Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck | |
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Location of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North Dakota | |
| Coordinates: 46°48′51.39″N 100°46′9.86″W / 46.8142750°N 100.7694056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| County | Burleigh |
| Founded | May 14, 1872 |
| Incorporated | January 14, 1875 |
| Named after | Otto von Bismarck |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mike Schmitz (Nonpartisan) |
| • Commissioner | Anne Cleary Michael Connelly Steve Marquardt Greg Zenker |
| Area | |
• City | 35.182 sq mi (91.121 km2) |
| • Land | 34.685 sq mi (89.834 km2) |
| • Water | 0.497 sq mi (1.288 km2) |
| • Urban | 41.85 sq mi (108.4 km2) |
| • Metro | 4,281.1 sq mi (11,088 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,745 ft (532 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 73,622 |
• Estimate (2023) | 75,092 |
| • Rank | US: 497th ND: 2nd |
| • Density | 2,146.32/sq mi (828.69/km2) |
| • Urban | 98,198 (US: 316th) |
| • Urban density | 2,346.27/sq mi (905.89/km2) |
| • Metro | 135,786 (US: 305th) |
| • Metro density | 31.49/sq mi (12.16/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC–6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 58501, 58502, 58503, 58504, 58505, 58506, 58507 |
| Area code | 701 |
| FIPS code | 38-07200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1035934 |
| Highways | US 83, I 94, I 94 Bus., I 194, ND 810 |
| Sales tax | 7.5% |
| Website | bismarcknd.gov |
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Bismarck (/ˈbɪzmɑːrk/; from 1872 to 1873: Edwinton) is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The population was 73,622 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 75,092 in 2023, while its metropolitan population was 133,626. In 2020, Forbes magazine ranked Bismarck as the seventh fastest-growing small city in the United States.
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.
Bismarck is across the river from Mandan, named after a Native American tribe of the area. The two cities comprise the core of the Bismarck metropolitan 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.