North Dakota · Census place 3868860

Rugby, North Dakota

Rugby is a city in Pierce County, North Dakota with an estimated 2,422 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 20th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,422
#20 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-77 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,058 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Rugby. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

Rugby population, 2020 to 2024

Rugby lost 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -35.

2,49920202,48320212,47920222,45720232,4222024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,508. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rugby covers 2.29 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,058 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Rugby is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rugby is in

All of Rugby's residents live in Pierce County, which had 3,853 residents in 2024. Rugby holds 62.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rugby

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rugby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58368. 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 Rugby is

The Census internal point of Rugby is at 48.365400, -99.990200. Bismarck, the capital, is 112.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Devils Lake, ND (7,314 people), 54.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 180.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.365400, -99.990200
DMS
48°21'55.44"N 99°59'24.72"W
UTM
14N 426659.1E 5357387.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86W29285+5W

Daylight in Rugby

At 48.37° N, Rugby gets about 16 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rugby

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Cando, 37.1 miles away, with 1,061 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rugby, ND?

2,422 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 77 (3.1%) from 2,499 in July 2020.

What county is Rugby in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rugby?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58368.

How far is Rugby from Bismarck?

112.9 miles (181.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Rugby.

What is the nearest larger city to Rugby?

Devils Lake, ND, with 7,314 residents, 54.2 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.