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Fargo, ND

132,400 Population
50.8 square miles 2,604.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 32.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 36.3 ±0.3

Economics

$42,674 ±$3,031 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: $43,126 ±$2,009
  • about the same as the amount in North Dakota: $42,814 ±$1,011
$61,422 ±$7,692 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: $72,889 ±$4,463
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Dakota: $76,525 ±$1,844

12% ±2.7% (15,131  ±3,454) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 11.1% † 27,970 (±1.6% / ±4,118)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Dakota: 9.8% 73,841 (±0.7% / ±5,342)

15.8 minutes ±0.6 (1,087,670  ±44,993) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 18 2,326,255 (±0.5 / ±72,564)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 18 6,753,895 (±0.3 / ±116,740)

Families

60,510 ±1,879 Number of households
  • the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 111,493 ±1,796
  • North Dakota: 338,059 ±3,608
2.1 ±0.1 (126,058  ±3,045) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 2.3 252,912 (±0 / ±144)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 2.2 755,095

6.8% ±2.7% (2,445  ±983) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 6.6% † 4,568 (±1.8% / ±1,225)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Dakota: 6% † 10,805 (±0.9% / ±1,579)

Housing

64,940 ±1,711 Number of housing units
  • the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 118,743 ±73
  • North Dakota: 378,124 ±1,167

$282,700 ±$10,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: $287,200 ±$8,376
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Dakota: $246,700 ±$6,045

26.1% ±3.4% (34,173  ±4,579.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 19.8% 51,317 (±1.9% / ±4,997.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 16.1% 124,348 (±1.1% / ±8,264.1)

Social

96.2% ±4.6% (80,583  ±4,823) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 96% 157,918 (±3.6% / ±6,109)
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 94.5% 491,589 (±1.9% / ±10,519.1)
43.9% ±3.4% (36,770  ±3,110) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 42.9% 70,655 (±2.4% / ±3,914.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Dakota: 33.6% 174,474 (±1.3% / ±6,736.1)

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

7.2% ±1.6% (9,575  ±2,180) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 5.9% 15,428
  • nearly double the rate in North Dakota: 4% 31,096

5.9% ±1.4% (6,241  ±1,444) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area: 5.5% † 11,071 (±0.9% / ±1,796)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 7.3% 43,053 (±0.5% / ±3,126)
6,241 Total veterans ±1,444 5,665 Male ±1,317 576 Female ±398

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