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    March 22, 2017
    New homes are built Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in north Fargo. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    Fargo-Moorhead metro population steadily grows to 238,124, even as Oil Patch cities shrunk
    FARGO—The Fargo-Moorhead metro area last year posted its most modest population gain in four years but still maintained steady growth even...
    NewsMarch 22, 2017 - 9:43pm
    March 13, 2017
    Jared Olson, 24, has been living in this apartment in Fargo for almost five years. It is near the motel where he works as a front desk agent. North Dakota has the nation's highest percentage of young adults who are living alone. Olson has been living on his own since he turned 18. Dave Wallis / The Forum
    Going solo: ND leads nation in young adults living alone
    FARGO—Jared Olson is a big fan of solo living. He moved out on his own when he turned 18 and continues to live alone in a one-bedroom apartment....
    NewsMarch 13, 2017 - 10:15am
    February 12, 2017
    Rooftops of houses in the Kitsilano neighborhood and the downtown core are seen in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Jan. 7, 2017. Chris Helgren / Reuters
    Canada records highest population growth rate in G7
    OTTAWA, Canada—Canada's population increased to 35.2 million people in 2016, driven largely by immigration and making for the highest annual...
    NewsFebruary 12, 2017 - 7:00am
    December 20, 2016
    ND population hits record, but growth fades as out-migration returned in 2016
    FARGO—North Dakota's population boom, an echo of the oil boom, faded significantly over the past year as the state saw more people leave...
    News/North DakotaDecember 20, 2016 - 10:09pm
    November 26, 2016
    Lauren Cassezza, a nurse in the CHI St. Joseph's Health baby wing in Dickinson, N.D., looks after a newborn on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2015. Births were up in western North Dakota in 2015 but down statewide. (Submitted Photo by Stephanie Fong / CHI St. Joseph's Health)
    ND's high-flying birth rates may have leveled off in oil slowdown
    FARGO — North Dakota women have some of the nation's highest fertility rates. But a dip last year in the state's baby boom, an echo of...
    News/North DakotaNovember 26, 2016 - 5:01pm
    June 25, 2016
    Census: North Dakota grows younger
    GRAND FORKS -- Grand Forks County didn’t get any younger in 2015, bucking a trend followed by a majority of its counterparts across North Dakota, but it seems to have maintained its youthful vigor. Forty counties in the state saw their median ages decrease between July 1, 2014 and...
    News/North DakotaJune 25, 2016 - 8:32pm
    May 19, 2016
    Large apartment buildings and hotels are springing up in the area surrounding the new Sanford Medical Center located near the dividing line between West Fargo and Fargo. Dave Wallis / The Forum
    Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead together gain more than 5,000 people in 2015
    FARGO--The cities of Fargo, West Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., last year continued to see steady growth, adding a total of 5,026 residents,...
    News/North DakotaMay 19, 2016 - 6:00am
    December 22, 2015
    Justin Walden, an assistant professor of communications at North Dakota State University, moved this summer from New York to Fargo. (Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor)
    North Dakota fastest-growing state in last year; population at all-time high
    FARGO -- Justin Walden had a checklist involving quality of life amenities and city attributes that he weighed when considering a move to advance...
    News/North DakotaDecember 22, 2015 - 10:50pm
    March 26, 2015
    Women check out a grill at Dickinson’s Sierra Ridge Apartment Homes in Dickinson while other residents gather around the fire pit on Oct. 4. The complex was built to accommodate growth in the city. (Dustin Monke/The Dickinson Press)
    Continued growth: U.S. Census: Dickinson, Williston fastest-growing micropolitan areas in the country
    FARGO — Once again, Williston and Dickinson are the fastest growing micropolitan areas in the country, and other cities in North Dakota are...
    News/North DakotaMarch 26, 2015 - 1:10pm
    September 10, 2014
    FNS Photo by David Samson Traffic moves through Horace on Wednesday.
    Census names Horace as ND’s most affluent city
    HORACE — Horace Mayor Shane Walock grew up just north of the city and remembers hunting squirrels and gophers with a BB gun along the banks...
    News/North DakotaSeptember 10, 2014 - 10:53pm
    July 19, 2014
    More men in Bakken: State’s influx of males smaller than other booms
    The rush of men to North Dakota caused by Bakken oil development has been less impactful than comparable booms in Alaska and Colorado, according...
    Energy/BakkenJuly 19, 2014 - 11:15pm
    May 22, 2014
    ND tops Census Bureau’s list of fastest housing development rates
    North Dakota has developed new housing at the fastest rate in the nation for third year in a row, according to U.S. Census Bureau’s data released Thursday. The state added 10,207 new housing units last year, a growth rate of 3.1 percent, a development North Dakota Gov. Jack...
    News/North DakotaMay 22, 2014 - 4:11pm
    May 7, 2014
    FNS Photo by Amy Dalrymple Census Bureau Director John Thomson, third from left, listens to Williston Mayor Ward Koeser, second from left, during a meeting with leaders of Oil Patch communities on Wednesday in Williston.
    Accurate 2020 count will require some legwork
    WILLISTON — Getting an accurate count of North Dakota’s population in 2020 will require working with local communities and educating people...
    Energy/BakkenMay 7, 2014 - 6:52pm
    May 6, 2014
    (Photo by Mike Nowatzki / Forum News Service) North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple shows U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson a map detailing the state's population growth by county on Tuesday at the Capitol in Bismarck.
    Census Bureau head says N.D.’s growth presents challenges for 2020 count
    BISMARCK — Rapid population growth fed by an influx of workers into North Dakota’s Oil Patch presents challenges as the U.S. Census Bureau...
    News/North DakotaMay 6, 2014 - 2:40pm
    May 5, 2014
    U.S. Census Director touring N.D. to see booming population firsthand
    U.S. Census Director John Thompson is touring North Dakota this week to witness the state’s booming population for himself after an invitation from Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. Thompson will make stops in Fargo, Bismarck and Williston on his three-day trip, which will include...
    News/North DakotaMay 5, 2014 - 6:15pm
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