North Dakota · Census place 3832060
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks is a city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota with an estimated 59,845 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 59,845
- #3 of 51 in North Dakota
- Change since 2020
- +1.2%
- +696 people
- Land area
- 29.1 sq mi
- + 0.20 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,055 / sq mi
- State median 1,621
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Grand Forks population, 2020 to 2024
Grand Forks added 696 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +490. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Grand Forks is 2.4 times that size.
Grand Forks covers 29.12 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 2,055 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Grand Forks is denser than the typical town.
What county Grand Forks is in
All of Grand Forks's residents live in Grand Forks County, which had 73,771 residents in 2024. Grand Forks holds 81.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Grand Forks
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Grand Forks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58201, 58202, 58203. 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 Grand Forks is
The Census internal point of Grand Forks is at 47.919600, -97.087300. Bismarck, the capital, is 188.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fargo, ND (136,285 people), 73.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.919600, -97.087300
- DMS
- 47°55'10.56"N 97°05'14.28"W
- UTM
- 14N 642897.7E 5309134.8N
- Geohash
- cbdbwerpv
- Plus code
- 86V4WW97+R3
Daylight in Grand Forks
At 47.92° N, Grand Forks gets about 16 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Grand Forks
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Thompson, 10.0 miles away, with 1,091 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Grand Forks, ND?
59,845 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 696 (1.2%) from 59,149 in July 2020.
What county is Grand Forks in?
Grand Forks County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Grand Forks?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 58201, 58202, 58203.
How far is Grand Forks from Bismarck?
188.8 miles (303.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Grand Forks.
What is the nearest larger city to Grand Forks?
Fargo, ND, with 136,285 residents, 73.9 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.