North Dakota · Census place 3846640

Lincoln, North Dakota

Lincoln is a city in Burleigh County, North Dakota with an estimated 4,502 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 15th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,502
#15 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
+5.4%
+231 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
2,905 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Lincoln. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

Lincoln population, 2020 to 2024

Lincoln added 231 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +45.

4,27120204,33220214,37920224,45720234,5022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,258. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lincoln covers 1.55 square miles of land, for 2,905 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Lincoln is denser than the typical town.

What county Lincoln is in

All of Lincoln's residents live in Burleigh County, which had 103,107 residents in 2024. Lincoln holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lincoln

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lincoln by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58504. 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 Lincoln is

The Census internal point of Lincoln is at 46.768900, -100.697700. Bismarck, the capital, is 5.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bismarck, ND (77,772 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 183.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.768900, -100.697700
DMS
46°46'8.04"N 100°41'51.72"W
UTM
14N 370377.1E 5180882.7N
Geohash
cb26hd40t
Plus code
85RXQ892+HW

Daylight in Lincoln

At 46.77° N, Lincoln gets about 15 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lincoln

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Bismarck, 4.7 miles away, with 77,772 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lincoln, ND?

4,502 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 231 (5.4%) from 4,271 in July 2020.

What county is Lincoln in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lincoln?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58504.

How far is Lincoln from Bismarck?

5.4 miles (8.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lincoln.

What is the nearest larger city to Lincoln?

Bismarck, ND, with 77,772 residents, 4.7 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.