Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo population, 2020 to 2024

Fargo added 10,299 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,925. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Fargo is 5.4 times that size.

Fargo covers 51.49 square miles of land, for 2,647 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Fargo is denser than the typical town.

What county Fargo is in

All of Fargo's residents live in Cass County, which had 200,945 residents in 2024. Fargo holds 67.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fargo

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fargo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58102, 58103, 58104, 58105. 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 Fargo is

The Census internal point of Fargo is at 46.864700, -96.829100. Bismarck, the capital, is 186.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Minneapolis, MN (428,579 people), 215.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 275 m (902 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Fargo

At 46.86° N, Fargo gets about 15 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Fargo daylight page.

Places near Fargo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is West Fargo, 3.6 miles away, with 41,027 people.