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Grand Forks County, ND

72,708 Population
1,436.2 square miles 50.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 36.3 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,171 ±$4,292 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in North Dakota: $42,814 ±$1,011
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$72,536 ±$4,330 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in North Dakota: $76,525 ±$1,844
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.3% ±2.5% (9,001  ±1,679) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Dakota: 9.8% 73,841 (±0.7% / ±5,342)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

15.9 minutes ±0.8 (596,035  ±34,146) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 18 6,753,895 (±0.3 / ±116,740)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

32,099 ±704 Number of households
  • North Dakota: 338,059 ±3,608
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0.1 (67,822  ±176) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Dakota: 2.2 755,095
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.8% ±2.5% (1,180  ±518) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in North Dakota: 6% † 10,805 (±0.9% / ±1,579)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

34,066 ±95 Number of housing units
  • North Dakota: 378,124 ±1,167
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$257,400 ±$22,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in North Dakota: $246,700 ±$6,045
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

28.2% ±4.9% (20,169  ±3,495.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 16.1% 124,348 (±1.1% / ±8,264.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.9% ±7.2% (42,251  ±3,247) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 94.5% 491,589 (±1.9% / ±10,519.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
34.9% ±4.3% (15,216  ±1,903.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Dakota: 33.6% 174,474 (±1.3% / ±6,736.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.9% (4,322  ±1,285) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 4% 31,096
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.7% ±1.3% (3,225  ±754) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 7.3% 43,053 (±0.5% / ±3,126)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,225 Total veterans ±754 2,889 Male ±692 336 Female ±281

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