| Area | Census 2000 | 7/1/2008 | Absolute Change | Relative Change |
| North Dakota | 642,200 | 641,481 | -719 | -0.11% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abercrombie city | 296 | 271 | -25 | -8.45% |
| Adams city | 203 | 175 | -28 | -13.79% |
| Alamo city | 51 | 49 | -2 | -3.92% |
| Alexander city | 217 | 215 | -2 | -0.92% |
| Alice city | 56 | 50 | -6 | -10.71% |
| Almont city | 89 | 84 | -5 | -5.62% |
| Alsen city | 68 | 54 | -14 | -20.59% |
| Ambrose city | 23 | 20 | -3 | -13.04% |
| Amenia city | 89 | 89 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Amidon city | 26 | 23 | -3 | -11.54% |
| Anamoose city | 282 | 246 | -36 | -12.77% |
| Aneta city | 284 | 246 | -38 | -13.38% |
| Antler city | 47 | 42 | -5 | -10.64% |
| Ardoch city | 61 | 53 | -8 | -13.11% |
| Argusville city | 147 | 134 | -13 | -8.84% |
| Arnegard city | 105 | 104 | -1 | -0.95% |
| Arthur city | 402 | 378 | -24 | -5.97% |
| Ashley city | 882 | 687 | -195 | -22.11% |
| Ayr city | 23 | 22 | -1 | -4.35% |
| Balfour city | 20 | 17 | -3 | -15.00% |
| Balta city | 73 | 62 | -11 | -15.07% |
| Bantry city | 19 | 17 | -2 | -10.53% |
| Barney city | 69 | 61 | -8 | -11.59% |
| Bathgate city | 66 | 56 | -10 | -15.15% |
| Beach city | 1,116 | 939 | -177 | -15.86% |
| Belfield city | 866 | 811 | -55 | -6.35% |
| Benedict city | 53 | 47 | -6 | -11.32% |
| Bergen city | 11 | 10 | -1 | -9.09% |
| Berlin city | 35 | 30 | -5 | -14.29% |
| Berthold city | 466 | 439 | -27 | -5.79% |
| Beulah city | 3,152 | 2,863 | -289 | -9.17% |
| Binford city | 201 | 169 | -32 | -15.92% |
| Bisbee city | 167 | 130 | -37 | -22.16% |
| Bismarck city | 55,532 | 60,389 | 4,857 | 8.75% |
| Bottineau city | 2,336 | 2,052 | -284 | -12.16% |
| Bowbells city | 406 | 322 | -84 | -20.69% |
| Bowdon city | 139 | 112 | -27 | -19.42% |
| Bowman city | 1,600 | 1,501 | -99 | -6.19% |
| Braddock city | 43 | 34 | -9 | -20.93% |
| Briarwood city | 78 | 82 | 4 | 5.13% |
| Brinsmade city | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brocket city | 65 | 58 | -7 | -10.77% |
| Buchanan city | 77 | 70 | -7 | -9.09% |
| Bucyrus city | 26 | 22 | -4 | -15.38% |
| Buffalo city | 209 | 190 | -19 | -9.09% |
| Burlington city | 1,096 | 1,000 | -96 | -8.76% |
| Butte city | 92 | 82 | -10 | -10.87% |
| Buxton city | 350 | 325 | -25 | -7.14% |
| Calio city | 24 | 19 | -5 | -20.83% |
| Calvin city | 26 | 21 | -5 | -19.23% |
| Cando city | 1,342 | 1,019 | -323 | -24.07% |
| Canton City city | 42 | 37 | -5 | -11.90% |
| Carpio city | 148 | 139 | -9 | -6.08% |
| Carrington city | 2,268 | 2,071 | -197 | -8.69% |
| Carson city | 319 | 257 | -62 | -19.44% |
| Casselton city | 1,855 | 2,004 | 149 | 8.03% |
| Cathay city | 56 | 46 | -10 | -17.86% |
