2022 population: 662,316 ( 54,598 from 2010 , 6,426 from 2020)
Land area: 40741.7 square miles
Population density: 16.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	566,002	85.46%	2.7%
Black:	23,338	3.52%	224.5%
Indian:	18,940	2.86%	14.3%
Asian:	11,916	1.80%	59.4%
2+ races:	15,168	2.29%	54.1%
Hispanic:	26,952	4.07%	78.9%

Total non-White:	96,314	14.54%	70.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	17,430	13.3
Deaths:	15,306	11.7
Net Migration:	2,703	2.1
Net Immigration:	1,604	1.2

Change in White population:	14,727	2.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	39,871	6.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
607,718
551,275	90.71%
7,193	1.18%
16,571	2.73%
7,474	1.23%
9,841	1.62%
15,063	2.48%
56,443	9.29%

2000
585,206
547,134	93.49%
2,817	0.48%
14,250	2.44%
3,986	0.68%
6,324	1.08%
10,456	1.79%
38,072	6.51%

1990
570,970
548,313	96.03%
2,178	0.38%
11,764	2.06%
3,168	0.55%
n/a
5,547	0.97%
22,657	3.97%

1980
580,189
564,053	97.22%
1,572	0.27%
9,001	1.55%
1,815	0.31%
n/a
3,495	0.60%
16,136	2.78%

1970
550,067
540,043	98.18%
1,286	0.23%
5,678	1.03%
696	0.13%
n/a
1,831	0.33%
10,024	1.82%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
68,160	11.6
50,033	8.5
-13,423	-2.3
5,332	0.9

4,141	0.7
18,371	3.1

Number	Rate
1990's
74,079	13.0
56,745	9.9
-20,404	-3.6
6,435	1.1

-1,179	-0.2
15,415	2.7

Number	Rate
1980's
90,792	15.6
54,228	9.3
-46,794	-8.1
n/a

-15,740	-2.7
6,521	1.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-12,572	-2.3
n/a

24,010	4.4
6,112	1.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Fargo-Valley City, ND-MN Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.4
148,861	22.5%
513,455	77.5%
113,482	17.1%

272,490
2.32

159,469	58.5%
128,412	80.5%
13,638	8.6%
113,021	41.5%

2010
Number	Percent
37.8
136,273	22.4%
471,445	77.6%
90,600	14.9%

252,171
2.32

154,404	61.2%
123,575	80.0%
13,228	8.6%
97,767	38.8%

2000
Number	Percent
36.0
145,356	24.8%
439,850	75.2%
87,576	15.0%

232,544
2.41

150,844	64.9%
125,990	83.5%
11,429	7.6%
81,700	35.1%

1990
Number	Percent
32.7
152,312	26.7%
418,658	73.3%
86,473	15.1%

215,515
2.53

148,520	68.9%
128,184	86.3%
9,570	6.4%
66,995	31.1%

1980
Number	Percent
30.0
163,864	28.2%
416,325	71.8%
80,294	13.8%

204,034
2.71

148,950	73.0%
132,046	88.7%
6,910	4.6%
55,084	27.0%

2022 Housing Data for Fargo-Valley City, ND-MN Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	13,551	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	10,557	3.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,794	4.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	10,548	3.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	11,121	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	10,732	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	10,424	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	10,890	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	9,946	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	21,059	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	26,261	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	37,649	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	28,838	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	20,230	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	20,604	7.6%
$200,000 or more	19,286	7.1%

Median Household Income	69,408
Per Capita Income	38,797

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	81

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	9,957	3.7%
Public Assistance	7,046	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	22,140	8.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	311,250	78.6%
Unemployed	10,725	2.7%
In Armed Forces	2,158	0.5%

Total Labor Force	324,133	81.8%
Not in Labor Force	72,058	18.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		20.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	122,619	92,885	56.9%
Non-Profit	12,145	26,433	31.5%
Self-Employed	24,504	11,591	67.9%

Local Government	11,289	16,351	40.8%
State Government	8,366	9,296	47.4%
Federal Government	4,394	3,901	53.0%

Total Private + Self	147,123	104,476	58.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	36,194	55,981	39.3%
Total	183,317	160,457	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	15.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	54,296	15.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	67,446	19.6%
Professional, Technical	80,495	23.4%
Service Occupations	59,071	17.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,993	1.7%
All others	83,274	24.2%

