Bismarck, North Dakota

Bismarck, North Dakota
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Official seal of Bismarck, North Dakota
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Location of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North Dakota
Location of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North Dakota
Bismarck is located in North Dakota
Bismarck
Bismarck
Bismarck is located in the United States
Bismarck
Bismarck
Coordinates: 46°48′51″N 100°46′10″W / 46.81417°N 100.76944°W / 46.81417; -100.76944
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyBurleigh
FoundedMay 14, 1872
IncorporatedJanuary 14, 1875
Named forOtto von Bismarck
Government
 • MayorMike Schmitz (Nonpartisan)
 • CommissionerAnne Cleary
Michael Connelly
Steve Marquardt
Greg Zenker
Area
 • City35.182 sq mi (91.121 km2)
 • Land34.685 sq mi (89.834 km2)
 • Water0.497 sq mi (1.288 km2)
 • Urban
41.85 sq mi (108.4 km2)
 • Metro
4,281.1 sq mi (11,088 km2)
Elevation1,745 ft (532 m)
Population
 • City73,622
 • Estimate 
(2023)[5]
75,092
 • RankUS: 497th
ND: 2nd
 • Density2,146/sq mi (828.7/km2)
 • Urban
98,198 (US: 316th)[3]
 • Urban density2,346/sq mi (905.9/km2)
 • Metro
135,786 (US: 305th)
 • Metro density31.5/sq mi (12.16/km2)
Time zoneUTC–6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
58501, 58502, 58503, 58504, 58505, 58506, 58507[6]
Area code701
FIPS code38-07200
GNIS feature ID1035934[2]
HighwaysUS 83, I 94, I 94 Bus., I 194, ND 810
Sales tax7.5%[7]
Websitebismarcknd.gov

Bismarck (/ˈbɪzmɑːrk/; from 1872 to 1873: Edwinton) is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County.[8] It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The population was 73,622 at the 2020 census,[4] and was estimated to be 75,092 in 2023,[5] while its metropolitan population was 133,626. In 2020, Forbes magazine ranked Bismarck as the seventh fastest-growing small city in the United States.[9]

Bismarck was founded by European-Americans in 1872 on the east bank of the Missouri River. It has been North Dakota's capital city since 1889, when the state was created from the Dakota Territory and admitted to the Union.[10]

Bismarck is across the river from Mandan, named after a Native American tribe of the area.[11] The two cities comprise the core of the Bismarck–Mandan Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The North Dakota State Capitol is in central Bismarck. The state government employs more than 4,600 in the city. As a hub of retail and health care, Bismarck is the economic center of south-central North Dakota and north-central South Dakota.

  1. ^ "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bismarck, North Dakota
  3. ^ "2020 Census Qualifying Urban Areas and Final Criteria Clarifications". Federal Register. United States Census Bureau. December 29, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Zip Code Lookup". USPS. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "Bismarck (ND) sales tax rate". Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  8. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  9. ^ Kotkin, Joel (September 3, 2014). "America's Fastest-Growing Small Cities". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  10. ^ "Bismarck | Capital of North Dakota, USA | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  11. ^ Murphy, Edward C.; Groenewold, Gerald H. "Geology of the Bismarck-Mandan Area" (PDF). Geologic Investigations No. 3. North Dakota Geological Survey. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2012.