| Cavalier city | 1,537 | 1,322 | -215 | -13.99% |
| Cayuga city | 61 | 56 | -5 | -8.20% |
| Center city | 678 | 554 | -124 | -18.29% |
| Christine city | 153 | 173 | 20 | 13.07% |
| Churchs Ferry city | 77 | 71 | -6 | -7.79% |
| Cleveland city | 112 | 98 | -14 | -12.50% |
| Clifford city | 51 | 47 | -4 | -7.84% |
| Cogswell city | 165 | 146 | -19 | -11.52% |
| Coleharbor city | 106 | 94 | -12 | -11.32% |
| Colfax city | 91 | 86 | -5 | -5.49% |
| Columbus city | 151 | 119 | -32 | -21.19% |
| Conway city | 23 | 20 | -3 | -13.04% |
| Cooperstown city | 1,053 | 888 | -165 | -15.67% |
| Courtenay city | 53 | 47 | -6 | -11.32% |
| Crary city | 149 | 137 | -12 | -8.05% |
| Crosby city | 1,089 | 952 | -137 | -12.58% |
| Crystal city | 167 | 147 | -20 | -11.98% |
| Davenport city | 261 | 251 | -10 | -3.83% |
| Dawson city | 75 | 62 | -13 | -17.33% |
| Dazey city | 91 | 82 | -9 | -9.89% |
| Deering city | 118 | 99 | -19 | -16.10% |
| Des Lacs city | 209 | 194 | -15 | -7.18% |
| Devils Lake city | 7,222 | 6,708 | -514 | -7.12% |
| Dickey city | 57 | 48 | -9 | -15.79% |
| Dickinson city | 16,010 | 16,035 | 25 | 0.16% |
| Dodge city | 125 | 118 | -7 | -5.60% |
| Donnybrook city | 90 | 83 | -7 | -7.78% |
| Douglas city | 64 | 60 | -4 | -6.25% |
| Drake city | 322 | 268 | -54 | -16.77% |
| Drayton city | 913 | 782 | -131 | -14.35% |
| Dunn Center city | 122 | 111 | -11 | -9.02% |
| Dunseith city | 739 | 733 | -6 | -0.81% |
| Dwight city | 75 | 69 | -6 | -8.00% |
| Edgeley city | 637 | 526 | -111 | -17.43% |
| Edinburg city | 252 | 220 | -32 | -12.70% |
| Edmore city | 256 | 234 | -22 | -8.59% |
| Egeland city | 49 | 37 | -12 | -24.49% |
| Elgin city | 659 | 543 | -116 | -17.60% |
| Ellendale city | 1,559 | 1,456 | -103 | -6.61% |
| Elliott city | 44 | 40 | -4 | -9.09% |
| Emerado city | 510 | 477 | -33 | -6.47% |
| Enderlin city | 947 | 1,019 | 72 | 7.60% |
| Epping city | 79 | 76 | -3 | -3.80% |
| Esmond city | 159 | 152 | -7 | -4.40% |
| Fairdale city | 51 | 44 | -7 | -13.73% |
| Fairmount city | 406 | 363 | -43 | -10.59% |
| Fargo city | 90,599 | 93,531 | 2,932 | 3.24% |
| Fessenden city | 625 | 500 | -125 | -20.00% |
| Fingal city | 133 | 118 | -15 | -11.28% |
| Finley city | 515 | 402 | -113 | -21.94% |
| Flasher city | 285 | 265 | -20 | -7.02% |
| Flaxton city | 73 | 58 | -15 | -20.55% |
| Forbes city | 64 | 58 | -6 | -9.37% |
| Fordville city | 266 | 230 | -36 | -13.53% |
| Forest River city | 154 | 133 | -21 | -13.64% |
| Forman city | 506 | 470 | -36 | -7.11% |
| Fort Ransom city | 70 | 97 | 27 | 38.57% |
| Fort Yates city | 228 | 284 | 56 | 24.56% |
| Fortuna city | 31 | 27 | -4 | -12.90% |
| Fredonia city | 51 | 43 | -8 | -15.69% |
| Frontier city | 273 | 261 | -12 | -4.40% |
