North Dakota · Census place 3812940

Cavalier, North Dakota

Cavalier is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota with an estimated 1,220 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,220
#41 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-34 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,419 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Cavalier. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

Cavalier population, 2020 to 2024

Cavalier lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -18.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,255. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cavalier covers 0.86 square miles of land, for 1,419 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Cavalier is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cavalier is in

All of Cavalier's residents live in Pembina County, which had 6,588 residents in 2024. Cavalier holds 18.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cavalier

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cavalier by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58220. 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 Cavalier is

The Census internal point of Cavalier is at 48.794000, -97.622600. Bismarck, the capital, is 200.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grafton, ND (4,027 people), 28.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 138.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.794000, -97.622600
DMS
48°47'38.40"N 97°37'21.36"W
UTM
14N 601160.1E 5405471.0N
Geohash
cbdtdd9ms
Plus code
86W4Q9VG+HX

Daylight in Cavalier

At 48.79° N, Cavalier gets about 16 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cavalier

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Grafton, 28.1 miles away, with 4,027 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cavalier, ND?

1,220 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 34 (2.7%) from 1,254 in July 2020.

What county is Cavalier in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cavalier?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58220.

How far is Cavalier from Bismarck?

200.2 miles (322.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Cavalier.

What is the nearest larger city to Cavalier?

Grafton, ND, with 4,027 residents, 28.1 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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