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Cities in North Dakota by households

Fargo, ND had the highest households of 9 cities in 2021, at 55,857. Jamestown, ND had the lowest, at 6,730. The median was 14,810 and the figure for North Dakota was 316,542. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest55,857Fargo, ND
Lowest6,730Jamestown, ND
Median14,8109 cities
North Dakota316,542History

All cities, 2021

Fargo, ND: 55,857 countFargo, ND55,857Bismarck, ND: 31,227 countBismarck, ND31,227Grand Forks, ND: 25,735 countGrand Forks, ND25,735Minot, ND: 20,875 countMinot, ND20,875West Fargo, ND: 14,810 countWest Fargo, ND14,810Williston, ND: 11,216 countWilliston, ND11,216Dickinson, ND: 10,216 countDickinson, ND10,216Mandan, ND: 9,697 countMandan, ND9,697Jamestown, ND: 6,730 countJamestown, ND6,730Fargo, ND: 55,857 countFargo, ND55,857Bismarck, ND: 31,227 countBismarck, ND31,227Grand Forks, ND: 25,735 countGrand Forks, ND25,735Minot, ND: 20,875 countMinot, ND20,875West Fargo, ND: 14,810 countWest Fargo, ND14,810Williston, ND: 11,216 countWilliston, ND11,216Dickinson, ND: 10,216 countDickinson, ND10,216Mandan, ND: 9,697 countMandan, ND9,697Jamestown, ND: 6,730 countJamestown, ND6,730
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
count
1Fargo, ND55,857
2Bismarck, ND31,227
3Grand Forks, ND25,735
4Minot, ND20,875
5West Fargo, ND14,810
6Williston, ND11,216
7Dickinson, ND10,216
8Mandan, ND9,697
9Jamestown, ND6,730

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

People living in group quarters, such as college dormitories, nursing homes and prisons, are not in households.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in North Dakota by households, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in North Dakota by households, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/north-dakota-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in North Dakota by households, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/north-dakota-cities?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in North Dakota by households, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/north-dakota-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in North Dakota by households, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/north-dakota-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Fargo, ND, with 55,857 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Jamestown, ND, with 6,730 in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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