White Collar		58.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	59,188	1136.0%
Retail trade	37,933	728.1%
Manufacturing	36,122	693.3%
Educational services	35,836	687.8%
Construction	24,151	463.6%
Accommodation and food services	20,749	398.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	18,237	350.0%
Finance and insurance	16,307	313.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	16,295	312.8%
Other services	15,305	293.8%
Transportation and warehousing	13,283	255.0%
Public administration	13,032	250.1%
Wholesale trade	11,215	215.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,714	167.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,546	125.6%
Information	4,026	77.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,412	65.5%
Utilities	2,495	47.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,182	22.7%
Management	554	10.6%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	16,778	2.55%
Puerto Rican	2,253	0.34%
Cuban	407	0.06%
Dominican	103	0.02%

Total Central American	745	0.11%
Costa Rican	3	0.00%
Guatemalan	283	0.04%
Honduran	163	0.02%
Nicaraguan	29	0.00%
Panamanian	136	0.02%
Salvadoran	131	0.02%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,324	0.20%
Argentinean	45	0.01%
Bolivian	64	0.01%
Chilean	155	0.02%
Colombian	730	0.11%
Ecuadorian	223	0.03%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	63	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	32	0.00%
Other South American	12	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,122	0.47%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	1,750	0.27%
Indian	1,695	0.26%
Korean	1,334	0.20%
Chinese	1,211	0.18%
Vietnamese	1,011	0.15%
Laotian	352	0.05%
Hmong	337	0.05%
Bangladeshi	301	0.05%
Japanese	253	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	576,305	93.5%
Spanish	9,871	1.6%
Other	9,156	1.5%
Other Indo-European	5,906	1.0%
German, other Germanic	3,853	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,402	0.4%
Arabic	2,044	0.3%
Other Asian	1,531	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,311	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	217,444	33.1%
Norwegian	181,076	27.5%
Irish	47,488	7.2%
Swedish	39,646	6.0%
English	31,886	4.9%
French	22,017	3.3%
Polish	19,167	2.9%
American	16,355	2.5%
Scandinavian	14,307	2.2%
Czech	10,482	1.6%
Finnish	8,171	1.2%
Dutch	7,685	1.2%
Scottish	7,233	1.1%
Russian	7,121	1.1%
European	6,902	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	640,516	97.4%
Not a citizen	16,763	2.6%

Native	626,937	95.4%
Foreign-born	30,342	4.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
9,906	2.3%	16,263	3.8%	111,177	25.9%	156,830	36.5%	95,195	22.1%	40,710	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	9,906	2.3%
9-12 Years	16,263	3.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	111,177	25.9%
Some College	156,830	36.5%
Bach. Degree	95,195	22.1%
Grad Degree	40,710	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	284,439	269,890	14,549	5.1%
1991	285,794	270,940	14,854	5.2%
1992	287,794	272,756	15,038	5.2%
1993	292,921	278,181	14,740	5.0%
1994	305,086	292,087	12,999	4.3%
1995	308,552	296,211	12,341	4.0%
1996	315,499	302,510	12,989	4.1%
1997	316,911	304,965	11,946	3.8%
1998	315,404	305,453	9,951	3.2%
1999	313,555	303,348	10,207	3.3%

2000	316,861	306,037	10,824	3.4%
2001	319,511	308,516	10,995	3.4%
2002	320,652	307,884	12,768	4.0%
2003	324,526	311,022	13,504	4.2%
2004	329,525	316,298	13,227	4.0%
2005	330,725	317,938	12,787	3.9%
2006	333,484	320,746	12,738	3.8%
2007	335,086	322,027	13,059	3.9%
2008	337,518	323,643	13,875	4.1%
2009	337,198	318,649	18,549	5.5%

2010	342,649	324,998	17,651	5.2%
2011	342,625	326,015	16,610	4.8%
2012	338,746	324,094	14,652	4.3%
2013	337,677	323,795	13,882	4.1%
2014	339,225	327,072	12,153	3.6%
2015	345,270	333,684	11,586	3.4%
2016	353,674	341,717	11,957	3.4%
2017	353,793	342,664	11,129	3.1%
2018	350,487	340,245	10,242	2.9%
2019	351,025	340,765	10,260	2.9%

2020	351,695	334,649	17,046	4.8%
2021	354,894	344,093	10,801	3.0%
2022	359,100	350,655	8,445	2.4%
2023	361,309	353,042	8,267	2.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	320,722
Median Value	$218,302

Occupied	272,490	85.0%
Vacant	48,232	15.0%

Owned	177,750	65.2%
Rented	94,740	34.8%
Median Rent	$834

Single-Family Units	216,401	67.5%
Detached	199,181	62.1%
Attached	17,220	5.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	72,495	22.6%
Mobile Homes	17,460	5.4%

Fargo-Valley City, ND-MN Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Fargo-Valley City, ND-MN Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Fargo-Valley City, ND-MN Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Fargo-Valley City, ND-MN Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Fargo-Valley City, ND-MN Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Fargo-Valley City, ND-MN Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Fargo-Valley City, ND-MN Market Area