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Fargo, ND
136,285 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3825700 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Fargo ranked #33 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Fargo and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Billings MT, Greeley CO, Cedar Rapids IA, Sioux Falls SD, Green Bay WI, Evansville IN, Davenport IA, Topeka KS, Fort Collins CO, Kenosha WI, Boulder CO, Salem OR, Rockford IL · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #33 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #37 | #38 | #41 | #21 | #28 | #15 | #10 | #9 | #7 | #19 | #28 | #16 | #19 | #37 | #55 | #72 | #28 | #15 | #33 | #23 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 97,259 | 99,104 | 100,773 | 102,409 | 104,490 | 106,025 | 108,142 | 110,881 | 113,739 | 115,715 | 118,093 | 120,149 | 122,420 | 124,091 | 124,662 | 125,986 | 129,486 | 132,030 | 134,360 | 136,285 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #164 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | +0.1 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +1.1 | — | +0.7 | +1.3 | +2.0 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.4 | -0.1 | +0.0 | +1.7 | +0.9 | +0.8 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #99 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 9.3 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 6.1 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 14.6 | 18.8 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 4.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #16 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 16.7% | 16.8% | 19.3% | 16.9% | 18.8% | 16.2% | 17.6% | 17.1% | 18.8% | 18.6% | 19.5% | 17.6% | 15.8% | 18.9% | 17.9% | — | 15.9% | 17.5% | 18.6% | 17.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #128 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | — | 1.9 | — | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 4.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #18 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 3.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 11.1 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 10.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 76,499 | 78,131 | 81,179 | 84,127 | 82,692 | 85,461 | 88,355 | 90,721 | 94,087 | 98,110 | 98,309 | 100,612 | 100,658 | 98,649 | 102,035 | 98,094 | 100,607 | 103,881 | 105,216 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #287 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +1.4 | +0.5 | +0.3 | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.5 | +1.9 | -0.3 | -1.8 | +0.6 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.5 | +0.2 | -2.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65,559 | 65,318 | 65,185 | 67,578 | 69,010 | 69,857 | 76,886 | 73,949 | 76,048 | — | 70,885 | 79,308 | 77,166 | 82,869 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #3 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.3% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 4.2% | 2.6% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 3.4% | 2.8% | — | 4.2% | 2.5% | 4.5% | 2.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #4 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 44% | 40% | 44% | 38% | 41% | 36% | 40% | 34% | 53% | 49% | 55% | 50% | 52% | 41% | 40% | 44% | 48% | 57% | 43% | 52% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #280 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $7,077 | $7,165 | $6,963 | $6,460 | $6,250 | $6,896 | $6,723 | $6,978 | $6,491 | $6,460 | $6,096 | $6,522 | $8,401 | $8,414 | $8,788 | $9,191 | $9,577 | $7,332 | $6,693 | $6,864 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Fargo. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.