Today, the city of Fort Yates supposedly has a population of 176 but it is much larger. Using google earth I counted over 500 housing units in the settlement. The real population is 2,003 according to 2020's census. We refer to Fort Yates UT instead of Fort Yates city which is located on "Fee Land." About a mile west of the main city of Fort Yates is the west part of Fort Yates. Native Americans account for 92.2% of the population. Whites account for 4.1%. Mixed bloods 3.4%. Mexicans 1.2%. Blacks 0.1%. Fort Yates is a nice looking town and the largest settlement on Standing Rock Reservation.
