North Dakota · Census place 3823220

Ellendale, North Dakota

Ellendale is a city in Dickey County, North Dakota with an estimated 1,139 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 43rd largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,139
#43 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-16 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
802 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Ellendale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

Ellendale population, 2020 to 2024

Ellendale lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,161. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ellendale covers 1.42 square miles of land, for 802 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Ellendale is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ellendale is in

All of Ellendale's residents live in Dickey County, which had 4,930 residents in 2024. Ellendale holds 23.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ellendale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ellendale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58436. 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 Ellendale is

The Census internal point of Ellendale is at 46.004400, -98.525400. Bismarck, the capital, is 121.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oakes, ND (1,777 people), 23.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 100.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.004400, -98.525400
DMS
46°00'15.84"N 98°31'31.44"W
UTM
14N 536746.4E 5094645.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86R32F3F+QR

Daylight in Ellendale

At 46.00° N, Ellendale gets about 15 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ellendale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Oakes, 23.0 miles away, with 1,777 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ellendale, ND?

1,139 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (1.4%) from 1,155 in July 2020.

What county is Ellendale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ellendale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58436.

How far is Ellendale from Bismarck?

121.4 miles (195.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Ellendale.

What is the nearest larger city to Ellendale?

Oakes, ND, with 1,777 residents, 23.0 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.

  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.