Fargo, North Dakota Demographics

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 11 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 12 other cities in Current population (2012)

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 13 other cities in Foreign born residents

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 13 other cities in Households

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 13 other cities in Housing units

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 13 other cities in Race - Asian

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 13 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 13 other cities in Retail sales

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 13 other cities in Size in square miles

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 13 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Fargo is 1st in North Dakota out of 13 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Fargo	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	109,779	1st	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	48.8	1st	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,162	3rd	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Fargo	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	8th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.4%	11th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.1%	11th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fargo	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.2%	3rd	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.6%	1st	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fargo	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	90.2%	10th	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.7%	2nd	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.4%	9th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.0%	1st	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	10th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	6th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	4th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.0%	9th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fargo	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	49.6%	9th	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.0%	1st	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Fargo	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	49,956	1st	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	52.8%	1st	25.8%	25.9%
Households	46,851	1st	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	45.4%	12th	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$148,500	3rd	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.1	12th	2.3	2.6

Income Demographics
	Fargo	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$28,191	4th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$42,710	10th	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.1%	2nd	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Fargo	Rank	North Dakota	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,156	1st	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,552,484	1st	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$27,484	3rd	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$314,190	1st	$1,214,201	$613,795,732