North Dakota
North Dakota: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · population 800,000 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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North Dakota at a glance
Rolled up from the 7 regions inside North Dakota on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads North Dakota, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-10 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 799,358 persons (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 81,883 USD millions (annual, current dollars, BEA as cited by Wikipedia) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 2.2 % (seasonally adjusted, preliminary) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 81,500 USD (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 64.9 % of households (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 53,300 USD (total household debt balance per capita, NY Fed CCP/Equifax) (2025-Q4) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language other than English (all) ↗ | most often at home — about 52,800 people age 5+ (about one in 14 North Dakotans); ACS | 2024 | |
| Spanish ↗ | 31.5% | most often at home — % of people age 5+ who speak a non-English language at home; ACS | 2024 |
| English ↗ | official status (official language) | 2026 |
Largest companies in North Dakota
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everus Construction Group (Bismarck) ↗ | revenue | 3.746 USD billions (FY2025 operating revenues) | 2025 |
| Knife River Corporation (Bismarck) ↗ | revenue | 3.146 USD billions (FY2025) | 2025 |
| Titan Machinery (West Fargo) ↗ | revenue | 2.427 USD billions (fiscal year ended 2026-01-31) | 2026-01 |
| MDU Resources Group (Bismarck) ↗ | revenue | 1.875 USD billions (FY2025 operating revenues) | 2025 |
Worth knowing
- 2024-12Kelly Armstrong took office as North Dakota's 34th governor on Dec. 15, 2024; Michelle Strinden was sworn in the same day as the 40th lieutenant governor. ↗
- 2026-11North Dakota's governor and lieutenant governor serve four-year terms and are next up for election in 2028, so there was no governor race on Nov 3, 2026. ↗
- 2026-09North Dakota's unemployment rate was 2.2% in September 2026 (preliminary), with a civilian labor force of 430,300. ↗
- 2025North Dakota's population grew by about 6,000 people between 2024 and 2025, to 799,400 (USAFacts, from Census Bureau estimates), making it the 47th-most populous state. ↗
- 2026-11North Dakota is the only state with a state-owned bank (Bank of North Dakota, Bismarck) and a state-owned flour mill (North Dakota Mill and Elevator, Grand Forks). ↗
- 2025-12Total household debt per capita in North Dakota reached $53,300 at Q4 2025, up from $52,380 a year earlier. ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish14,612 · 1.9%
- Other and unspecified languages8,871 · 1.1%
- German or other West Germanic languages5,311 · 0.7%
- Other Indo-European languages4,765 · 0.6%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun2,165 · 0.3%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages2,157 · 0.3%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)2,157 · 0.3%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages1,870 · 0.2%
Largest places in North Dakota
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Fargo-Moorhead, North Dakota full129,064
- 2.Bismarck, North Dakota full73,622
- 3.Grand Forks, North Dakota full59,166
- 4.Minot, North Dakota full48,377
- 5.Dickinson, North Dakota full25,679
- 6.Devils Lake, ND7,192
Inside North Dakota
7 regions have North Dakota as their parent.
Companies based in North Dakota
1 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 16 across North Dakota and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| BEK TV | Sports |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of North Dakota are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.