North Dakota · Census place 3849900

Mandan, North Dakota

Mandan is a city in Morton County, North Dakota with an estimated 24,788 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 8th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
24,788
#8 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
+2.3%
+565 people
Land area
13.5 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
1,833 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Mandan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

Mandan population, 2020 to 2024

Mandan added 565 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +73. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Mandan is 98% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 24,193. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mandan covers 13.52 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 1,833 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Mandan is denser than the typical town.

What county Mandan is in

All of Mandan's residents live in Morton County, which had 34,194 residents in 2024. Mandan holds 72.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mandan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mandan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58554. 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 Mandan is

The Census internal point of Mandan is at 46.829500, -100.887100. Bismarck, the capital, is 5.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bismarck, ND (77,772 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 191.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.829500, -100.887100
DMS
46°49'46.20"N 100°53'13.56"W
UTM
14N 356078.0E 5187946.2N
Geohash
cb262m038
Plus code
85RXR4H7+R5

Daylight in Mandan

At 46.83° N, Mandan 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mandan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Bismarck, 5.6 miles away, with 77,772 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mandan, ND?

24,788 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 565 (2.3%) from 24,223 in July 2020.

What county is Mandan in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mandan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58554.

How far is Mandan from Bismarck?

5.0 miles (8.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Mandan.

What is the nearest larger city to Mandan?

Bismarck, ND, with 77,772 residents, 5.7 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.