| Fullerton city | 85 | 75 | -10 | -11.76% |
| Gackle city | 335 | 281 | -54 | -16.12% |
| Galesburg city | 157 | 148 | -9 | -5.73% |
| Gardena city | 38 | 34 | -4 | -10.53% |
| Gardner city | 80 | 85 | 5 | 6.25% |
| Garrison city | 1,318 | 1,173 | -145 | -11.00% |
| Gascoyne city | 23 | 21 | -2 | -8.70% |
| Gilby city | 243 | 226 | -17 | -7.00% |
| Gladstone city | 248 | 232 | -16 | -6.45% |
| Glen Ullin city | 865 | 803 | -62 | -7.17% |
| Glenburn city | 374 | 314 | -60 | -16.04% |
| Glenfield city | 134 | 127 | -7 | -5.22% |
| Golden Valley city | 183 | 163 | -20 | -10.93% |
| Golva city | 106 | 90 | -16 | -15.09% |
| Goodrich city | 163 | 116 | -47 | -28.83% |
| Grace City city | 71 | 66 | -5 | -7.04% |
| Grafton city | 4,516 | 3,978 | -538 | -11.91% |
| Grand Forks city | 49,321 | 51,313 | 1,992 | 4.04% |
| Grandin city | 181 | 166 | -15 | -8.29% |
| Grano city | 9 | 8 | -1 | -11.11% |
| Granville city | 286 | 238 | -48 | -16.78% |
| Great Bend city | 118 | 109 | -9 | -7.63% |
| Grenora city | 202 | 194 | -8 | -3.96% |
| Gwinner city | 717 | 712 | -5 | -0.70% |
| Hague city | 91 | 71 | -20 | -21.98% |
| Halliday city | 227 | 206 | -21 | -9.25% |
| Hamberg city | 28 | 23 | -5 | -17.86% |
| Hamilton city | 73 | 62 | -11 | -15.07% |
| Hampden city | 60 | 55 | -5 | -8.33% |
| Hankinson city | 1,058 | 981 | -77 | -7.28% |
| Hannaford city | 181 | 151 | -30 | -16.57% |
| Hannah city | 20 | 16 | -4 | -20.00% |
| Hansboro city | 8 | 6 | -2 | -25.00% |
| Harvey city | 1,989 | 1,619 | -370 | -18.60% |
| Harwood city | 607 | 701 | 94 | 15.49% |
| Hatton city | 707 | 640 | -67 | -9.48% |
| Havana city | 94 | 84 | -10 | -10.64% |
| Haynes city | 19 | 16 | -3 | -15.79% |
| Hazelton city | 237 | 187 | -50 | -21.10% |
| Hazen city | 2,457 | 2,206 | -251 | -10.22% |
| Hebron city | 803 | 727 | -76 | -9.46% |
| Hettinger city | 1,307 | 1,138 | -169 | -12.93% |
| Hillsboro city | 1,563 | 1,469 | -94 | -6.01% |
| Hoople city | 292 | 252 | -40 | -13.70% |
| Hope city | 303 | 256 | -47 | -15.51% |
| Horace city | 915 | 1,757 | 842 | 92.02% |
| Hunter city | 326 | 304 | -22 | -6.75% |
| Hurdsfield city | 91 | 76 | -15 | -16.48% |
| Inkster city | 102 | 95 | -7 | -6.86% |
| Jamestown city | 15,527 | 14,630 | -897 | -5.78% |
| Jud city | 76 | 65 | -11 | -14.47% |
| Karlsruhe city | 119 | 104 | -15 | -12.61% |
| Kathryn city | 63 | 54 | -9 | -14.29% |
| Kenmare city | 1,081 | 1,075 | -6 | -0.56% |
| Kensal city | 161 | 147 | -14 | -8.70% |
| Kief city | 13 | 11 | -2 | -15.38% |
| Killdeer city | 713 | 673 | -40 | -5.61% |
| Kindred city | 614 | 619 | 5 | 0.81% |
| Knox city | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Kramer city | 44 | 39 | -5 | -11.36% |
