Bismarck is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county 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 at 77,772 in 2024, while its metropolitan population was 133,626. In 2014, Forbes magazine ranked Bismarck as the seventh fastest-growing small city in the United States.
Midwest
Bismarck
Burleigh County, ND
Population
73,694
Walk Score
89 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$969
Median home value
$283,800
Founded
1872
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Bismarck Cathedral Area Historic District · listed 1980
- Bismarck Cathedral Area Historic District (Boundary Increase II) · listed 2010
- Bismarck Cathedral Area Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1997
- Downtown Bismarck Historic District · listed 2001
- Highland Acres Historic District · listed 2022
- Highland Acres Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2024
Notable landmarks
- Bismarck Civic Auditorium · listed 1976
- Bismarck Tribune Building · listed 1982
- Brandt, Dr. Albert M. and Evelyn M., House · listed 2000
- Burleigh County Courthouse · listed 1985
- Camp Hancock
- Camp Hancock Site · listed 1972
- Chief Looking's Village site (32BL3) · listed 1978
- Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Double Ditch Indian Village Site State Historic Site · listed 2014
- Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Menoken State Historic Site · listed 2010
- Double Ditch State Historic Site
- Double Ditch State Historic Site · listed 1979
- Former North Dakota Executive Mansion · listed 1975
- Grady, Fred and Gladys, House · listed 2006
- Lundquist, Oliver and Gertrude, House · listed 2006
- Northern Pacific Railway Depot · listed 1977
- Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel at Annunciation Priory
- Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel at Annunciation Priory · listed 2020
- Patterson Hotel · listed 1976
- Patterson, E. G., Building · listed 1982
- Soo Hotel · listed 1983
- St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church · listed 2021
- Towne-Williams House · listed 1975
- U.S. Post Office and Courthouse · listed 1976
- Van Horn Hotel · listed 1984
- Webb Brothers Block · listed 1983
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