North Dakota · Census place 3819420
Devils Lake, North Dakota
Devils Lake is a city in Ramsey County, North Dakota with an estimated 7,314 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 11th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,314
- #11 of 51 in North Dakota
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +6 people
- Land area
- 7.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,051 / sq mi
- State median 1,621
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Devils Lake population, 2020 to 2024
Devils Lake added 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -3. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Devils Lake is 29% of it.
Devils Lake covers 6.96 square miles of land, for 1,051 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Devils Lake is less dense than the typical town.
What county Devils Lake is in
All of Devils Lake's residents live in Ramsey County, which had 11,510 residents in 2024. Devils Lake holds 63.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Devils Lake
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Devils Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58301. 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 Devils Lake is
The Census internal point of Devils Lake is at 48.112600, -98.874800. Bismarck, the capital, is 126.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grand Forks, ND (59,845 people), 83.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 128.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 48.112600, -98.874800
- DMS
- 48°06'45.36"N 98°52'29.28"W
- UTM
- 14N 509319.0E 5328823.0N
- Geohash
- cb99wn9s4
- Plus code
- 86W3447G+23
Daylight in Devils Lake
At 48.11° N, Devils Lake gets about 16 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Devils Lake
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Cando, 30.0 miles away, with 1,061 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Devils Lake, ND?
7,314 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6 (0.1%) from 7,308 in July 2020.
What county is Devils Lake in?
Ramsey County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Devils Lake?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58301.
How far is Devils Lake from Bismarck?
126.1 miles (203.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Devils Lake.
What is the nearest larger city to Devils Lake?
Grand Forks, ND, with 59,845 residents, 83.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.