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Burleigh County, North Dakota

A county in North Dakota, ranked 2 of 53 by population.

CountyFIPS 38015

Within North Dakota
Burleigh County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Bismarck, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
103,251
+4,658 (+4.7%) since 2020
Land area
1,633
square miles. A further 2.1% of the total area is water
Population density
63.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bismarck
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Bismarck city
Population 77,963.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Burleigh County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Burleigh County, North Dakota from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 711 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Burleigh County ranks

Position among the 53 counties of North Dakota, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn North DakotaNationally
Population103,2512nd of 53609th of 3,144
Land area1,633 sq mi13th of 53371st of 3,144
Population density63.2 per sq mi2nd of 531,270th of 3,144
Median household income$86,8517th of 53377th of 3,143

Full data for Burleigh County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population103,251Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202098,593Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?98,459Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,633 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area35.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,668 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?63.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$86,851American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$324,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households41,269American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units43,779American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+226
1,119 births, 893 deaths
Net migration
+569
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Burleigh County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Kidder CountyNorth Dakota50 mi2,393
Morton CountyNorth Dakota39 mi34,601
Emmons CountyNorth Dakota28 mi3,215
Sheridan CountyNorth Dakota26 mi1,296
McLean CountyNorth Dakota26 mi9,740
Oliver CountyNorth Dakota15 mi1,898

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 53 counties of North Dakota

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.