2007 ND City Estimates (20 Largest Cities) (Fargo, Bismarck: quality of life, live, moving to)

[BlackOut]

City / 2000 Population / 2007 Estimate / % Change
Fargo: 90,651 / 92,660 / 2.2%
Bismarck: 55,754 / 59,503 / 6.7%
Grand Forks: 49,366 / 51,740 / 4.8%
Minot: 36,632 / 35,281 / -3.7%
West Fargo: 15,455 / 23,081 / 49.3%
Mandan: 16,764 / 17,736 / 5.8%
Dickinson: 16,027 / 15,916 / -0.7%
Jamestown: 15,560 / 14,680 / -5.7%
Williston: 12,516 /12,393 / -1.0%
Wahpeton: 8,586 / 7,703 / -10.3%
Devils Lake: 7,245 / 6,675 / -7.9%
Valley City: 6,826 / 6,300 / -7.7%
Grafton: 4,516 / 4,045 / -10.4%
Beulah: 3,152 / 2,904 / -7.9%
Rugby: 2,939 / 2,578 / -12.3%
Lincoln: 1,729 / 2,537 / 46.7%
Hazen: 2,457 / 2,243 / -8.7%
Lisbon: 2,292 / 2,194 / -4.3%
Carrington: 2,268 / 2,098 / -7.5%
Bottineau: 2,336 / 2,052 / -12.2%

[Old Surrender]

Wow. West Fargo is booming. I don't quite understand why, but, wow.

[Roloff1976]

Not everyone is happy about the estimates...I tend to agree with this article.
Williston Herald - Online Edition

new cable hookups have increased 30%...I think that alone says something.

[StartingOverAgain]

I find it really interesting that eleven of the "20 largest citites" in ND have fewer than 8,000 people in them. I'm moving to the 19th largest (Carrington), and there are just barely over 2,000 there.

I've lived in rural Oklahoma for the past 7 years and there are a couple of metropolitan areas with nearly as high a population as the entire state of North Dakota.

I am soooo looking forward to finally getting settled in a place in which I can breathe and enjoy a much higher quality of life.