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    March 30, 2018
    Drawing the line: Redistricting can leave political futures in the balance
    GRAND FORKS — Every 10 years, North Dakota legislators wonder: When they redraw my district, am I out of a job? The 2020 Census is still...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 30, 2018 - 12:15pm
    March 27, 2018
    Cass County continues to drive North Dakota population growth
    FARGO—Cass County once again served as North Dakota's people magnet, gaining 3,162 residents in the latest yearly population estimates....
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 27, 2018 - 6:47pm
    December 20, 2017
    North Dakota's population fell in 2017, the first time in 15 years. It was among eight states that lost residents this year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. (Submitted Graphic)
    North Dakota drops in population for first time in 15 years
    GRAND FORKS — For the first time in 15 years, North Dakota’s population has shrunk. But the drop is not as sharp as in other states, and...
    newsDecember 20, 2017 - 4:08pm
    November 15, 2017
    A typical scene of fields and cows just outside the town of Eldon, Missouri, population roughly 5,000; Today, 44 percent of the town's residents live below the poverty line and more than 60 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-cost lunches. Photo for The Washington Post by Trevor Frost
    Despite devastating injuries, football in the heartland is a way to make it through life
    ELDON, Mo. - Highway 52 curls west around town and unspools across the rippling farmland. It is easy to miss the house tucked on a gravelly side...
    newsNovember 15, 2017 - 12:24pm
    November 5, 2017
    Blue house in among white houses for real estate property industry
    Concerns of undercounting rural, tribal populations linger as ND prepares for 2020 count
    BISMARCK—The U.S. Census Bureau will start its decennial count in 2½ years, and North Dakota officials are encouraging communities to...
    newsNovember 5, 2017 - 7:15am
    September 12, 2017
    Derek Mathis, 23, of Hazelwood, Pennsylvania. Median household income in America was $59,039 last year, surpassing the previous high of $58,655 set in 1999. Jeff Swensen for The Washington Post.
    Middle-class income hit highest level on record in 2016, Census Bureau reports
    America's middle class had its highest-earning year ever in 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, Sept. 12. Median household income...
    newsSeptember 12, 2017 - 3:37pm
    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...
    newsDecember 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...
    newsNovember 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...
    newsJune 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,...
    newsMay 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...
    newsDecember 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...
    newsMarch 26, 2015 - 1:10pm
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