about $349,600. The youngest population, with a median age of 28.2, is found in Sioux County. Among mapped cities with at least 10,000 residents, West Fargo reports the highest median household income at $90,665. All figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates.

North Dakota's mapped cities sit at a wide range of elevations. Dickinson is the highest at about 2,413 feet above sea level, while Grafton is the lowest at about 829 feet. The state is split between time zones: Central (18 cities) and Mountain (2 cities). According to the USDA U.S. General Soil Map, Mollisols are the dominant soil order beneath 15 of the mapped city centers. Federal records list 8 government-owned and 32 leased properties in these cities, the most in Bismarck. City maps let you switch on FEMA flood zones, USGS contours and land cover layers.

We also map 34 ZIP code areas in North Dakota, each with its boundary and demographics. The most populated one has about 49,168 residents. The runner-up counts roughly 48,796 people. The densest packs about 11,870 people per square mile. Every page includes drawing and measuring tools plus a click-anywhere inspector that reports the county, ZIP, census tract, school district, flood zone and elevation of any point.