North Dakota · Census place 3810940

Burlington, North Dakota

Burlington is a city in Ward County, North Dakota with an estimated 1,334 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 37th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,334; #37 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020: +3.7%; +48 people
Land area: 1.9 sq mi
Density: 698 / sq mi; State median 1,621

Orange pin: Burlington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

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Burlington population, 2020 to 2024

Burlington added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +25.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,287. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Burlington covers 1.91 square miles of land, for 698 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Burlington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Burlington is in

All of Burlington's residents live in Ward County, which had 68,427 residents in 2024. Burlington holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Burlington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Burlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58722. 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 Burlington is

The Census internal point of Burlington is at 48.257200, -101.414500. Bismarck, the capital, is 103.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Minot, ND (47,440 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 234.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 48.257200, -101.414500
DMS: 48°15'25.92"N 101°24'52.20"W
UTM: 14N 320792.2E 5347705.8N
Geohash: c8xfs2bnw
Plus code: 85WW7H4P+V6

Daylight in Burlington

At 48.26° N, Burlington gets about 16 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Burlington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Minot, 6.5 miles away, with 47,440 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Burlington, ND?

1,334 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (3.7%) from 1,286 in July 2020.

What county is Burlington in?

Ward County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Burlington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58722.

How far is Burlington from Bismarck?

103.5 miles (166.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Burlington.

What is the nearest larger city to Burlington?

Minot, ND, with 47,440 residents, 6.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.