| Kulm city | 422 | 356 | -66 | -15.64% |
| Lakota city | 781 | 696 | -85 | -10.88% |
| LaMoure city | 944 | 802 | -142 | -15.04% |
| Landa city | 28 | 25 | -3 | -10.71% |
| Langdon city | 2,101 | 1,654 | -447 | -21.28% |
| Lankin city | 131 | 113 | -18 | -13.74% |
| Lansford city | 253 | 226 | -27 | -10.67% |
| Larimore city | 1,433 | 1,312 | -121 | -8.44% |
| Lawton city | 42 | 38 | -4 | -9.52% |
| Leal city | 36 | 32 | -4 | -11.11% |
| Leeds city | 464 | 450 | -14 | -3.02% |
| Lehr city | 114 | 92 | -22 | -19.30% |
| Leith city | 28 | 23 | -5 | -17.86% |
| Leonard city | 255 | 249 | -6 | -2.35% |
| Lidgerwood city | 738 | 706 | -32 | -4.34% |
| Lignite city | 174 | 141 | -33 | -18.97% |
| Lincoln city | 1,730 | 2,733 | 1,003 | 57.98% |
| Linton city | 1,321 | 1,015 | -306 | -23.16% |
| Lisbon city | 2,292 | 2,182 | -110 | -4.80% |
| Litchville city | 191 | 165 | -26 | -13.61% |
| Loma city | 21 | 17 | -4 | -19.05% |
| Loraine city | 19 | 17 | -2 | -10.53% |
| Ludden city | 29 | 27 | -2 | -6.90% |
| Luverne city | 44 | 35 | -9 | -20.45% |
| Maddock city | 498 | 479 | -19 | -3.82% |
| Makoti city | 145 | 136 | -9 | -6.21% |
| Mandan city | 16,718 | 18,091 | 1,373 | 8.21% |
| Mantador city | 71 | 66 | -5 | -7.04% |
| Manvel city | 370 | 333 | -37 | -10.00% |
| Mapleton city | 606 | 725 | 119 | 19.64% |
| Marion city | 146 | 123 | -23 | -15.75% |
| Marmarth city | 140 | 119 | -21 | -15.00% |
| Martin city | 96 | 71 | -25 | -26.04% |
| Max city | 278 | 249 | -29 | -10.43% |
| Maxbass city | 91 | 73 | -18 | -19.78% |
| Mayville city | 1,953 | 1,769 | -184 | -9.42% |
| McClusky city | 415 | 301 | -114 | -27.47% |
| McHenry city | 71 | 67 | -4 | -5.63% |
| McVille city | 470 | 407 | -63 | -13.40% |
| Medina city | 335 | 298 | -37 | -11.04% |
| Medora city | 100 | 93 | -7 | -7.00% |
| Mercer city | 86 | 75 | -11 | -12.79% |
| Michigan City city | 345 | 285 | -60 | -17.39% |
| Milnor city | 711 | 677 | -34 | -4.78% |
| Milton city | 85 | 68 | -17 | -20.00% |
| Minnewaukan city | 318 | 295 | -23 | -7.23% |
| Minot city | 36,567 | 35,419 | -1,148 | -3.14% |
| Minto city | 657 | 589 | -68 | -10.35% |
| Mohall city | 812 | 696 | -116 | -14.29% |
| Monango city | 28 | 25 | -3 | -10.71% |
| Montpelier city | 103 | 89 | -14 | -13.59% |
| Mooreton city | 204 | 184 | -20 | -9.80% |
| Mott city | 808 | 675 | -133 | -16.46% |
| Mountain city | 133 | 122 | -11 | -8.27% |
| Munich city | 268 | 208 | -60 | -22.39% |
| Mylo city | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Napoleon city | 857 | 719 | -138 | -16.10% |
| Neche city | 437 | 393 | -44 | -10.07% |
| Nekoma city | 51 | 41 | -10 | -19.61% |
| New England city | 555 | 557 | 2 | 0.36% |
| New Leipzig city | 274 | 224 | -50 | -18.25% |
