Dickinson, North Dakota

Dickinson population, 2020 to 2024

Dickinson lost 116 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +485. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Dickinson is 1.0 times that size.

Dickinson covers 13.20 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,947 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Dickinson is denser than the typical town.

What county Dickinson is in

All of Dickinson's residents live in Stark County, which had 33,767 residents in 2024. Dickinson holds 76.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dickinson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dickinson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58601. 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 Dickinson is

The Census internal point of Dickinson is at 46.892800, -102.796000. Bismarck, the capital, is 95.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bismarck, ND (77,772 people), 95.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 281.7 miles away.

Daylight in Dickinson

At 46.89° N, Dickinson gets about 15 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dickinson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Beulah, 54.7 miles away, with 3,047 people.