What's New
- Growing ND by the Numbers
According to recent U.S. Census Bureau data, just under five percent of the nation's workers reported home as their work location. Just like the United States, North Dakota reported a similar percentage, though lower than any of our neighboring states. The June edition of Growing ND by the Numbers has more details about North Dakotans who work from home.
- 2016 Population Estimates
Community-level estimates for 2016 were recently released. See the
U.S. Census Bureau press release for details. 2016 population estimates for North Dakota's communities are available now on
American FactFinder.
U.S. Census Bureau releases county population estimates for 2016. See the
Census Bureau's release for more information. The release also includes 2016 population estimates for metropolitan and micropolitan regions.
- North Dakota Census Office Population Projections of the State, Regions and Counties 2016
This paper provides three scenarios of population change for the state of North Dakota. Each of the scenarios use the same inputs such as fertility rates by age of the mother or life expectancy with the expectation of the rate of migration into or out of a given county, region or the state. This paper is an attempt to present what is expected to be the population of each county, region and the state at the mid-point of each five year interval. See
North Dakota Census Office Population Projections of the State, Regions and Counties 2016 for details.
- Population Change by County