Thompson, North Dakota

Thompson population, 2020 to 2024

Thompson lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

Thompson covers 0.43 square miles of land, for 2,537 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Thompson is denser than the typical town.

What county Thompson is in

All of Thompson's residents live in Grand Forks County, which had 73,771 residents in 2024. Thompson holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Thompson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thompson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58278. 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 Thompson is

The Census internal point of Thompson is at 47.774600, -97.104400. Bismarck, the capital, is 184.5 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grand Forks, ND (59,845 people), 10.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 64.2 miles away.

Daylight in Thompson

At 47.77° N, Thompson gets about 16 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Thompson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Grand Forks, 10.0 miles away, with 59,845 people.