Williston, North Dakota

Williston population, 2020 to 2024

Williston lost 497 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +990. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Williston is 1.1 times that size.

Williston covers 25.73 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,120 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Williston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Williston is in

All of Williston's residents live in Williams County, which had 40,763 residents in 2024. Williston holds 70.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Williston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58801. 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 Williston is

The Census internal point of Williston is at 48.189500, -103.649100. Bismarck, the capital, is 163.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Minot, ND (47,440 people), 109.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 284.4 miles away.

Daylight in Williston

At 48.19° N, Williston gets about 16 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Williston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Watford City, 32.1 miles away, with 6,207 people.