Bowman, North Dakota

Bowman population, 2020 to 2024

Bowman lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

Bowman covers 1.86 square miles of land, for 761 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Bowman is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bowman is in

All of Bowman's residents live in Bowman County, which had 2,886 residents in 2024. Bowman holds 49.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bowman

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bowman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58623. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bowman is

The Census internal point of Bowman is at 46.184300, -103.402900. Bismarck, the capital, is 132.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baker, MT (1,767 people), 43.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 248.7 miles away.

Daylight in Bowman

At 46.18° N, Bowman gets about 15 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bowman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Hettinger, 38.9 miles away, with 1,058 people.