North Dakota · Census place 3840580

Jamestown, North Dakota

Jamestown is a city in Stutsman County, North Dakota with an estimated 15,789 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 9th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,789
#9 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-30 people
Land area
13.3 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,187 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Jamestown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

Jamestown population, 2020 to 2024

Jamestown lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Jamestown is 63% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,855. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jamestown covers 13.30 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,187 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Jamestown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jamestown is in

All of Jamestown's residents live in Stutsman County, which had 21,546 residents in 2024. Jamestown holds 73.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jamestown

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Jamestown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58401, 58402, 58405. 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 Jamestown is

The Census internal point of Jamestown is at 46.905900, -98.693600. Bismarck, the capital, is 98.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Fargo, ND (41,027 people), 84.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 88.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.905900, -98.693600
DMS
46°54'21.24"N 98°41'36.96"W
UTM
14N 523335.1E 5194752.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86R3W844+9H

Daylight in Jamestown

At 46.91° N, Jamestown 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 Jamestown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Valley City, 32.6 miles away, with 6,580 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jamestown, ND?

15,789 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (0.2%) from 15,819 in July 2020.

What county is Jamestown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jamestown?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 58401, 58402, 58405.

How far is Jamestown from Bismarck?

98.9 miles (159.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Jamestown.

What is the nearest larger city to Jamestown?

West Fargo, ND, with 41,027 residents, 84.6 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.