full name | State of North Dakota capital | Bismarck joined Union | November 2, 1889 (136 years ago)
population | 783926 people population growth | +2% per year (2010-12) population density | 11.09 people/mi^2 annual deaths | 6945 people/yr annual births | 9649 people/yr (2023)
race | white: 86.6% | American Indian/Alaska native: 5.3% | black/African American: 2.9% | ... Hispanic origin | 3.7% US citizens | 97.6%
college degree and above | 43.9% (1.08 × national average) high school diploma | 26.4% (0.98 × national average) less than high school diploma | 7.4% (0.613 × national average) (for population age 25 and older)
total area | 70700 mi^2 land area | 69000 mi^2 water area | 1698 mi^2 farmland area | 39.7 million acres mean elevation | 1903 ft highest point | White Butte (mountain) | 3508 ft lowest point | Red River of the North | 751.3 ft (2002)
housing units | 320909 (2011) housing units change | +20869 (2000-07) housing units change rate | +1% per year (2000-07) households | 278669 (2011) people per household | 2.431 people (2010)
number of businesses | 61546 (2007) nonemployer businesses | 47770 (2010) private non-farm businesses | 21832 (2010)
median household income | $64894.00 per year (US dollars per year) (1.03 × national average) per capita income | $36062 per year per person (US dollars per year per person) (1.06 × national average) population below poverty line | 10.7% (0.796 × national average)
total rate of crime | 2262 crimes/100000 people/yr (2020 estimate) total number of crimes | 17235 crimes per year (2020 estimate) (UCR Part I offenses)
total voting rate | 65.3% total registration rate | 75.2% (2020)
total expenditures | $1.079 billion (US dollars) ($11403 per student) (2020) total revenue | $1.104 billion (US dollars) ($11664 per student) (2009) total debt | $283.6 million (US dollars) ($2996 per student) (2020) total cash and securities | $362.2 million (US dollars) ($3827 per student) (2020)
state bird | western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) state flower | wild prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) state tree | American elm (Ulmus americana) state motto | Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable Strength from the soil
North Dakota is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west. North Dakota is part of the Great Plains ...
