North Dakota · Census place 3856700

New Salem, North Dakota

New Salem is a city in Morton County, North Dakota with an estimated 1,068 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 45th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,068; #45 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020: +8.9%; +87 people
Land area: 1.4 sq mi
Density: 768 / sq mi; State median 1,621

Orange pin: New Salem. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

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New Salem population, 2020 to 2024

New Salem added 87 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.9%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 975. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Salem covers 1.39 square miles of land, for 768 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so New Salem is less dense than the typical town.

What county New Salem is in

All of New Salem's residents live in Morton County, which had 34,194 residents in 2024. New Salem holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Salem

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Salem by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58563. 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 New Salem is

The Census internal point of New Salem is at 46.843100, -101.417900. Bismarck, the capital, is 30.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mandan, ND (24,788 people), 25.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 216.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 46.843100, -101.417900
DMS: 46°50'35.16"N 101°25'4.44"W
UTM: 14N 315643.8E 5190567.1N
Geohash: c8rfkpt8z
Plus code: 85RWRHVJ+6R

Daylight in New Salem

At 46.84° N, New Salem 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.

Places near New Salem

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Mandan, 25.1 miles away, with 24,788 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Salem, ND?

1,068 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 87 (8.9%) from 981 in July 2020.

What county is New Salem in?

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

What ZIP codes cover New Salem?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58563.

How far is New Salem from Bismarck?

30.1 miles (48.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from New Salem.

What is the nearest larger city to New Salem?

Mandan, ND, with 24,788 residents, 25.1 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.