| New Rockford city | 1,463 | 1,250 | -213 | -14.56% |
| New Salem city | 938 | 862 | -76 | -8.10% |
| New Town city | 1,367 | 1,712 | 345 | 25.24% |
| Newburg city | 88 | 79 | -9 | -10.23% |
| Niagara city | 57 | 53 | -4 | -7.02% |
| Nome city | 70 | 63 | -7 | -10.00% |
| Noonan city | 154 | 139 | -15 | -9.74% |
| North River city | 65 | 62 | -3 | -4.62% |
| Northwood city | 959 | 927 | -32 | -3.34% |
| Oakes city | 1,979 | 1,763 | -216 | -10.91% |
| Oberon city | 81 | 81 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Oriska city | 128 | 112 | -16 | -12.50% |
| Osnabrock city | 174 | 148 | -26 | -14.94% |
| Overly city | 19 | 17 | -2 | -10.53% |
| Oxbow city | 248 | 238 | -10 | -4.03% |
| Page city | 225 | 205 | -20 | -8.89% |
| Palermo city | 77 | 69 | -8 | -10.39% |
| Park River city | 1,535 | 1,370 | -165 | -10.75% |
| Parshall city | 981 | 1,055 | 74 | 7.54% |
| Pekin city | 80 | 69 | -11 | -13.75% |
| Pembina city | 642 | 550 | -92 | -14.33% |
| Perth city | 13 | 10 | -3 | -23.08% |
| Petersburg city | 195 | 165 | -30 | -15.38% |
| Pettibone city | 88 | 71 | -17 | -19.32% |
| Pick City city | 166 | 157 | -9 | -5.42% |
| Pillsbury city | 24 | 22 | -2 | -8.33% |
| Pingree city | 66 | 58 | -8 | -12.12% |
| Pisek city | 96 | 83 | -13 | -13.54% |
| Plaza city | 167 | 155 | -12 | -7.19% |
| Portal city | 131 | 110 | -21 | -16.03% |
| Portland city | 604 | 551 | -53 | -8.77% |
| Powers Lake city | 309 | 244 | -65 | -21.04% |
| Prairie Rose city | 68 | 74 | 6 | 8.82% |
| Ray city | 534 | 532 | -2 | -0.37% |
| Reeder city | 181 | 154 | -27 | -14.92% |
| Regan city | 43 | 41 | -2 | -4.65% |
| Regent city | 211 | 172 | -39 | -18.48% |
| Reile's Acres city | 254 | 285 | 31 | 12.20% |
| Reynolds city | 350 | 325 | -25 | -7.14% |
| Rhame city | 189 | 173 | -16 | -8.47% |
| Richardton city | 619 | 574 | -45 | -7.27% |
| Riverdale city | 273 | 264 | -9 | -3.30% |
| Robinson city | 71 | 59 | -12 | -16.90% |
| Rocklake city | 194 | 143 | -51 | -26.29% |
| Rogers city | 61 | 54 | -7 | -11.48% |
| Rolette city | 538 | 529 | -9 | -1.67% |
| Rolla city | 1,417 | 1,420 | 3 | 0.21% |
| Ross city | 48 | 45 | -3 | -6.25% |
| Rugby city | 2,939 | 2,574 | -365 | -12.42% |
| Ruso city | 6 | 5 | -1 | -16.67% |
| Rutland city | 220 | 195 | -25 | -11.36% |
| Ryder city | 92 | 82 | -10 | -10.87% |
| Sanborn city | 194 | 181 | -13 | -6.70% |
| Sarles city | 25 | 20 | -5 | -20.00% |
| Sawyer city | 377 | 340 | -37 | -9.81% |
| Scranton city | 304 | 282 | -22 | -7.24% |
| Selfridge city | 223 | 219 | -4 | -1.79% |
| Sentinel Butte city | 62 | 52 | -10 | -16.13% |
| Sharon city | 109 | 87 | -22 | -20.18% |
| Sheldon city | 135 | 120 | -15 | -11.11% |
| Sherwood city | 255 | 213 | -42 | -16.47% |
