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Cities in North Dakota by housing units

Fargo, ND had the highest housing units of 9 cities in 2023, at 63,177. Jamestown, ND had the lowest, at 7,728. The median was 16,227 and the figure for North Dakota was 374,866. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest63,177Fargo, ND
Lowest7,728Jamestown, ND
Median16,2279 cities
North Dakota374,866History

All cities, 2023

Fargo, ND: 63,177 countFargo, ND63,177Bismarck, ND: 34,852 countBismarck, ND34,852Grand Forks, ND: 27,897 countGrand Forks, ND27,897Minot, ND: 23,790 countMinot, ND23,790West Fargo, ND: 16,227 countWest Fargo, ND16,227Williston, ND: 14,872 countWilliston, ND14,872Dickinson, ND: 11,898 countDickinson, ND11,898Mandan, ND: 11,303 countMandan, ND11,303Jamestown, ND: 7,728 countJamestown, ND7,728Fargo, ND: 63,177 countFargo, ND63,177Bismarck, ND: 34,852 countBismarck, ND34,852Grand Forks, ND: 27,897 countGrand Forks, ND27,897Minot, ND: 23,790 countMinot, ND23,790West Fargo, ND: 16,227 countWest Fargo, ND16,227Williston, ND: 14,872 countWilliston, ND14,872Dickinson, ND: 11,898 countDickinson, ND11,898Mandan, ND: 11,303 countMandan, ND11,303Jamestown, ND: 7,728 countJamestown, ND7,728
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
count		Change on 2022
1Fargo, ND63,177+1.8%
2Bismarck, ND34,852+1.4%
3Grand Forks, ND27,897+1%
4Minot, ND23,790+0.3%
5West Fargo, ND16,227+2.3%
6Williston, ND14,872+0.9%
7Dickinson, ND11,898+1.5%
8Mandan, ND11,303+1.3%
9Jamestown, ND7,728+2.2%

Other periods

About this ranking

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

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 B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in North Dakota by housing units, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in North Dakota by housing units, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/north-dakota-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in North Dakota by housing units, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/north-dakota-cities?period=2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in North Dakota by housing units, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/north-dakota-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest housing units?

Fargo, ND, with 63,177 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Jamestown, ND, with 7,728 in 2023.

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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 B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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