| Capital city | Bismarck |
| Population | 779,094 (2020) |
| Surface | 183,272 km² |
| Governor | Doug Burgum (R) |
| Member of the US since | 1889 |
North Dakota is one of the fifty states of the United States. The state is located in the south of the country. North Dakota’s abbreviation is ND. Its nickname is ‘The Peace Garden State’. That means ‘The Peace Garden State’. With 683,932 inhabitants, North Dakota is the third least populous state in the US. North Dakota borders the states of Montana, South Dakota, and Minnesota. It also borders Canada. In North Dakota it is very hilly. The capital of North Dakota is Bismarck.
Towns
There are a number of cities in North Dakota. Here are the five largest.
Largest Cities in North Dakota
| Name | Inhabitants | County | |
| 1. | Fargo | 105,549 | Cass County |
| 2. | Bismarck | 61,272 | Burleigh County |
| 3. | Grand Forks | 52.838 | Grand Forks County |
| 4. | Minot | 40,888 | Ward County |
| 5. | West Fargo | 25,830 | Cass County |
How many counties in North Dakota? The State of North Dakota comprises 53 counties.
Adams County, North Dakota
Barnes County, North Dakota
Benson County, North Dakota
Billings County, North Dakota
Bottineau County, North Dakota
Bowman County, North Dakota
Burke County, North Dakota
Burleigh County, North Dakota
Cass County, North Dakota
Cavalier County, North Dakota
Dickey County, North Dakota
Divide County, North Dakota
Dunn County, North Dakota
Eddy County, North Dakota
Emmons County, North Dakota
Foster County, North Dakota
Golden Valley County, North Dakota
Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Grant County, North Dakota
Griggs County, North Dakota
Hettinger County, North Dakota
Kidder County, North Dakota
LaMoure County, North Dakota
Logan County, North Dakota
McHenry County, North Dakota
McIntosh County, North Dakota
McKenzie County, North Dakota
McLean County, North Dakota
Mercer County, North Dakota
Morton County, North Dakota
Mountrail County, North Dakota
Nelson County, North Dakota
Oliver County, North Dakota
Pembina County, North Dakota
Pierce County, North Dakota
Ramsey County, North Dakota
Ransom County, North Dakota
Renville County, North Dakota
Richland County, North Dakota
Rolette County, North Dakota
Sargent County, North Dakota
Sheridan County, North Dakota
Sioux County, North Dakota
Slope County, North Dakota
Stark County, North Dakota
Steele County, North Dakota
Stutsman County, North Dakota
Towner County, North Dakota
Traill County, North Dakota
Walsh County, North Dakota
Ward County, North Dakota
Wells County, North Dakota
Williams County, North Dakota
US 10 in North Dakota
| US 10 | |||
| Get started | West Fargo | ||
| End | fargo | ||
| Length | 8 mi | ||
| Length | 13 km | ||
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US 10 is a US Highway in the US state of North Dakota. The road forms a short east-west route through the Fargo urban area in the east of the state. The road is 13 kilometers long.
Travel directions
On the west side of West Fargo, US 10 joins Interstate 94, then continues as a 2×2 lane Main Avenue through West Fargo, then through the city of Fargo itself. Fargo is North Dakota’s largest city with a population of 93,000. It connects to Interstate 29, the highway from Sioux Falls to Winnipeg. Near the center of Fargo, the road crosses the Red River, which also forms the border with Minnesota. US 10 in Minnesota then continues through Moorhead to Detroit Lakes.
History
US 10 originally started much further west in Seattle. With the completion of Interstate 94, the route west of Fargo has been scrapped. In 1925, the 7.5-mile section between Bismarck and Mandan was North Dakota’s first stretch of tarred road (outside the city).
US 81 in North Dakota
| US 81 | |||
| Get started | Hankinson | ||
| End | Pembina | ||
| Length | 246 mi | ||
| Length | 396 km | ||
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US 81 is a US Highway in the US state of North Dakota. The road forms a north-south route in the east of the state, from the border with North Dakota through Fargo and Grand Forks to the border with the Canadian province of Manitoba at Pembina. The route is double -numbered with Interstate 29 from South Dakota past Grand Forks. The route is 396 kilometers long.
Travel directions
see Interstate 29 in North Dakota for the main topic.
After 150 miles in North Dakota, US 81 exits from I-29 and parallels about 10 miles west of the highway. The road mainly serves villages along the various tributaries of the Red River and the town of Grafton. After about 100 kilometers, US 81 rejoins I-29 and is then double-numbered until the border with Canada at Pembina.
History
US 81 was created in 1926 and was a route from the border with Mexico to the border with Canada from the beginning. Most of US 81 has been replaced in North Dakota by the construction of Interstate 29. Already in 1959 the northernmost part of this opened at the border with Canada. I-29 between Fargo and Manvel was completed circa 1973, and in 1974 – 1977 the southernmost section between the South Dakota and Fargo border opened. Partly because of this, the US 81 did not have a continuous function for long.
Traffic intensities
The parallel section of US 81 has a descending order of 1,650 to 300 vehicles per day, and is therefore very quiet.
Interstate 194 in North Dakota
| I-194 | |||
| Begin | Mandan | ||
| End | Bismarck | ||
| Length | 1.5 mi | ||
| Length | 2,7 km | ||
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Interstate 194 or I -194 is an unsigned Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The highway forms a short 2.7-kilometer link road from the center of the state capital Bismarck to Interstate 94, the main east-west connection in the state. 20,000 vehicles use the highway section every day.