| Sheyenne city | 318 | 280 | -38 | -11.95% |
| Sibley city | 46 | 42 | -4 | -8.70% |
| Solen city | 86 | 88 | 2 | 2.33% |
| Souris city | 83 | 74 | -9 | -10.84% |
| South Heart city | 307 | 298 | -9 | -2.93% |
| Spiritwood Lake city | 72 | 77 | 5 | 6.94% |
| Springbrook city | 26 | 25 | -1 | -3.85% |
| St. John city | 358 | 354 | -4 | -1.12% |
| St. Thomas city | 447 | 381 | -66 | -14.77% |
| Stanley city | 1,279 | 1,218 | -61 | -4.77% |
| Stanton city | 345 | 304 | -41 | -11.88% |
| Starkweather city | 157 | 144 | -13 | -8.28% |
| Steele city | 761 | 650 | -111 | -14.59% |
| Strasburg city | 549 | 440 | -109 | -19.85% |
| Streeter city | 172 | 152 | -20 | -11.63% |
| Surrey city | 917 | 877 | -40 | -4.36% |
| Sykeston city | 153 | 128 | -25 | -16.34% |
| Tappen city | 210 | 175 | -35 | -16.67% |
| Taylor city | 150 | 144 | -6 | -4.00% |
| Thompson city | 1,006 | 959 | -47 | -4.67% |
| Tioga city | 1,125 | 1,096 | -29 | -2.58% |
| Tolley city | 63 | 55 | -8 | -12.70% |
| Tolna city | 202 | 176 | -26 | -12.87% |
| Tower City city | 252 | 241 | -11 | -4.37% |
| Towner city | 574 | 483 | -91 | -15.85% |
| Turtle Lake city | 580 | 502 | -78 | -13.45% |
| Tuttle city | 106 | 88 | -18 | -16.98% |
| Underwood city | 812 | 710 | -102 | -12.56% |
| Upham city | 155 | 135 | -20 | -12.90% |
| Valley City city | 6,826 | 6,230 | -596 | -8.73% |
| Velva city | 1,049 | 906 | -143 | -13.63% |
| Venturia city | 23 | 18 | -5 | -21.74% |
| Verona city | 108 | 92 | -16 | -14.81% |
| Voltaire city | 51 | 45 | -6 | -11.76% |
| Wahpeton city | 8,586 | 7,585 | -1,001 | -11.66% |
| Walcott city | 189 | 176 | -13 | -6.88% |
| Wales city | 30 | 24 | -6 | -20.00% |
| Walhalla city | 1,057 | 899 | -158 | -14.95% |
| Warwick city | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Washburn city | 1,389 | 1,239 | -150 | -10.80% |
| Watford City city | 1,435 | 1,386 | -49 | -3.41% |
| West Fargo city | 14,940 | 23,708 | 8,768 | 58.69% |
| Westhope city | 533 | 460 | -73 | -13.70% |
| White Earth city | 63 | 59 | -4 | -6.35% |
| Wildrose city | 129 | 126 | -3 | -2.33% |
| Williston city | 12,512 | 12,641 | 129 | 1.03% |
| Willow City city | 221 | 197 | -24 | -10.86% |
| Wilton city | 807 | 720 | -87 | -10.78% |
| Wimbledon city | 237 | 205 | -32 | -13.50% |
| Wing city | 124 | 118 | -6 | -4.84% |
| Wishek city | 1,122 | 876 | -246 | -21.93% |
| Wolford city | 50 | 44 | -6 | -12.00% |
| Woodworth city | 80 | 71 | -9 | -11.25% |
| Wyndmere city | 533 | 472 | -61 | -11.44% |
| York city | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Zap city | 231 | 209 | -22 | -9.52% |
| Zeeland city | 141 | 111 | -30 | -21.28% |
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau