North Dakota · Census place 3811860

Cando, North Dakota

Cando is a city in Towner County, North Dakota with an estimated 1,061 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 46th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,061; #46 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020: -4.6%; -51 people
Land area: 0.7 sq mi
Density: 1,560 / sq mi; State median 1,621

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

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Cando population, 2020 to 2024

Cando lost 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,121. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cando covers 0.68 square miles of land, for 1,560 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Cando is close to the typical town.

What county Cando is in

All of Cando's residents live in Towner County, which had 2,051 residents in 2024. Cando holds 51.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cando

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cando by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58324. 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 Cando is

The Census internal point of Cando is at 48.487400, -99.202900. Bismarck, the capital, is 136.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Devils Lake, ND (7,314 people), 30.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 157.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 48.487400, -99.202900
DMS: 48°29'14.64"N 99°12'10.44"W
UTM: 14N 485007.7E 5370494.9N
Geohash: cb97ydfes
Plus code: 86W2FQPW+XR

Daylight in Cando

At 48.49° N, Cando gets about 16 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cando

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Devils Lake, 30.0 miles away, with 7,314 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cando, ND?

1,061 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 51 (4.6%) from 1,112 in July 2020.

What county is Cando in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cando?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58324.

How far is Cando from Bismarck?

136.6 miles (219.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Cando.

What is the nearest larger city to Cando?

Devils Lake, ND, with 7,314 residents, 30.0 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.